The Puzzle: Blog

Particularly if your search is geographically flexible and your subject area of interest is not overly niche, you may be juggling several job referrals of interest, with various titles, specifications, and school types.

How can you stay organized and ensure you don’t miss any opportunities? Our CandidateConnect system makes it easy to rank, review, and update your referrals. When you log into CandidateConnect and click on the “My Referrals” section, you’ll see a list of the jobs to which you’ve been referred. There, you can use our star ranking system to note to yourself which jobs are most appealing. Use the notes feature to jot down why a position looks particularly intriguing, to keep track of when you’ve sent cover letters, and to mark instances in which schools have reached out to you. If it helps you, create a spreadsheet (we love spreadsheets!) to use in tandem with CandidateConnect, where you can easily keep track of the schools that interest you and the dates of cover letters you’ve sent, phone interviews you’ve scheduled, and campus visits you’ve made.

The most important part of your job search is ensuring that you are responding to schools in the ways they prefer and in a timely fashion. When you receive a referral, be sure to check the school’s follow-up preference in CandidateConnect. Most schools will require a cover letter, which should be concise, specific, and targeted to the position and school at hand, though others will request that candidates fill out their online applications, and some will prefer no contact from candidates at all. It is important that you begin your interactions with schools positively by following the instructions they’ve specified.

When schools do reach out to you, it is important that you respond to them quickly and respectfully. Even if you are not interested in the open position, be sure to reply to schools’ outreach. The independent school world is a small one, and it’s important to maintain professionalism—even with opportunities that don’t interest you.

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