As the world evolves into a more technology-focused and reliant place, so does education recruitment. Online application forms are increasingly the most popular choice for candidates and ultimately make vacancies who offer this faster and easier process more attractive to apply for. Our inbuilt online application option comes as standard with our licences and 43% of our candidates said they preferred it to other traditional methods such as CV upload and paper-based applications. We recommend the online application form as best practice and here’s why:
Mobile friendly
62% of our candidates use a mobile device to search for their next role in education. Attract more traffic to your vacancy by using the only fully mobile responsive application method. On average, jobs receive a third more applications using this method – this is because a candidate can search for a job and apply for it instantly from wherever they are at the time.
Auto-fill information
Our online application form uses smart auto-fill technology to pre-populate a candidate’s application with relevant and necessary data from their profile or CV. Meaning they don’t have to spend time filling in the same information over and over again.
57% of teachers cite long application forms as the most arduous part of the process. By eliminating the time-consuming part of applying for a job, your vacancy will receive more applications and therefore you’ll receive more talent to choose from.
Customisation
Laborious paper-based applications are becoming a thing of the past; switching to an online application form not only attracts more candidates, but also provides you with customisation options that can be changed with a click of a button. Our premium licence customers can create bespoke questions to make the application form flexible, as well as retain specific questions that their Trust or Group request to be included in all applications.
Equal opportunities
Just like the photo request function, you can choose whether you want candidates to add personal statements or fill in an equal opportunity monitoring form. These can be independently set to mandatory, optional or off, allowing you to tailor the online application form to your specific recruitment process.
Monitor application starters
If you use our online application form, you can monitor candidates who have begun but not completed their application with a flick of a switch. Simply toggle this on to identify interested candidates within your Recruiting Pipeline. Alerting your hiring team to interested candidates gives them the opportunity to reach out and identify some potential golden recruits.
Application variations
Depending on whether you are recruiting for a teaching or non-teaching role, the online application presented to candidates will reflect this, with specific teaching questions provided for your teaching roles. This is all down to the categorisation that you give your job, so make sure this is accurate!
Reference management
Our reference management tool saves you time and allows you to manage referee requests all in one place with templated emails built into your Client Portal. You can edit how many references you want to request when creating your vacancy and set a default value in your Settings.
Declarations
In line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2021 guidelines outlined by the UK government, when using our online application form you have the option to decide whether you collect declarations from all your applicants at application stage, or collect declarations from your candidates once they are shortlisted.
We already have an extensive database of over 2 million candidates, many of whom will already have live profiles with us. Make the most of our database and enhance your jobs by using the most popular, easy-to-use, and mobile friendly method for applications.
About the author
Emily Godolphin
As Eteach Group's Product Marketing Manager, Emily is passionate about giving schools and colleges the ability to seamlessly recruit and hire teaching staff across the UK and beyond. Emily graduated with a first class honours in Education Studies at the University of Winchester and has since had 9 years of experience in marketing for recruitment companies.