Recruitment Advertising:
If you would like to advertise a position for your ELC/SAC we can upload it to our dedicated Facebook Childcare Jobs Page. Please send us an email: info@corkcitychildcare.ie along with full details of your service, contact numbers and the position that you are advertising for (i.e. qualifications, skills, experience etc.), if you have a poster for the advertisement that would be preferable. Please note that we do not advertise external job posts on our Cork City Childcare Facebook Page.
Other useful websites and platforms for advertising Childcare Jobs or for sourcing employment in the sector are:
- Activelink: https://www.activelink.ie/ (cheaper rates for charities)
- Childcare Jobs: https://www.childcare.ie/montessori-childcare-jobs
- Early Childhood Ireland: https://www.earlychildhoodireland.ie/jobs/
- Jobs.ie: www.jobs.ie
- Indeed: indeed.com
- Irish jobs: irishjobs.ie
- Linked In: ie.linkedin.com
- Your own services Social Media Accounts
- Local Newspapers
Recruitment and Selection Process:
NERA has plentiful information available on their website on monitoring employment conditions across Irish Businesses and Organisations: http://www.employmentrightsadvice.ie/employer/regulation-procedures/nera
IBEC is Ireland’s largest lobby and business representative group: Employers can become a member of IBEC to avail of a wide variety of supports they offer for the Employment process, please follow link: https://www.ibec.ie/employer-hub/hr-management-guide/recruitment/implementation-guidelines/recruitment-methods
Pobal have an excellent best practice Recruitment Guide that can be accessed here: https://www.pobal.ie/app/uploads/2018/06/Managing-Better-volume-3-Human-Resources.pdf
Below, are some further links and publications that will support the recruitment and selection process for the ELC/SAC Service Provider.
- https://www.tusla.ie/uploads/content/4566-TUSLA_QRF_DAY_CARE_LR.pdf
- https://www.earlychildhoodireland.ie/jobs-2/recruitment-advice-best-pratice/
- http://www.westmeathchildcare.ie/index.php/childcare-providers/publications/3-wccc-employment-support-pack/file
- http://wexfordchildcare.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/16.recruitment-and-selection.pdf
Interview Practice and Preparation:
Here are a variety of links that possess interview skills, sample questions and preparatory exercises that can accommodate your preparation for both facilitating interviews or attending interviews:
- https://blog.mybrightwheel.com/9-childcare-interview-questions-every-employer-should-ask
- https://resources.workable.com/child-care-teacher-interview-questions
- https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/interviewing/interview-questions-for-daycare-teachers
- http://www.kiddykare.co.uk/tips-preparing-for-nursery-interview/