Hello and welcome to Selected!  🙂 

How do I contact teachers?

To contact teachers you must first have your profile approved and you must also purchase invites.

How do I submit my profile for approval?

To submit your profile, complete profile page forms and click the Submit button above the page tabs on the left. The submit button will be disabled until you complete the forms. Once submitted, we will review your profile within 2 days (and usually much faster).

How do I purchase invites?

Right now the only way to purchase invites to reach out to families@getselected.com.. After payment you will receive invites that you can then to teachers! Once a teacher accepts your invite, you will be able to message and exchange personal information. You can check how many invites remaining on your profile page in the invites tab.

What else should I know?

We're improving and adding to the platform rapidly- expect to see new features and updates every day! Please feel free to contact us with suggestions and requests at neil@getselected.com. You can also reply to these announcements directly. We'd love to know how to help best!

Thank you and best of luck in your search!

We're now in Midland-Odessa, Texas!

Update your locations on Profile Pages > Match Preferences to start being matched with schools in Midland-Odessa.

We have a new Facebook Group that you can join here!

Come join the discussion!

You can now specify whether you are interested in Counselor and Social Work Positions.

On Profile > Match Preferences you can select the Counselors & Social Workers option to let schools know that you are interested in those positions.

Thank you and happy job search!

You can now search for schools across the country!  Navigate to the Schools tab in the top navigation bar. 

We'll be adding more features to our school search and we'd love to hear from you!

If you have any comments or questions pls reply to this announcement directly! That's the fastest way to get the tools you need built.

Thank you and happy job search!

You can now manage your applicants more easily on the Interview Page.  Under the title of the page you can filter your candidates by their status in your process.

You can change the status of any applicant with drop-downs like these which can be found on the Candidate Cards and on the Message Threads.

Thank you and happy hiring!

We've added template messages!

When sending a message you can now load a message from a template.

You can edit your message templates at Profile > Communication 

 *** Please reply with any other templates you would like us to add! ***

What is the Selected Resume?

The Selected Resume is a formatted pdf resume completed from a variety of questions that our candidates fill out.

How does this benefit me?

You will now be able to view and download a formatted pdf resume for every candidate before you you send an invite. In addition, every resume will be tailored to teaching, helping you make a recruiting and hiring decisions.

What do I need to do?

Nothing! These changes are already reflected in the candidate cards you use to interact with candidates. We do ask that you give candidates time to complete their information, and to also be patient with us as we work out bugs!

Thanks and please let us know what you think and how we could improve it!

Happy Hiring!

We have added a section to our profile called Profile > Selected Resume!

How this affects you:

Here we allow you to describe your experience, awards, and other accomplishments.

How this helps you:

• This allows to get you get a polished digital version of your resume that you can edit and download for your own use.

• You are no longer required to submit your resume.

• This also us to process new applicants more quickly.

• This helps us to show employers the right information as quickly possible to get you hired (preview what we show employers at Profile > Privacy).

What you need to do

If you have already submitted your profile, please complete the remaining items as soon as you can. In the meantime, your ability to be viewed by and interact with schools will not be affected.. If you are new to the platform, you will not have to do anything out of the ordinary.

Thank you for your cooperation and patience!!

You can now log in using your email and password!

You can set the password at Profile > Password. You will not have a password until you set one, but once you do you can use it to login.

If you forget your password you can login by email and change your password at any time.