The overall impact of salesforce.com has been outstanding. From a recruitment standpoint, this small charity has changed the perceptions of graduates, to the point where teaching in a challenging school after university is one of the most prestigious options open to them."


- Teach First

Salesforce.com Helps Teach First Encourage Graduates to Make a Positive Difference in Challenging Secondary Schools

Challenge

  • Teach First is an independent UK non-profit which encourages high caliber graduates to consider a career in teaching in challenged secondary schools
  • It is a small charity operating in the highly competitive graduate recruitment market and often competes against affluent, well-resourced graduate employers
  • Teach First was using disparate, outmoded systems – such as spreadsheets and Lotus Notes – which were hampering its ability to support graduates and schools effectively
     

Solution

  • Teach First applied to the Salesforce.com Foundation and received 100 Salesforce licences, plus Salesforce Sandbox test environment to help it achieve its regional expansion goals
  • It deployed Force.com Platform as a Service (Paas) solution to provide staff with near real-time access to essential information used in the recruitment and selection process 
  • Many of processes associated with graduate recruitment – such as schools communication and graduate support – are now automated
     

Results

  • Teach First was able to scale up its recruitment drive very quickly, increasing the number of targeted universities from 15 to 25
  • Salesforce has enabled Teach First to adopt a national, standardized approach to graduate selection, ensuring high quality recruitment  
  • Salesforce has helped Teach First move from 69th to 14th position in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers list
     

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