SchoolSpring.comReviews of schoolspring.com

Searching education jobs is like trying to find a needle in haystack it does show you all jobs not what you type/looking for. You fill out application on school spring and when you apply to any school, you have to type and fill out same information over and over again. Why did I fill the whole application if it doesn't apply automatically????

Just very difficult to navigate

I recently used the new SchoolSpring website (since merging with PowerSchool) to apply for an internal position, and it was incredibly frustrating. Despite carefully entering the correct information into my profile, the application was submitted with random changes that I never entered. For example, I put "Virginia" for a state, but the submitted application showed "Vatican." My major showed up as "Bahamas," and the "employee referral" I selected was replaced with "Eritrea." At first, I wondered if that was the Latin word for referral, but now I know that's also a random country... When I clicked "update," the application did show the correct information, like "Virginia" and "employee referral." But when I checked the submitted application again, it still showed all these incorrect entries. It made it look like I had filled out the application without paying attention (or while drinking!). In reality, I entered everything correctly. It was super frustrating and looks totally unprofessional. The dropdown for the start year was filled with "NaN" instead of actual years, making the form unusable. I also noticed only about 20 random colleges in the selection list, forcing me to manually select "other" and type in my school, which felt sloppy. One thing I tried was to withdraw my application, but the option was grayed out and unavailable. I thought maybe I could cancel and reapply, hoping that might fix the errors, but honestly, I doubted it would help. Since I never entered the wrong info in the first place, it seemed like a wasted effort. Another issue: there's no way to rearrange your work history. If you forget to add a job, it shows up at the top of your profile once you add it. But this doesn’t matter, since you must re-enter all your information when applying anyway. I’m also concerned about the security of my data. The website feels glitchy and insecure, and you cannot entirely delete your profile. Since the site is broken, I’m uncomfortable keeping my personal information there. I will likely take it off once HR has what they need. Hopefully, that's not too late. Hackers do use PII from job applications for identity theft. I had that happen years ago, so I try to only apply through company websites rather than job boards. This is a major disappointment for a platform that’s supposed to help schools recruit talent. It's frustrating, buggy, and wastes your time. The old website was fast and easy. You filled out your profile, then when you clicked to apply to a job, you just updated the cover letter, and that was it. Schools should consider switching to something more reliable. I can't recommend SchoolSpring in its current form. I've been studying computer science while transitioning out of the education field, and I just can't believe such incredibly wonky code was ever made live. I don't have professional tech experience yet, but this website is awful. There are apparently a lot of experienced software engineers looking for jobs right now, and Power School should pay them well to fix this website...

Unfortunately, schools in Massachusetts are using Schoolspring exclusively to post jobs and recruit staff. I have used the program over the years, but now, a job seeker must KNOW THE JOB TITLE, and fill in that box before proceeding a search. Not all school districts use the same JOB TITLES for support roles in SPED, and it often makes it impossible to find job openings in the town. SchoolSpring used to allow users to search by city only. Now, you have to go round and round to find which cities have jobs, and then, good luck if you can even find them on SchoolSpring. I wonder if the Commonwealth has been paying for this service or is it each school district. It is a shame that the only way to find these jobs is marred by an inadequate search function. I am very upset with this.

How do you update a product and make it worse? The search feature is unusable now. Also, there's no way to share a link of jobs in an area, or to view jobs by district. It's so unintuitive. PowerSchool scooping up companies like this is so frustrating. They ruin everything they touch.

Typically when you apply for a job, the last thing to do is they reach out to your references. My boss was a reference that I entered and she did not know that I was exploring other job options. There needs to be a clear statement that they will get notified right away even before interviewing...

School spring used to be the common ap for teachers looking for jobs-instead of having to fill out numerous applications, all of your information was stored and was easy to send to the schools-now you have to fill out every single piece of information over and over again for each school! It has defeated the whole point of SchoolSpring-I despise using it. The program is often down and it won't allow you to even pick the information to auto fill-I am so disappointed by the program.

Schoolspring's application process does not support candidate recruiting. For example, every time you apply for a job, the system sends a survey to your references. The problem is that if you apply to 10 school districts, the supervisor will have to fill out 10 different surveys. Why is this necessary? Why not have one reference survey, and send that out to all the employers within a certain time frame. After a few lengthy surveys, the supervisor is going to get frustrated and either not fill it out at all, or give a poor review. To all the districts out there, if Schoolspring pops up as the means to apply, I just back out and apply somewhere else.