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Algonquin College Kuwait -- Anyone hired?

 
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TeacherNan



Joined: 01 Jun 2013
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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 12:20 am    Post subject: Algonquin College Kuwait -- Anyone hired? Reply with quote

Hi.
Has anyone interviewed for the new Algonquin College campus in Kuwait? I was interviewed last year and was made a tentative offer. Since then the opening has been delayed twice, and is now slated for September. When I was notified of the last delay, I was asked if I was still interested in the position for September, 2015. I answered yes, and was told that I would hear in March 2015. I waited until April to contact them, and two emails and two phone calls later I finally managed to make contact with the person I had been dealing with way back in 2014. They are no longer in the position, but (finally) passed on to the person now doing the job that I had been shortlisted, and I am wondering what is happening with my application. Email received back from this person saying that no more hiring decisions are being made until mid June.

I'm still wondering if I have a job for September with Algonquin. Is it even worth bothering about if this is the way they treat you before you even see the offer? Anyone else had a similar, better, or worse experience with this college?
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EFL Educator



Joined: 17 Jul 2013
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Location: Cape Town

PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is very common EFL trend these days in the Gulf and elsewhere......look for another job.....one cannot wait for a job in Q Wait forever especially if one is low on savings....Milton "Most Men Lives Of Quiet Desperation". Shocked Shocked
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CVN-76



Joined: 28 Mar 2014
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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

EFL Educator wrote:
....look for another job.....


Sometimes, we wait for these jobs longer than they actually last us one time we're on the ground doing them. I know I'm guilty of that, the waiting around because I'm a courteous guy. But no more. I'll wait very little now, as the employers will rarely give us that kind of courtesy. Give them the back-burner pass, move on, and come back to them later.
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