As always, the summer holidays whizzed by in a flash, and now here we are – a couple of weeks into the new school year.
This is always a busy (read: manic) time for colleges; the ‘settling in period,’ we’ll call it. As such, you might find that your recruitment strategy has been put on the backburner. But it’s not a good idea to neglect it for too long…
As education recruitment specialists, we’ll let you into a little secret: the very best recruitment strategies are the ones that are active all year long. Even if your college doesn’t currently have any roles to fill, having a year-round, proactive recruitment strategy in place will mean that when a vacancy does arise, you can fill it fast – and with quality candidates.
How Talent Pools can help
Just imagine if, every time your college had a vacancy, you had a large database of quality, interested candidates waiting for the phone call? This is exactly what a Talent Pool is – it enables you to stay one step ahead of your college’s talent needs, now and in the future.
Save time and money
Regardless of whether the candidates in your Talent Pool are actively looking for a role or not, because they’re in your Pool, that means they’ve all expressed interest in your college. So, you don’t have to pour time and effort into the ‘attract’ stage of the recruitment process – and you can expect things to progress at a far quicker pace.
Also, using FEjob's Talent Pool software, you’re able to filter, manage and make notes on candidates at any time. Meaning, when a vacancy does arise, you would have already carried out the time-consuming task of screening candidates. And, when a quality candidate applies for a role, you’ll know about it straight away if you set yourself up to receive text alerts.
With Talent Pool software, your talent pipeline and recruitment process are more streamlined and effective, which has the added benefit of freeing up HR’s time to focus on other areas of the business. And of course, less time spent hiring means less money spent on hiring – which, in the current climate where college budgets are already squeezed, is a huge advantage.
A candidate community
Of course, just because a quality candidate has shown interest in your college by joining your Talent Pool, doesn’t always mean they’ll feel inspired to hit the ‘Apply’ button when a suitable opportunity arises. This is why it’s important to foster a sense of community among candidates, and shout about what makes your college so unique through an eye-catching, informative career site.
Thankfully, careers sites are another one of Fejob’s specialties. We boast a powerful, real-time editing software that integrates your college’s career sites with your social media pages. It’s also fully optimised, so incredibly user-friendly.
A strong social presence and top-level careers site, used to promote your college’s USPs and share updates to candidates, can really help to portray your college as an employer of choice. Plus, with candidates signed up to your Talent Pool able to receive school updates, you’ll help to ensure your college remains front of mind.
There are many factors involved in creating a winning college recruitment strategy. Building and nurturing a Talent Pool will however help you to speed up time to hire, reduce costs associated with recruiting staff, and keep top talent engaged.
If you’d like to find out about our Talent Pool software or any of our recruitment tools, we’d love to chat. Contact us today.
This article was originally published on eTeach.