Since its launch in 2015, more than 2,500 schools and further education institutions have used TJS Education’s proactive approach to find and recruit qualified staff faster and more cost-effectively through social media. It means they can avoid advertising blindly on job boards or in education sector publications, in the hope that the perfect candidate will be proactively searching for a job at that moment.

The acquisition means TJS Education’s clients will have access to Socially Recruited’s machine-learning tools and technology, which analyse nearly four million individual data points to identify individual candidates’ suitability for roles based on their social media presence and activity.

Gareth Thyer-Jones (left), managing director of TJS Education, along with 15 dedicated staff and thousands of clients, joins Socially Recruited as the company accelerates its expansion into public sector recruitment.

Ben Keighley (right), founder of Socially Recruited, said: “Public sector employers, from headteachers to hospital managers, face many of the same challenges that companies do – with staff shortages pushing up recruitment costs and competition for the best people – and we want to help.

“The acquisition of TJS Education further strengthens our AI-powered public sector offering, and will give schools access to faster, more targeted recruitment campaigns that reach the right people at the right time.”

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