{"id":489,"date":"2018-09-14T09:09:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/shaping\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2019-02-12T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:46:39","slug":"recruitment-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/shaping\/recruitment-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruitment Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>What can I do to support recruitment?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This toolkit contains a series of guides about\u00a0how academics in a recruitment role can support recruitment, depending on the time you have available.<\/p>\n<p>Areas covered include marketing and communications, recruitment operations, customer insight and schools and colleges activity.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>If you have one hour<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Create and update your course or subject talk at open days \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/marketing-toolkit\/events\/open-day-talk-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Encourage your students to capture their experiences by blogging, taking photos and videos or posting to social media \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/marketing-toolkit\/brand\/content\/\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Maximise your staff profile \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/marketing-toolkit\/web\/?doing_wp_cron=1545239183.6759839057922363281250\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Support a school or college visit on campus \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Support%20a%20school%20or%20college%20visit%20on%20campus.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Work with the media \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Work%20with%20the%20media.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>If you have one day<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Share stories to develop potential content around your course \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/marketing-toolkit\/brand\/content\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Review the online prospectus entry for your course to make sure\u00a0it includes key course features and unique selling points. You can submit copy amends for\u00a0your online prospectus entry via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/contact-us\/how-to-update-your-course-page\"> this change request form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Develop interactive activities at open days \u2013 \u00ad<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Develop%20interactive%20activities%20at%20open%20days.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Support a school or college visit off campus \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Support%20a%20school%20and%20college%20visit%20off%20campus.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00adread here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Support the conversion call centre \u2013 \u00ad<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Support%20the%20conversion%20call%20centre.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Support your faculty room at clearing \u2013 \u00ad<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Support%20your%20faculty%20room%20at%20clearing.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Improve your social media presence \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Improve%20your%20social%20media%20presence.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00adread here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Use the reports on the University&#8217;s website, the Source to understand recruitment data for your course \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/marketing-toolkit\/market-intelligence\/?doing_wp_cron=1545239668.2190399169921875000000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00adread here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>If you have one week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Write for the news and opinion website, The Conversation \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Write%20for%20The%20Conversation.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u00adread here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Develop a new school or college engagement initiative \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Develop%20a%20new%20school%20or%20college%20engagement%20initiative.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00adread here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Explore and develop strategic partnerships with FE colleges \u2013 \u00ad<a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Explore%20and%20develop%20strategic%20partnerships%20with%20FE%20Colleges.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Support progression to Sheffield Hallam top-up routes \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.shu.ac.uk\/sites\/DSA\/PRM\/staffonly\/DOCArecruitment\/CrossCutting%20DoCA%20Projects\/Recruitment%20toolkit\/Support%20progression%20to%20Sheffield%20Hallam%20top-up%20routes.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00adread here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can I do to support recruitment? 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