So where y'all want to move next?

I do love teaching overseas. But I would like to share a few stats about our job search this year for all of those people (numerous people- don't feel bad!) who have innocently asked 'So where y'all want to move next?'

• On 29 August, we became active with Search Associates, an organization who in their own words 'assist over 3,000 candidates secure positions abroad, making us by far the premier international recruitment organization.'
• We applied to our first school on September 28th. (We officially gave up our jobs in late October and thus became unemployed for the next school year.)
• One hundred twenty-six days later we received the job offer we plan to accept. 
• During that time, we applied to 50 schools in 33 countries (Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, and Vietnam).
• Of those, we received some form of feedback from at most half. Often something along the lines 'Despite being a strong candidate, ...' 
• Many schools are overwhelmed by applications, with as many as a couple hundred applications per position at the more prestigious schools. 
• We engaged in email/conversations with about 10 schools total, extensively interviewed with 4 (2-6 interviews/school) and received offers from two.
• We averaged 4-6 interviews per week in January 2019. Some interviews were conducted as a couple, but many were done individually. All were completed via Skype and Google Hangouts with varying levels of internet strength.
• Due to the schools' locations around the world, we interviewed mainly before school (starting as early as 5:30 am) and after school (until as late as 8:30 pm) to avoid missing work.
• After all of this, I can say we are going to a school that fixed some of our main push-factors, but that there will still be challenges. Of course, no school is perfect.

These facts do not hint at the frustrations, heartbreaks, self-doubt, anxiety, or sleep lost. I have not tried to calculate the hours spent searching for schools offering positions that both of us would be able to teach, applying for those jobs, writing letters of introduction, checking email for notifications/responses from schools, preparing for the interviews or time spent deliberating options.

Job-hunting in the international school circuit is not for the faint of heart. Thank God it's over.