Advice on getting hired after returning from abroad during Pandemic?

Please help. Thank you in advance for reading my “adventure” and your help!

I’ve always been able to secure work with the Public Schools as a School Psychologist and have been evaluated from effective to highly effective. My husband is from the same country my parents are. We agreed to move to his native country due to his getting a State level job, I also had dreamt of living there.

I quit my prior job I was really content with (worked with an age I love and wonderful colleagues who became quick friends) to move with my husband July 2019. It didn’t work out for us living overseas even though I also was able to secure a good job paying well in an American School.

My husband saw how unhappy I was and my previous district liked me so much they hired me for a temporary maternity leave for March-June. We returned March before borders closed.

I’ve applied to 45+ school districts since April, and started applying even to agencies.

I don’t know if the job market is really horrible now because of this pandemic, and the added part of employers seeing I was working abroad for 6 months?

There have honestly not been that many School Psych postings this year in the State I live in. I’ve applied to a few NYC postings. I’m so so down over how I have hardly heard back.

Any advice/insight appreciated

Should I explain my whole career experience when they say ask me “tell me about yourself” for example, “we moved to___ country, due to my Husbands job but he has permanently transferred it here now so I returned for this maternity leave position”? Or not mention our move abroad unless they directly ask about it? (it’s on my resume)

I don’t know if this part on my resume has effected my odds. I also live in a very competitive area for jobs, just outside NYC.

Thank you!

Submitted June 01, 2020 at 05:25PM by Jane_Eyre_Psych https://ift.tt/2MmPmSu