The Times Educational Supplement (TES) and website www.tesjobs.co.uk are the number one sources for job seeking teachers, according to new research commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills.
Nearly two thirds of teachers (64%) use The Times Educational Supplement when searching for a job, and nearly half (48%) use www.tesjobs.co.uk, according to the annual quantitative tracking survey conducted among teaching and support staff from the primary, secondary and further education sectors, LEA staff and parents.
The report acknowledged that when teachers were looking for job vacancy information, they used ìprimarily The Times Educational Supplement (TES) paper and online serviceî.
The TES proves most popular with job seeking secondary teachers, with three quarters (76%) using the newspaper and over half (53%) www.tesjobs.co.uk.
Commenting, Patrick Roberts, Advertisement Director, TES said:
ìWith thousands of jobs every week in the paper and online, and our reputation for authoritative cutting edge education news it is not surprising the TES is the first port of call for job seekers and employers. When teachers are looking for a job they can rely on the TES to offer the most comprehensive and extensive opportunities, week in, week out.î
The report also highlighted the increasing popularity of The Times Educational Supplement as a source of education information. LEA staff who use the TES as their main source of information for education news more than doubled from 9% (Nov 03) to 21% (Nov 04). Meanwhile, over 50% of governors use the TES as a source of information in their role.
www.tesjobs.co.uk breaks 300,000 user threshold
This news comes hot off the heels of new independent ñ and audited - online user figures showing that www.tesjobs.co.uk monthly unique users reached over 300,000 for the first time.
The ABCe audit figures for April 2005 also confirmed the websiteís steadily increasing popularity, with unique users jumping by 13%, and an increase in page impressions of 7%.
With 210,000 registered users online, and in excess of 74,000 e-mail alerts sent each week, www.tesjobs.co.uk is the premier education recruitment website.
Patrick Roberts added: ìIt is becoming increasingly important for schools and advertisers to know that when advertising online or in a newspaper, circulation and audience figures are audited. The TES has always been proud of being able to provide these audited figures to its advertisers.î
www.tesjobs.co.uk proves a top resource for job seeking teachers
According to new research commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills.
