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Just so everyone knows: I was unsure if you had to update your files every year...and our wonderful moderators here were a little unsure as well...BUT BE UNSURE NO MORE!

I got zero referrals this past summer until I re-uploaded my files in mid-AUGUST. Immediately I got a referral the next day (for part-time).

Well, just yesterday I received confirmation that there were multiple openings in my field this past summer. (I saw multiple colleagues on Facebook at their new DOD jobs...)

So UPDATE YOUR FILES EVERY YEAR!

I hate that I was effectively sitting out the hiring process this past summer, while thinking that I was ready to go and hoping and preparing for interviews!

Already looking forward to next hiring season...
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HelpOthers I have shared for several years, that you do need to re-upload your transcripts and teaching certificate each year to truly update your account plucation. Also change your year if availability. I too learned the hard way. The only reason I can think why subman still receives referrals was because of qualification in an area with few other applicant...See More
Oct 29, 2019
HelpOthers Sorry. I'm typing on my phone and some letters are just too close together. Autocorrect might also be the cause. ;)
Oct 29, 2019
Dr. Ali Fant Mary is absolutely correct about your "year of availability" field. I realized my error halfway through the SY2012-13 hiring season and had to contact DoDEA Help Desk to have the error manually corrected. I average about 2 DoDEA Referral Notifications per week during hiring season and about 2 per month during the off season. All phone interviews ha...See More
Nov 4, 2019
subman Mary is correct you do have to change the School Year date each year and you have to click on each section to make sure everything is up to date. But you do not have to re upload your information.
Nov 6, 2019
HelpOthers Read carefully what it says on the page where documents are uploaded and see the column that refers to the school-year for that document. Maybe it has been changed. Last time I had an active application in the system, it clearly said at the top that the license and transcripts must be uploaded each year. When you uploaded them, the column with the ...See More
Nov 9, 2019


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