It’s Academic Places Senior Director At Leading ESL School

(Vancouver, British Columbia) Managing Director, John Becker, of It’s Academic Educational Staffing (It’s Academic), a leading recruitment and placement service catering to the educational community in North America and globally, recently spoke by telephone to discuss current company activities.

 ”We recently placed a Senior Director at one of Canada’s leading ESL (English as a second language) schools after a long vetting process. It’s Academic has unparalleled reach across a broad-base of senior level professionals in the global academic community,” Becker explained.

“This gives us a huge advantage over other, traditional recruitment firms that don’t have our specialized knowledge of education staffing best practices.”

Becker went on to explain his company’s interaction with the client-institution. During the initial discovery phase, Becker and his staff consulted closely with the school’s founder and president. “We wanted a complete understanding of the duties this senior director would undertake and what the anticipated outcomes were for the school. We also wanted to learn more about the culture of the organization and the personalities of the in-place management team members to develop our “short list” of ideal candidates.”

During his 15 years of professional experience in private education, Mr. Becker had collaborated with the school in the past. “We understood the essential credentials required through our experience in administration placement, but that was only half the task. We also worked closely with the organization to establish what type of candidate would make the best ‘fit’ in terms of chemistry with the existing team and ownership.”

It’s Academic works with numerous client-institutions in recruitment and placement of senior staff. A detailed discovery phase equips Becker’s team to recommend possible candidates based on professional experience, personal characteristics of school management and applicants, and, of course, the cultural dynamics within an institution.

“Our national recruiting campaign generated more than 100 qualified candidates…men and women who had the essential credentials to fill the job. However, after a detailed and systematic vetting process that factored in skills, applicable experience, candidate personalities, chemistry and other intangibles [a process undertaken by It’s Academic in all placements], we culled the original list of 100 candidates down to five high-quality professionals, each of whom offered something unique in their career histories. Only then was this short list of pre-qualified candidates presented to the school’s search committee for review.”

As with all IAS placements, each of the five candidates went through a rigorous round of credentials verification. References were confirmed and face-to-face interviews were conducted to identify the best fit for this critical directorship.

“It took five weeks from initial contact until we were able to place a candidate that the school felt was best for its students, the organization and the school’s culture.”

When asked about the outcome of the placement, Becker explained that, “Our candidate has been in place successfully for six months now and the input we’ve received from the school has been nothing but positive. We consider this another successful placement of a senior-level, academic director.”

 About It’s Academic Staffing (IAS)

It’s Academic is Canada’s leading academic recruitment and placement service, with representatives located in major metropolitan areas in both Canada and the U.S. The company is well-regarded within the academic community for its ability to place a full slate of education professionals, from recent graduates to long-experienced professionals working in diverse academic strata.

“We place ESL instructors, K-12 classroom teachers, sessional instructors, substitute teachers drawn from our local databases, as well as school administrators and recruitment professionals,” Becker concluded.

The company’s fast growth and record of achievement clearly demonstrates that Mr. Becker and his team provide a proven, beneficial alternative to job boards that deliver under-qualified or mis-qualified candidates, expensive recruitment services and slow and unreliable recruitment and advertising campaigns.