Search firm halts recruitment for beleaguered Canadian International School in Hong Kong
Company will not provide services until the institution’s personnel problems are sorted out
A well-known recruitment agency for teachers will not provide services to Canadian International School until it solves its recent problems, which led to the firing of 11 senior administrators and teachers, the South China Morning Post has learned.
The school said the firm, Search Associates, accounted for less than one-third of the teachers it hired this year and that it had already filled most of its vacancies.
But some parents expressed concern that the service suspension would affect the school’s ability to hire quality teachers.
“If the school doesn’t have access to Search, which provides candidates who are prescreened, it means we are going to be stuck with a random assortment of people who happen to be available,” said one parent, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation. “The quality and the length of experience of the teachers may drop.”
In an email to parents, school principal Dr Gregg Maloberti said the firm, which has more than 650 schools worldwide registered on its database, contacted the school with concerns over “the perceived turmoil associated with the recent staff departures”.
“The school will not be using [the firm] until the situation is resolved,” said Maloberti.
He said Search was one of several recruitment services the school had been using and that it accounted for less than one-third of the candidates hired this year.