Why use recruitment companies to assist you with OTT recruitment?

Recruitment of teachers remains a difficult task for headteachers and governors and whilst we have seen a rise in applications over the past few years, there are still considerable shortages that exist in certain areas. No matter how many adverts you place in the TES or through your standard recruitment channels, there are times when you simply have to recruit from outside the local/national pool of available teachers. This is where agencies such as Bluewave can be your greatest asset.

Bluewave's expertise includes, but is not limited to the following:

• An established international teacher recruitment network to source quality applicants from abroad. We receive over 6000 applications a year of which only 3% match our minimum criteria
• Bluewave maintains the largest database of overseas trained teachers seeking work in England through one central office
• Bluewave manage an online database whereby headteachers and school governors can search directly for teachers, download their resume and references and even listen to a pre-recorded interview with our teachers.
• An understanding of international qualifications and which credentials are equivalent to British degree standard
• Understands the education systems in which the teachers are recruited from and how this equates to the UK
• Bluewave works collaboratively with schools to manage the whole recruitment process from interviews through to credentialing and relocation
• Bluewave deals with thousands of applications every year enabling them to distinguish between what is a good application and not.

Bluewave invests heavily throughout the year sourcing quality overseas trained teachers to help supplement the current pool of applications and in some cases, Bluewave will have a higher quality of applicant than you can attract locally/nationally yourselves. Whilst it is part of your school procedures to advertise locally, we recommend that you contact Bluewave from the out-set so that international applications can be considered alongside local applicants. We believe this is crucial as it will increase the number of applicants you receive, provide a greater scope for selecting the types of skills and experience you wish to add to your school community and finally, at the end of the recruitment process your school can be confident that you have recruited the best person for the job.