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How Education Employee Health and Well-Being Impacts Recruitment and Retention

Employee health and well-being are hot topics in the HR world today, and for a good reason. There are direct connections between your organization’s success and its employees' well-being.  Moreover, mental health disorders and stress in the workplace have grown during the recent pandemic, along with loneliness and burnout. Employers struggle to manage these issues while also remaining profitable and effective in serving their missions.  So, what is the solution? You can try several leading ways to improve employee recruitment and retention. All it takes is…

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How to Develop, Build, and Maintain a Strong Employer Brand

Every reputable and competitive education organization has two brands – a primary brand and an employer brand. The primary (organizational) brand has more to do with how constituents perceive an organization and its reputation. It gives them a value proposition regarding its services, history, leaders, team members, etc. Closely related to the primary brand is the employer brand (also known as "talent brand" or "people brand"), which defines how an organization is viewed as an employer. Having strong employer branding is critical because it leaves…

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How to Recognize and Avoid Bad Hires for Remote Positions

Recent research suggests the negative impact of a bad hire in a remote position has been more severe during the pandemic. In a Robert Half survey, more than 75 percent of hiring managers reported hiring the wrong candidate for a role. Close to 65 percent of surveyed managers report increased costs associated with a bad hire. Below we discuss the costs of a bad hire, information about how to recognize a bad hire, and some tips you can follow to help you avoid hiring the wrong people for remote positions in the education sector.
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How to Become an Inclusive Recruiter

Today's education sector requires a more intentional approach to increase inclusivity and diversity in hiring practices. The increase in remote positions makes it the perfect time for your education organization to improve inclusive recruitment practices. Ultimately, you don't want to increase diversity in your education organization for the sake of diversity. Becoming truly inclusive means identifying and reducing bias in sourcing, screening, and shortlisting candidates.
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4 Major Benefits of Using a Recruitment Firm

The labor market is tight across all sectors, making it especially challenging to find people to fill open positions in your education organization. In 2021, during the height of the global pandemic, employees between ages 30 and 45 resigned at the highest rates. Unfortunately, these high levels of turnover have continued in the education sector, creating added stress for teams as they work to accomplish their mission-critical work with fewer staff and on HR teams they struggle to fill roles in a challenging talent landscape.
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9 Strategies to Find Quality Candidates for Hard-to-Fill School Administration Roles

Finding quality job candidates often presents a challenge for education organizations, schools, and school districts. However, searching for hard-to-fill school administration roles escalates that challenge.  You need professionals who not only understand their job requirements but can carry them out in a way that allows students, teachers, and schools to thrive. At every level, people who work in administration are the wheels that make a school and district run smoothly for everyone involved. No school administration role is too small or unimportant, from secretarial duties…

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Tips for Hiring During a Labor Shortage

Are you one of the countless organizations that has been hiring recently? If so, you’ve likely noticed how challenging it currently is to hire the right people to join your team - there simply doesn’t seem to be enough people! A wide range of factors has contributed to the current labor shortage.  First, some workers are reluctant to search for jobs because they fear contracting COVID-19. Many women have dropped out of the labor market, likely to care for young children. Finally, manufacturing, construction, and…

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What COVID-19 Taught Us About the Education Sector

  The arrival of COVID-19 has permanently transformed many industries, some of which are still experiencing shifts. COVID-19 has also reshaped the education sector, creating the most extensive disruption of the education system in the United States and worldwide.  Through school closures and changes to the way students receive information, the pandemic has affected almost 1.6 billion students in more than 190 countries, a number that represents 94 percent of the world's students and up to 99 percent of students in developing countries. COVID-19 widened…

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Preparing For and Conducting Successful Interviews

  Various companies and research institutions have dedicated time and resources to understanding the impact of COVID-19 on the job market. Many who found themselves unemployed in 2020 continue to look for new jobs, often considering positions outside their industry. Additionally, the pandemic forced businesses and organizations in all sectors to increase or transition to remote work. Many of today's job seekers want a role that allows them to work from home for one or two days per week, at the very minimum. This new…

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Hiring in Today’s Remote Work World

Technology has made remote work increasingly popular over the last few decades. Employees who have been able to work from home avoid commuting, saving time and money. However, remote work has been far less popular in the education sector, even in non-teaching roles. The arrival of COVID-19 forced many sectors to create remote positions and move some or all of their employees home. In education, administrations across the United States had K-12 students learning from home. In some cases, districts created hybrid models where students…

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