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My Fair Lady
and so was free to do 
The Sound 
of Music
. Her bank manager must have been among many 
people who were delighted at the outcome. 
KEY POINTS
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If the job’s not for you, then withdraw. 
■
Straight after accepting the job, volunteer to visit 
for further discussion. 
■
Be pleasant and polite in defeat and ask for 
feedback, written if possible. 
■
Remember, heads are influential people. If you 
made a good impression, it could turn out well in 
the end. 
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Access to the internet is essential. Although some journals 
have jobs pages, in each case the really rich, fully 
searchable source is always online. Advertising can be 
expensive so although many appear on more than one 
website or journal, you cannot assume this, and so you 
need to study as many as possible. Use a search engine for 
‘teaching jobs’. Be prepared to spend time, and keep the 
results well organised. Here are just some examples:
https://www.tes.co.uk/jobs/
The biggest – and for many years, effectively the only – 
source of advertised teaching jobs both in hard copy with 
the magazine and online is the 
TES
(formerly the 
Times 
Educational Supplement
). It’s more than just a list of jobs – 
although it’s a very comprehensive one. There’s job-hunting 
advice and also the facility to manage your job-hunting, 
and sign up for email alerts of interesting jobs. 
TES 
also 
has a free jobs app. 
http://jobs.theguardian.com/jobs/