What does a re advertised job mean?

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Hi all, last question for now I promise!

I’ve seen a job being advertised twice. I didn’t apply to he first time as the term was too busy with mocks I knew my app wouldn’t be good enough.

Anyway, it’s back up again, alongside a fixed term role.

Can I apply for both the FT and temp role, and why would I be re advertised?

It usually means that either no-one who applied was appointable, or that all those they found appointable turned it down

Is it possible to apply to both that are going then so the temp and the ft?

Are they both at the same school? If they are readvertising and more jobs are going up, whilst it could be completely coincidental, they are ginormous red flags.

Really? It’s only these two. The ft has been up a while but the temp has been re advertised.

Why is it a red flag?

A job advertised twice says they didn't appoint the first time. Two jobs at the same time, one fixed term - could be a mat leave. Or could suggest there's a problem.
We once needed three teachers for a subject at once. Not a problem - two people leaving for other posts and one retiring. We did say that in the info though.

I am assuming it is a mat leave as it just said contract could end earlier than the three terms.

Is it possible to apply for both the temp and ft or would that be wrong?

I hope someone corrects me if I'm wrong, but fixed term is also temporary, in most cases, so one application would cover both?

I would put in an application for the full time post but say you are open to the temp post rather than posting two identical applications.

It's fine to apply for both, just apply for thr permenant position and make it clear in your cover letter that ideally you are lokking for a permenant job but would.consider fixed term as well. If it's two roles but the same subject they will lilely interview for both jobs on the same day and offer the fixed term to their second favourite candidate anyway.

I don't think 2 jobs is a red flag either. Twenty jobs at the same school after a change in management yes. If you make it to interview just ask other staff what it's like to work there etc. I went for an interview once when I was much younger and a member of admin staff took me aside and warned me about the HoD, I og ored the warnings and took the job. Regretted it for 5 years and eventually left. Next interview I got an odd vibe from the school and wasn't introduced to any of the team I was to be leading. Trusted my instincts and didn't take that job!

My school has done this when none of the applicants were particularly good.

I would guess they didn't get anyone suitable or indeed possibly anyone at all! A temporary post and a fixed term post are not going to be very tempting to someone already in post.

It’s not necessarily a red flag, we recently had interviews for a teaching post, and 2 candidates clearly did well on paper but were a disaster on the whole (bad lessons, not good class management, one was extremely stuck up and arrogant, for example they were very patronising to a TA, actually made a comment along the lines of “I’ve been to university and you clearly haven’t” when in fact this TA was a full time teacher until she had children) and the third was actually hired but turned it down as she had interviewed days before us for a job abroad and got it and took it. So we advertised again. Quite an extreme circumstance I admit.

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Oh wow ChocolatemilkBertie. That sounds like a series of unfortunate events! Sounds like a lucky escape not hiring if you ask me!

I’ve never actually come across people who think being rude to a TA Is acceptable? It’s just such a poor show. At least her true colours showed now rather than later though

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I would put in an application for the full time post but say you are open to the temp post rather than posting two identical applications.

Yes, this what I would do too.