{"id":5879,"date":"2018-03-19T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T07:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2023-05-31T09:29:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T08:29:40","slug":"six-reasons-schools-might-not-respond-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/six-reasons-schools-might-not-respond-interview","title":{"rendered":"Six reasons why schools might not respond after your interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Too\u00a0many of us have felt that creeping disappointment when we apply for a job and don’t hear back. It’s disheartening. What’s worse though, is not hearing back after going through the whole interview process. You took the time to prepare for that interview, what is an extra two minutes to the school, to send a quick\u00a0‘thanks but no thanks’ email?<\/p>\n

As recruiters, and educators ourselves, we know only too well how often this happens. In order to find out why, we have grilled some headteachers and other recruiters, done our background research, and found some pretty interesting reasons. Hopefully they\u2019ll offer some insight so if you don’t hear back from a school, you can better understand why.<\/p>\n

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1. The job might not be available after all<\/strong><\/p>\n

The recruiting process can start and stop and be interrupted along the way. Maybe the company started interviewing external candidates but then had a couple of internal people pop up. Or the funding for the position has come into question. Maybe the teacher that was leaving decided to stay, or the school changed their mind and decided to restructure instead of replace. There could be lots of reasons like this which have nothing to do with your\u00a0suitability as a candidate.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0You’re still in the running<\/strong><\/p>\n

At Teacher Horizons we might send a school up to 10 candidates for any one position. So could our competitors, and then there are those hundred candidates who apply directly. It takes schools a long time to sift through, and even once they have whittled it down to one or two people, it takes time to make a final choice, send over the package details and give the chosen teacher their week to decide. In the meantime, it’s in the school’s interest to ‘keep the other applicants warm’ in case their choice falls through. So don’t always give up the ghost…you could be in a final shortlist and still could end up with that job.<\/p>\n

Read our blog on 10 things to ask a school at your interview<\/a><\/h5>\n

\"phones\"3. They\u00a0feel the guilt<\/strong><\/p>\n

No one likes the thought of emailing or calling someone to tell them that they have not\u00a0made the cut.\u00a0 Especially after they\u2019ve met and spoken to the person they are letting down. Although it seems like school administration can be brutal, they do have a\u00a0conscience and may just be feeling downright bad about it.\u00a0 Therefore they might just procrastinate for a while, and then maybe eventually tell themselves \u201cthat teacher was good so they would have found something else by now… I won’t bother them with a rejection\u201d.<\/p>\n

4. They don’t want to be asked for feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well of course, any\u00a0driven individual will want to know why they didn’t get a job, in order to improve for next time. This is a recruiters nightmare. Sometimes the reason is something that the teacher is not able to change\u00a0like their personality, or even their native language or accent when it comes to teaching ESL students. A school\u00a0does not want to offend\u00a0you cause an argument, so might find it preferable to\u00a0keep quiet.<\/p>\n

Read our blog on getting your Teacher Horizons profile photo right\u00a0<\/a><\/h5>\n

\"reject\"5. The head is having to consult<\/strong><\/p>\n

In some schools, we find headteachers have to consult the\u00a0board of governers before they are able to make a decision on any candidate. This involves sending off a request which can take days or weeks to come back, depending on how long the chain of command is. So it may be that the head has chosen you, but it takes a while for the board to OK their decision.<\/p>\n

6. They are just too busy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schools are filled with the most wonderful people on Earth, but they are hectic places. The position you went for could have had 300 applicants, and maybe 10 of you interviewed.\u00a0 Without a mail merge, that’s an hour of email writing for a head, and sometimes it can just be too much time out of their day. From my experience this one is unlikely, but I felt I had to add it in as a final possibility to cover all bases. Fingers crossed this isn’t the case for you!<\/p>\n

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We hope this helps ease your pain if you are waiting for feedback! For more advice like this, see our blogs on\u00a0Skype interview tips<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0CV advice<\/a>. To get started with us, and hopefully have more success than before, set up your free profile\u00a0here<\/a>!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Too\u00a0many of us have felt that creeping disappointment when we apply for a job and don’t hear back. It’s disheartening. What’s worse though, is not hearing back after going through the whole interview process. You took the time to prepare for that interview, what is an extra two minutes to the school, to send a… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":9091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[857],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/ben-white-7SRymDKKDus-unsplash.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Krhd-1wP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13697,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5879\/revisions\/13697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}