Candidate Placement

School First

Candidate Placement and Recruitment

At School First, we work with both school administrators and candidates, taking to heart our relationships with both. Our partnership with schools is extremely important, as we work diligently with candidates to find the best-fit position and the best school for them culturally. To this end, we pride ourselves on taking time to get to know schools and their constituents thoroughly and to gain their trust while doing so. At every step of the process, we support, advise, and encourage those interested in careers in independent schools.

School

At School First, we are committed to providing the highest quality of service to our schools. Our success in representing and recruiting for both day and boarding schools across the country and successfully matching schools with strong candidates is a testament to our dedication. Each school is unique, and we take the time to get to know your school and its community by conducting extensive focus groups to best represent the school while finding the most qualified candidates. This success instills confidence in school administrators about our ability to meet their staffing needs

Candidates

As a company, we work directly with candidates who can add significant value to the institutions they work in. We value, match and successfully search to find candidates whose careers we believe in and who share our passion. Our reputation is built on years of positive experiences in schools and other institutions, and we take pride in matching inspiring candidates with mission- and heart-centered next steps in their careers. We value each candidate and make them feel important and integral to our mission of supporting schools so that they can do the same for you and your school.

Hard-to-Fill Positions // Unicorn Candidates

In our line of work, hard-to-fill positions take extra effort. Additionally, unicorn, one-of-a-kind candidates have expressed a deep commitment to working with School First. We work hard to provide this unparalleled search service to our clients. Our job is to fill these roles and to match “all-star” candidates with the right employer. Across the board, we vet all of our candidates who would bring prestige to those hard-to-fill positions in schools, colleges, or non-profits. We also have talented people who are “off the charts” in their proven areas of expertise. In other words, we act as talent agents to broker the best candidates for the role that would make a significant difference or who would fill a very specific or niche need. Whether it’s a job that has been hard to fill or a candidate that would drive significant interest in your community, this bespoke service is unique to our industry.

Retained Searches & Faculty and Staff Hiring

At School First, we are committed to and take pride in our ability to conduct both retained leadership searches and to show as much care and dedication when conducting searches for hiring faculty and staff. Our retained searches will relieve your team from the burden of screening resumes and vetting candidates and will allow you to take advantage of our broad network of candidates.