Faculty Recruitment | Origin: OP115
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Hiring the Right Faculty for Your Institution --> Faculty Recruitment
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Job(s) advertisements should enhance the employers branding online when using different venues. You also want to ensure that you are optimizing the company's site if there is a section for employment and engaging content.
Comment on Liane Pardo-Mansfield's post: Truly is. Tracking is key to both proactive recruitment progression and ensuring cost are providing the intended return.
I think recruiting is great!
Using AIDA to create engaging job ads is a best practice when the school needs to recruit fast and in a targeted manner.
I am now working on publishing an Alumni newsletter for our campus. This is not something we have ever done in the past. It would be a good adjunct recruiting tool, especially in health sciences and industrial technology.
Finding the right person to join your team also involves collaborating with the recruiter because they may not always know the important things that faculty are looking for in a potential colleague.
There is a plethora one can use in recruiting potential applicants. 2 which I think would be the best are the internet and professional bodies.
There are different sources of recruitment and we should not rely on only one source.
All applicants should be treated in a positive way. If they have a positive experience with your organization, whether they are hired or not, they have the power of word-of-mouth. An applicant who had a positive experience is likely to refer others for the position and possibly refer prospective students. You may also end up calling them back down the road if other candidates decline your offer.
There are so many methods to recruitment and multiple layers to this process and how it can affect the company's image, mission, and end goal. I feel that newspaper ads are basically out though, and sites like Indeed, and others, are how things are done at this current moment in time. I feel the pandemic really shifted not only what kind of jobs people are looking for, but how they are looking for them. We have seven schools and we have even started utilizing Facebook to post hiring ads and had some success there in finding Receptionists and some instructors. My favorite takeaway is how we treat each applicant can not only affect a potential future hire, but the image of the company in its entirety. Just like anything else we do, people may not remember what you said but they will remember how you made them feel.
Defiantly tracing what works and not works can save a lot of time and money. Training students for future jobs in the organization is a great way to ensure you will have future teachers.
Use multiple avenues to advertise job openings.
I believe the process of recruiting, while tedious, what you post to your ad should be just as important as the position you are hiring for.
Make sure you post for the faculty you want and interview all those who qualify.
The primary thing is utilization of multiple recruitment methods.
Be polite with applicants at all times it is hard to repair a disgruntled applicant.
Reply to Libby Ediger's post: I think this is key. Getting qualified candidates from online is a useful tool. LinkedIn has become very popular.
Reply to Liane Pardo-Mansfield's post: Tracking is very imporant. I think this is a good way to make sure future recuritment works well.
One of the big things that stood out to me is to make sure to use a variety of recruitment mentods. This will haelp gather the best pool of qualified candidates.