As traditional candidate sources are increasingly unable to meet new hiring priorities, schools must be more proactive in how they approach hiring. Schools can no longer solely rely on traditional sources, like search firms and independent school association job boards schools, and need to take the lead on sourcing their own talent locally to ensure they are reaching a broader and more diverse talent pool. Hosting prospective faculty education and recruitment events offers independent schools several opportunities to expand their talent pool within their own backyard.
Locally focused candidate education and recruitment events allow your school to reach previously untapped candidates in your community. You can reach candidates who match current hiring priorities, including those who have been overlooked previously, through an educator open house or diversity hiring fair.
Educator open house: An educator open house is an awareness event that educates candidates already in your community about the opportunities at independent schools.
Diversity hiring fair: A diversity hiring fair is a recruitment-specific event that focuses on bringing educators of color into your talent pool.
Despite a focus on national searches in the independent school community, national data suggests that, in general, Americans tend not to relocate for work. To address these challenges, schools should adopt a recruitment mindset and take more a proactive approach to connecting with new talent. The following two events give schools the opportunity to expand their candidate pipeline and reach previously untapped candidates. Each of the…