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| | The Human Resources: Recruiting, Hiring, and Staffing Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | recruiting tactic ideas | Views: 943 | | Nov 04, 2006 8:41 am | | recruiting tactic ideas | # |
Cynthia McCoy | | Does anyone in forum have any creative scotting ideas for recruiting high educational and health candidates i.e. school psychologist, recreational therapist, etc. Private Reply to Cynthia McCoy | | Nov 04, 2006 10:13 am | | re: Recruiting Tactics Ideas | # | 
Tom Adam | | Cynthia,
I think I may be able to help you with this question, since long before I got into recruiting I spent quite a few years working with and for several school districts, and almost always with their special education programs and services.
First, look through the web sites of whatever district(s) you think may have people that (a) are qualified and (b) are or could be motivated to go elsewhere. You'd be surprised at the kind of information public entities make available that way. One VERY major university has not just its entire IT department listed in its own section, there are staff photos, bio's and even a map of the department office layout and seating chart!
Second, this may give you a chance to do more of what I sometimes call "real recruiting": cold-calling in, getting past the gatekeepers/admins, and finding prospective candidates. It's safe to say that school district personnel aren't used to getting headhunted, and it's even more certain that their front-line admin staff aren't used to fielding such calls. You can probably just call up a school or the district's main office, tell them you want to get some information to their school psychologists/ RT's/etc. and ask to whom the info should be addressed.
There are also the usual professional associations, conferences and their attendee lists, etc. that can be good sources.
The challenge, however, may be in providing prospective candidates a sufficiently compelling reason to move from one school district to another. Many of the best reasons available in the private sector don't exist there: stock options, high-profile company with a significant reputation, attractive opportunities for professional growth, etc. And let's face it, the public sector generally doesn't pay anywhere near as well as in private industry.
Which reminds me: how are you getting these entities to agree to pay recruiter fees? It's not exactly something they typically do.
Private Reply to Tom Adam | | Nov 04, 2006 11:06 am | | re: recruiting tactic ideas | # |
Viswanathan Chandrasekharan | | Do you live in the same area? And if by chance your children are studying in the same neighbourhood, you can use the PTA to link up to these candidates.
Alternatively, you can get the librarian in the neigbourhood to help.
Hope this helps.
Viswanathan
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