Our Company uses different types of recruiting practices: Monster.com and other web companies. Staffing companies are also helpful as the applicants come recommended for the position required. Some times, when the right candidate has not been found, placing an add in the most famous newspaper helps a great deal.
Our Company uses different types of recruiting methods: Monster.com and others; we also from time to time may use the newspaper, as well as staffing companies. Some are more effective than others. We have been very successful up to now as we have an experienced HR Director. One important factor is to allow the Director or Manager of the Department who is looking for the person so she/he can also provide his/her opinion about the applicant.
Hi Carmen,
Welcome to the class.
I am pleased to see that you are using multiple sources to find your best qualified candidates for your open positions. With the current state of the economy, that should give you ample candidates given the current unemployment rate. Your use of recent grads gives you an opportunity to view someone in that capacity before you would consider offering them a full-time teaching positions. That is a good method.
Pat
We use various sources to find potential new hires.We use recent grads as instructors assistants,we find people through staffing agencies and job web sites.We look for the best candidates based on industry and company culture.
Hi Julie,
Welcome to the class.
I assume among those various methods you include classifieds, website postings, graduates, job fairs, etc. When referrals come from a trusted source, that referral source becomes an informal reference for the candidate. Today with access to the Internet, you are able to reach so many more potential candidates in a very inexpensive way. It can easily help to reduce your recruiting expenses.
Pat
We use various methods to hire staff. I find that sometimes thru referrals works great.
Elsa,
Welcome to the class.
The methods that you have listed are all good sources of qualified candidates for your open positions. In today's economy, it is probably not necessary to use recruiters to find candidates for you as that is an expense you may not need to incur. On the flip side, though, using a staffing agency allows you to "try out" a candidate before you make a longer term commitment.
Pat
Pat
Our school uses different methods of recruiting, Staffing agencies, wesites, direct mail and formal students. Our direct mail listing comes from licensed proffessionals,this gives us the opportunity to find qualified employees.
Elsa
Mercedes,
It sounds like you have a good process in place. I like the fact that you require a minimum of two years experience/active licensure before an individual can be hired as a faculty member. That goes a long ways for the faculty member to establish credibility with the students.
Pat
Mercedes,
It sounds like you have a good process in place. I like the fact that you require a minimum of two years experience/active licensure before an individual can be hired as a faculty member. That goes a long ways for the faculty member to establish credibility with the students.
Pat
Pat
My school have a lot of advertising where each job applicant should see the job oppening and get and interview.
We have the interview in very warm place where the applicant could feel relaxed.Another request for us is their experience on the field. To be a teacher they need two years with the active Lic.and also been working on the field for two year as minimun.
Diana,
That is a great practice to require the 2 years of experience. With students today, you want to make sure that they feel as though they are getting value for their educational dollar. Having experienced faculty who have worked in the industry helps to ensure that they are getting that value.
Pat
Hi Patricia,
I agree with you on the part the the student must have establish themselves some experiance in the field. We actually request for them to have a minimum of two years of experience.
Tania,
Those are good sources of candidates for open positions. In the current state of the economy, it may not be necessary to use a staffing agency, which is going to cost your institution money. With unemployment rates as high as they are, your walk-ins and website might provide you with a ready source of candidates at little or no cost.
Pat
Dolly,
I am frequently hearing comments similar to yours that schools are tapping into their graduates to fill the ranks of faculty. I appreciate your comment that they first gain experience in the real world, which I believe is critically important, expecially from a credibility perspective in the classroom.
Pat
Diana,
Sorry about my delay in responding to your post. I have been in Orlando for the Career College Ass'n. Convention and Board of directors meeting since Saturday with limited access to e-mail.
I like the fact that you bring new instructors in as assistant instructors. That you gives you and them an opportunity to hone their teaching skills. Accreditors want to make certain that these grads first establish themselves in the industry and gain some experience which they can then share with their students before they take on the role as teacher/instructor.
In this economy it is rarely necessary to use (and pay) recruiters, especially when filling faculty positions.
Pat
We do advertising through a website and staffing agency. We also get alot of walk in applicants as well.
Most of our instructors are former graduates, while many have gone out to gain their experience in the real world to obtain further life skills. They come back to share their experiences. We also encourage promoting from within and allow our employees to enhance their careers.
We have a few methods of recruiting but our strongest is mailing our graduate students for Instructors positions. Stating that we will trained them and start them as an assisant Instructor.
Marietta,
That is great! I have seen some schools where the student graduates and comes back immediately to teach. Accreditors are real uncomfortable with that. Then they also count that as a related placement which creates more issues for the school. You are doing it right. I especially like the idea of starting them out as assistants to senior instructors. Great job!
Pat
