Common Salary Negotiation Mistakes That Drive Away Top Teaching Candidates
Hiring the right teacher for your school is a crucial step toward ensuring educational success, but the negotiation process can sometimes complicate this. One common mistake many recruiters make is mishandling the compensation negotiation with teaching candidates. It’s easy to overlook the importance of these negotiations, especially in a competitive international education market. However, missteps […]
The One Mistake All Recruiters Make
Many recruiters, feeling the pressure to fill teaching vacancies quickly, often make the same one mistake: asking candidates for documents upfront. Some of the most commonly requested documentation includes: While this is usually done with the intention of streamlining the hiring process, asking too early in the process can have the opposite effect—overwhelming and discouraging […]
Mitigating risk throughout the recruitment hiring process to avoid vacancies
What happens if you still have a spot left to fill? If you have a last minute hire to make, don’t panic. The good news is, during the summer months, we still get over 60,000 candidates applying for roles each month. It may feel like a race against the clock, but there’s still time left […]
Increasing teacher applications with landing pages
Does your school have a web landing page designed specifically for your teacher recruitment? Landing pages serve a very distinct purpose over a vacancies page on your website. Generation Z teachers in particular do not want to be hunting through navigation bars and clicking numerous links until they find the information they require. This is […]
Teach Away & ISCHR Workshop: Taking a Look at the Future of Teacher Compensation in 2022
Teachers provide guidance for students to excel in their studies and in life. The role of a teacher is fundamental and powerful. It’s one of the few professions whose sole purpose is to shape and develop the minds of naturally inquisitive students. Because of this, it’s no surprise that teachers ask simply to be compensated […]
5 things that frustrate job-seeking teachers (and what you can do about them)
In many industries, employers can get away with an uninspired recruitment process. But with skyrocketing demand for international educators, international schools have little room for error. If your recruitment process isn’t up to par, you run the risk of losing out on top talent. To help you avoid the most common complaints, we asked […]
The 4 biggest recruitment pitfalls and how to avoid them
It’s no secret that schools want the very best educators, but it’s also no surprise that some schools leave this until the last minute. It’s rare that good teachers are lounging around with their feet up, so it’s important that schools actively seek, recruit and support the best educators in the industry. A good […]
How to write a job description that attracts the candidates you’re looking for
Make the most of your Teach Away job posting by writing a great description that gets job seekers eager to apply for your open position. Here are the essentials every job description should contain to attract candidates: 1. Be specific, and to the point. What are the exact job requirements? What skills and qualities must your […]
4 things that motivate teaching candidates more than money
Have you ever wondered whether your school is missing out on the best teaching candidates? At Teach Away, we spend a lot of talking to our candidates about how they can impress you – their prospective employer. But it’s just as important that we take the time to talk about what teachers are looking for […]
Teacher engagement and the pursuit of happiness (Part 4)
Ash Pugh, Director of Operations at Teach Away In the final installment of our four-part series, we look at the third part of the recruitment, onboarding and retention cycle: retention. Paving the road to retention According to Dr. Jurewicz’s research, 63% of teachers surveyed intended to stay in their current roles beyond two years. Conversely, […]