Off-putting recruitment processes put teachers off applying for jobs

Research from Eteach has found that 40 per cent of the 3,000 teachers it surveyed cited off-putting application processes prevent them applying for jobs.

The survey also found that 50 per cent of teachers reported applications taking far too long to complete, with 34 per cent would prefering to submit a CV.

Eteach believes that a radical overhaul to the teaching recruitment processes employed by most schools is needed to stop teachers leaving the profession.

Eteach founder and CEO, Paul Howells, a former teacher himself, said: “Schools have not adapted their processes to account for the current shortages. In fact they may well be making the situation worse by asking a scarce resource to jump through unnecessary hoops in order to find their next role and to further their career.

“Our research also shows that schools are, in some instances, making it very difficult for already hardworking teachers to apply for new roles at a time when they should be making it easier. This may well make the teachers feel undervalued and it’s then that they choose to leave the profession altogether. Schools are unwittingly exacerbating their own recruitment crisis.”

The Education Landscape report is a combination of independent data and third party insights for school leaders and is free to access at Eteach.com. Other issues covered within the report include the impact of workload and working hours on our already “flat out” teachers.