it seems that some schools prefer not to openly advertise vacancies because that would compel them to follow regulations in regard to recruitment rules that may not suit school needs in general there also seems to be a lack of information to connect those looking for a teaching position with the schools seeking teachers in order to address this concern the flemish public employment service and the ministry of education and training have jointly established a webbased database of teacher vacancies in elementary and secondary education wwwvdabbe leerkrachtendatabank