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I applied for several positions with school districts a week and half ago and haven't heard anything yet. I fit the qualifications and really want one of those positions but winder if I should apply elsewhere as well. I am not hurting for finances but getting antsy staying home every day.
It may be 6 days, it may be 6 months, so an average really doesn't mean anything. They probably won't even start reviewing the resumes until the posting period is over, then the resumes will be reviewed as an ancillary duty to everything else the reviewer/s are doing. Then there will be a meeting to make sure everyone is in agreement about who to interview. Then they will check to see that the budgeted money is still available and they have the okay to start interviews...
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I would expect that this time of year, schools would be responding faster, since here some have already started back, the rest are starting classes 9/6. Most are already complaining of shortages in teachers, aides, and bus drivers. Generally though, there are many factors influencing the time. I have hired 3 people in the last year, and from job announcement to first day working has varied from 5 weeks to 9 weeks. Hiring managers and HR people go on vacations, references may take a long time to call back, background checks can take a long time when those resources are busy, and normally, we wouldn't send out rejections to the top 2-3 until our selection has accepted the offer. We do try to send out the initial rejections within a week of the interviews.
I give it 1 working week. Regardless though keep applying to you have an offer in hand.
Agreed, heck if I am being bitter I would give a company as low as 3 days to get back to me. That being said if I don't hear anything within one work week I move on, if they come back after a week that is great but I assume my application is dead at that point.
Agreed, heck if I am being bitter I would give a company as low as 3 days to get back to me. That being said if I don't hear anything within one work week I move on, if they come back after a week that is great but I assume my application is dead at that point.
I have hired 3 people in the last year, and from job announcement to first day working has varied from 5 weeks to 9 weeks. Hiring managers and HR people go on vacations, references may take a long time to call back, background checks can take a long time when those resources are busy, and normally, we wouldn't send out rejections to the top 2-3 until our selection has accepted the offer. We do try to send out the initial rejections within a week of the interviews.
9 weeks would be considered expedient.
Even high ranked mid sized companies on glassdoor are taking 6-12 months to fill mid-senior level roles paying $100k+ (10+ years experience), and sometimes even still that long for more junior roles requiring 3-5 years experience
I applied for several positions with school districts a week and half ago and haven't heard anything yet. I fit the qualifications and really want one of those positions but winder if I should apply elsewhere as well. I am not hurting for finances but getting antsy staying home every day.
A week and a half before this thread was started was the very beginning of the school year. Most likely hiring managers were overwhelmed dealing with all the craziness of the start of the school year, and had paused hiring efforts.
It's also possible that you missed the deadline for a job that needed to begin at the start of the school year, but most districts are so short staffed now that I doubt anyone would turn down someone qualified (or even not qualified) who was ready to start whenever.
But no one should ever stop applying for jobs on the assumption that you are a 'shoe in' for something you've already applied for. There is no 'standard' timeline for hiring. It could be days, it could be months. And there are employers who advertise jobs that aren't funded yet...meaning they may never hire anyone. So don't assume anything.
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