Eteach - the UK’s leading online education recruitment service - saw a record number of registrations and unique visitors to eteach.com in May. Over 8,000 teachers, school leaders and support staff signed up during the month – a 98% increase on the previous year, while over 700,000 unique users visited the site.

Paul Howells, CEO of Eteach, said that the company’s new Eteach Premium platform, which was launched last September, is proving a huge hit with candidates and recruiters alike.

“The behaviour of job seekers has drastically changed in the last couple of years. This is partly due to the internet, and particularly social media, but it’s also down to the demand for transparency throughout the employment process.

“I believe we’ve reached the tipping point in school recruitment: schools and local authorities no longer see press advertising as the only way to source candidates, and recruiters know that eteach.com is reaching today’s internet-savvy workforce. They’re reaping the benefits by finding candidates more cheaply than ever before.

“Schools, like any other employer, need to be ‘accessible, credible and responsive to keep pace with today’s high-tech and in-touch candidates’. This is Eteach’s mandate from our customers."

Eteach says innovations like its award-winning Applicant Tracking System and new Regional Talent Pools enable schools to work together to recruit quality candidates, improving efficiency, encouraging higher quality applications and driving down costs.