In this second episode of Talking Recruitment, leading educators Mark Steed and Kai Vacher discuss how the application process for teaching and school leadership vacancies can be improved.
Drawing on their personal experiences, they discuss the future of the covering letter in an era of ChatGPT and the barriers created by long generic applications forms.
They talk about the positives and negatives of streamlined modern HR processes and look at initiatives to stop unconcious bias, such as blind applications. And there’s even an important book recommendation.
Essential listening for recruiters and job-hunters beating their way through the modern school recruitment jungle.