Association of University Teachers launches recruitment site

Association of University Teachers launches dedicated
recruitment site for higher education professionals.


The AUT, the professional association for the UKís higher education profession
has launched aut4jobs.com - a web site dedicated to giving its members visibility
of jobs in and around the higher education field.

The new site, accessible by the organisationís thousands of members, is the latest in
a series of successful community-based recruitment portals developed in partnership with e-recruitment specialists the Internet Corporation. It is also, say the AUT, a major
new facility for one of the largest and most important lobbies in the education sector.

Carrying details of a wide variety of vacant higher educational posts across the
UK, aut4jobs.com will provide a one-of-a-kind service and, it is envisaged, raise awareness of the important work the AUT carries out on behalf of its associates.

ìHigher education is changing and so too, must its recruitment practicesî, says Sally Hunt, chief executive at the AUT. ìWeíre delighted with the launch of aut4jobs.com. It marks an watershed in both our evolution and in that of the educational sector as a whole.î
She continues: ìAs well as promising to become the de facto location for colleges and universities to advertise their vacant positions, this site will also provide the perfect conduit for our organisation to increase its profile among higher educators. Whether theyíre looking for a career change or they just want to keep abreast of the kind of opportunities that exist in the marketplace, we believe that weíve conceived the ideal web utility for todayís university professional.

ìWeíre extremely excited about the launch of aut4jobs.com and confident that it will go on to become a great success.î

Providing high quality support services to its 40,000 strong membership, the AUT negotiates member salaries and conditions of employment, represents their views and provides advice, information and personal representation in the event of workplace problems. It also uses its influence with ministers, MPs and other decision-makers to drive standards at every level of higher education. The AUT is also the fastest growing union in the TUC.

ìIn addition to all this, aut4jobs.com will also generate a regular income for us
- funds that will be invaluable in maintaining our high standards and ensuring that
our membership continues to have the very best support services at its disposal.î

For employers in the field of higher education, comments the Internet Corporationís Mark Kieve, the ability to advertise vacancies nationally and internationally for as little as 75 a month* can lead to huge savings in annual recruitment budgets.

ìThe Internet is now a major recruiting environmentî, says Kieve, ìbut much more than that, through recruitment sites such as aut4jobs.com, itís an environment that could help underwrite the very futures of organisations such as the AUT.

ìIf employers and employees get behind these kinds of community-based sites, weíll witness a shift thatís of huge benefit to all concerned. The professional bodies win, because their recruitment costs fall substantially; site hosts like the AUT will win, because they can generate a continuous revenue; and workers will find the whole process of managing their careers a great deal simpler.í

aut4jobs.com utilises the Internet Corporationís Amris technology - the Internet recruitment platform that also powers job sites such as unifi4jobs.com from UNIFI, and the Nursing & Midwifery Councilís nmc4jobs.com.

Higher educators including academics, postgraduates, librarians and computer staff, can register with aut4jobs.com from today onwards - and are notified when suitable jobs are posted on to the site via email ëalertsí. Having registered, higher educational institutions and their support organisations meanwhile, can post their own vacancies, and can opt to receive applications online or offline, or link to their own websites.