Recruiting 50 Teachers for a Tamil Nadu School: How Can We Improve Our Strategy?

Dear Seniors, for a reputed school in Tamil Nadu, we need teaching faculty. Currently, we are sourcing candidates through Facebook ads and employee referrals. We require 50 teaching faculties for the upcoming academic year. Given the current recruitment strategy, I am concerned that achieving this target may not be feasible.

Please advise on the best approach to recruit teachers.

The best option to proceed quickly is to advertise in Tamil dailies for a walk-in event on weekends, spanning 2 days each weekend over the course of a month, totaling 4 weekends. Consider this as a campaign and disseminate this information to all BEd Colleges in your vicinity.

For a group of 50, this method is the most cost-effective. You can set up panels for screening, establish a screening process, and organize the event subject-wise on each day to prevent overcrowding. The process should include registration, live class sessions, personal interviews, certificate verification, and any other necessary steps as you see fit. All selected candidates can receive job offers on a specific day after obtaining management approvals.

I strongly recommend implementing the employee referral policy.

Advantages of running the referral policy

1. The chances of getting relevant CVs are very high as they will come through employees with similar profiles, in your case, teachers.
2. Applicants will be well-versed with the job profiles (JD) you are looking for.
3. This will drastically reduce the Time to Fill (TTF) of hiring.

I have vast experience in hiring teachers across various states. Please feel free to connect with me for any queries. Happy to help.

Regards,
Amol Nakve
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