With social media and job board websites that are relatively cheap to access, why do so many businesses still spend thousands of pounds on recruitment? For many jobs, it makes perfect sense for the business to recruit on their own, using many of the tolls available to them, such as LinkedIn advertising or posts onto job boards, not to mention the free avenue; word of mouth. There is now such thing as cheap recruitment, thankfully, and more businesses should take advantage of this. Of course, there are cases whereby specialist help is required. This could be a particular industry or niche where you’re looking for a very specific and talented individual, and unfortunately the job boards aren’t going to cut it, especially when we start considering ‘head hunting’.

What is head hunting?

It’s a technique that’s used when there is a very defined background from which the recruiting company is looking for. It’s ideal for when someone wants a person ‘who is from a competitor’ or where that particular expertise is employed in similar, but not competitive organisations. In the case of headhunting, many of the cheap recruitment options simply won’t cut the mustard.

So, putting these recruitment situations aside what are some of the top cheap recruitment options for small businesses? One kind of recruitment that seems to be growing in popularity, especially for small firms, is flat rate recruitment. This kind of recruitment is where you pay an individual or agency a flat rate and they then dish your advert out across social media and job boards. This is a wise option for those who simply want to get their advert out there for hundreds of people to see, and if it’s a job where you know you’ll have many qualified applicants who are interested, it’s a great way to spread the word and receive plenty of CVs to go through. Some of the flat rate agencies will even filter the CVs for you and order them fro most qualified to least, so you can have almost all of the work complete by paying just a few hundred pound. This was unthinkable just a few years ago.

Of course, with LinkedIn as a business orientated social media platform, you can use the advertising feature yourself, spending just a few hundred pounds to spread the word about the opportunity available in your workplace. This can be just as cheap as flat rate recruiting, however, and to ensure your ads are optimised you’ll need to learn a little about LinkedIn ads, so perhaps choosing a social media agency or flat rate recruiter to help is a wise option.

There are of course still the tried and tested traditional methods, such as advertising your job in the local paper and nowadays these are published in print and online, so the reach is still relatively good. Adverts in local papers are often viewed with more trust than a listing on a job board, and you can choose to have candidates email their CV and cover letter over, or call you to learn more.

There are some things that one must do to become a great teacher as we are going to discuss in this blog post. To be most loved among the little children you require something beyond learning. You should be a very friendly but then a strict individual to be able to teach in a school. There are numerous approaches to be a great teacher yet the mystery lies in incredible relational abilities. It’s exceptionally fundamental that a teacher talks well. Listening is likewise another fundamental part of becoming a great teacher.

Tolerance is another key necessity that makes one a great teacher. You ought to understand that your understudy isn’t at standard with your insight and that it will require them much time to comprehend what you can comprehend in just a second. Likewise, every understudy is a quick learner. Hence you need to have tolerance with every one of them and ensure to be their top pick.

According to the some of the latest statistics, the average teaching salary in the UK is £23,000, however, when you’ve worked in the industry for over 10 years as a teacher, this reaches around £28,700. With the average salary in the UK being £27,600, it’s a wonder why so many people are drawn to teaching. If you think long and hard about the training you need to go through to become a teacher as well as the hard work you have to put in each and every day, then it’s difficult to see what the hype is all about. This is why it’s so true that to become a teacher, you have to have a passion for teaching and a love of pupils. It’s the same for nurses in the UK. They’re paid very badly compared to non-specialist roles in the UK, but to be successful as a nurse or a teacher it can’t be about the money, it’ has to be about your passion, love and level of care for the individual you’re helping.

Career in education is a great challenge in itself yet rewarding. A teacher is one of the most important aspects in sculpting a whole generation. Therefore, it is important a person opting for teaching career should be calm, patient and should have a thorough knowledge of the subject and will of learning new things.

As we go from school to college and for higher education, every teacher in these education institutes holds a different degree and license to teach a particular subject to a particular grade. Teaching career goes beyond the teacher communicating with a mass of students in the class. we have outlined a few teaching career options available for all levels of teachers. (more…)

What is in a name?

It’ one’s own brand, something that you’re identified by, anytime, anywhere. Well, have you been at a hospital and noticed how nurses and doctors display their names on nameplates? This is not only merely to reveal part of their identity, but also to ensure patients know who to refer to, whilst a name and job title can ensure people know who to go to for particular purposes.

Likewise, teachers are role models to students and should show pride in their work by having their name and job title on show at any time within schools. Displaying nameplates indicates that the teachers are proud of their career and are not shy of being associated with this noble profession. It is a sign of self-confidence in teaching as a career, but of course, there’s much more to a nameplate or name tag than that. (more…)