Search Associates Forms

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.   BOTH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE ENTIRE APPLICATION FORM MUST BE COMPLETED PERSONALLY BY THE SCHOOL HEAD OR REVIEWED IN DETAIL AND APPROVED PERSONALLY BY THE SCHOOL HEAD, AS THEY CONTAIN INFORMATION WHICH HAS LEGAL AND CONTRACTUAL SIGNIFICANCE.

1. Whenever a candidate is appointed as a result of Search Associates' assistance (and/or clearly involving a Search Fair and/or the Search Associates website database) the school agrees to pay the appropriate placement fee. Should a recruiter visit the web application of any candidate on the Search Associates web site, and should the school subsequently hire that candidate, the school agrees to pay the appropriate placement fee. Should a candidate visit your school vacancy page on the Search Associates website, or learn of an opening at your school through the daily email received from Search Associates, and subsequently contact your school and be hired, the school will abide by all the terms of the payment agreement outlined in this paragraph.

   Fees vary by branch but are all based on the Search North America fees which are currently US$1050 for a teacher or intern; US$1800 for an administrator.

   • the Australia/New Zealand branch will invoice in the Australian dollar (AUD) equivalent to the above fees;
   • the Thailand (IB) branch will invoice in the pounds sterling (GBP) equivalent;
   • the British branch will invoice in the pounds sterling (GBP) equivalent adding GBP100 to reflect UK legal requirements which make it impossible for this branch ever to charge candidates fees for registration or fair participation.

   These fees apply for appointments made up to 31 August 2009. There will be an increase in the above fees for all placements in the year 2009-2010. The increase will come into effect from 1 September 2009.

2. If a recruiter interviews a candidate at more than one recruiting fair, the recruiter and school agree to pay the fee to the organization which sponsored the fair at which the candidate was first interviewed.

3. The recruiter and school agree to promptly notify the appropriate Associate (name and address as indicated at the top of page 1 of the candidates application) of any verbal or written offer accepted verbally or in writing by the candidate, preferably no later than 10 days after such offer is accepted by the candidate.

4. The recruiter and school agree that all placement fees will be paid promptly, and in any case no later then 15 days after receipt of an invoice.

5. The recruiter and school agree that the school will pay the standard fee for any candidate who is NOT hired at the same time his/her partner is hired, but who is subsequently hired by the school within 13 months of the reporting/starting date of the partner originally employed.

6. The recruiter and school agree to give all candidates sufficient time to consider a verbal or written offer of employment, and to refrain from exerting undue pressure such as requiring a decision in an unreasonably short period of time.

7. The recruiter and school agree to guard the confidentiality of all materials on the web and ESPECIALLY any printed references received by mail, fax or at a recruitment fair.

8. The recruiter and school agree that they will NOT give to other recruiters or organizations any of our web information, passwords, or hard copies of information about Search Associates candidates and will not in any way refer Search Associates candidates to other schools without permission from Search Associates.

9. The recruiter and school agree to give the school username and password to at least two other long term employees of the school, and acknowledge that loss of either username or password may necessitate completing the school application form all over again.

10. The recruiter and school agree to update the vacancy list promptly when a new position is available or when a position is filled. The recruiter and school acknowledge that if a vacancy posted on our web site is left unattended for 45 days, it is automatically deleted. (Please note that the web automatically generates a reminder every 15 days for each vacancy which you list.)

11. Search Associates does everything possible to prevent teachers from reneging on or resigning early from a contract, including a requirement that they sign an agreement in which they promise to reimburse the school the $1,050 placement fee for teachers or $1,800 fee for administrators if they do so. The school and recruiter agree that they will hold the teacher responsible for this fee and will accept responsibility for collecting it (prior to the departure of the candidate) in the event the candidate begins teaching at the school and then decides to resign prior to the end of contract.

12. The recruiter and school agree to abide by the joint code of ethics which was published and distributed in October of 2001 by the major recruiting associations. (See latest news on our website for a copy.)

13. Search Associates reserves the right to cancel a school's password and access to this section of the web site at any time, should any breach of ethics be committed by the school (as indicated above or in the school's treatment of teachers in the school).

14. I hereby certify that all pages in Parts 1 through 4 will be printed and kept as a permanent record by the school, and that the information on this application has been completed by:

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    Name of person completing the application form (1-27) and this agreement		Date

15. Please verify the accuracy of your username and password below and please keep them for your permanent records.

    Username

    Password

16. Please list the names of at least two other long term local employees who know and will be responsible for recording permanently the school's username and password.