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Hidden costs of LA, Academy Trust talent pools for supply teachers
Hidden costs of Local Authority, Multi Academy Trust Talent Pools for Supply Teachers & Non-teaching staff Creating and running a successful local authority or multi academy trust supply teacher and non-teaching supply talent pool is challenging. Talent pools are...
Why academy trust & local authority supply teacher talent pools often fail
Why academy trust & local authority supply teacher talent pools often fail Headteachers, Business Managers and Cover Managers have full time jobs already, filling vacancies to cover sickness and planned staff absence is a necessary inconvenience on top of that....
Face coverings reduce risk for supply & teaching staff
The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi recommends face covering for pupils staff and visitors in Year 7 & above Department for Education recognise high absence & issue of availability of supply staff The Department for Education is looking at steps and measures...
Recent Recruitment Agency Blogs
How frustrating is it for schools waiting to hear which temps have been allocated to your staff vacancies?
Not knowing who might be allocated or if the quality is good enough is unnerving at best. Especially unsettling when schools are told at the last minute, the proposed supply teacher can’t make it, leaving them short or with an alternative unskilled for the job. It...
What does it cost temp agencies to manage unpredictable availability?
Storm Ciara reminds us that change is constant; what does it cost temp agencies to manage unpredictable availability? We’ve had flights cancelled, trains cancelled, roads blocked, houses flooded, too wet, too cold, too dangerous; we can see before our eyes the climate...
How do temp recruiters build and sustain deeper loyalty with customers and candidates?
How do temp recruiters build sustainable and deeper loyalty with customers and candidates? Many people think temp recruitment is easy; how often do you hear “oh you’re a recruitment consultant, you just find CV’s, ask a few questions and place them, it’s not rocket...
Was that first day back easy for temporary recruitment consultants?
First day back after the holidays for supply teachers and education recruitment agencies is normally an administrative nightmare, attempting to work out who is available and recording the correct information. Getting hold of all those temporary workers is difficult...
Why do supply teacher recruitment agencies often ignore supply teacher’s availability updates?
It’s frustrating for everybody, keeping all your contacts that need to know informed. Even with the best intentions in the world, letting everybody know every time your availability changes is tough and is rarely consistently done. It’s also tough for all the...
Are your best supply teachers available when you need them?
Such a seemingly easy question, but most schools haven’t got the time to call around their list of supply teachers and to record the various answers. In the past schools called a few agencies to find the right people with the right skills and availability. Those...
Recent Temporary Worker Blogs
Hidden costs of LA, Academy Trust talent pools for supply teachers
Hidden costs of Local Authority, Multi Academy Trust Talent Pools for Supply Teachers & Non-teaching staff Creating and running a successful local authority or multi academy trust supply teacher and non-teaching supply talent pool is challenging. Talent pools are...
Why academy trust & local authority supply teacher talent pools often fail
Why academy trust & local authority supply teacher talent pools often fail Headteachers, Business Managers and Cover Managers have full time jobs already, filling vacancies to cover sickness and planned staff absence is a necessary inconvenience on top of that....
Face coverings reduce risk for supply & teaching staff
The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi recommends face covering for pupils staff and visitors in Year 7 & above Department for Education recognise high absence & issue of availability of supply staff The Department for Education is looking at steps and measures...
Back to school – supply teachers and part-time workers when are you available?
Back to school - supply teachers and part-time workers when are you available? Sharing availability for supply teachers and learning support assistants with preferred schools and agencies is often a painful and necessary process. It’s difficult because there are many...
Is your school reducing its Covid-19 staffing risk?
Schools manage their own pools of external supply staff, they know and like from the agencies they prefer working with to reduce Covid-19 infection risk.
How do recruitment businesses reliant on temporary workers manage risk?
Running a business means dealing with risk and uncertainty, the constant companions of directors. Uncertainty ebbs and flows, as do risks and their mitigation. #RECMembers #recruiters especially those in temporary recruitment are experiencing significant increases in...