YWCA Greater Los Angeles

The challenge

YWCA Greater Los Angeles needed vacancy support and qualified, long-term educators to hire permanently across 6 sites with Early Child Development programs. The challenges they experienced:

• Unfilled vacancies with no reliable pipeline for permanent hires
• Limited bandwidth for recruitment and proactive outreach

They also expressed challenges with their previous vendor:

• Educators with minimal qualifications and no early childhood experience, which made it difficult to build long-term stability
• Could not get the vendor on the phone for support
• Agency did not remember client-specific challenges

Implementation

Scoot Education partnered with YWCA Greater Los Angeles to provide a low-risk path to permanent hiring:

• Upfront communication: Listened to staffing needs and challenges and checked in regularly with YWCA Greater Los Angeles to ensure our educator was serving their needs
• Temp-to-perm pathway: Provided long-term placements as 4-6 month trial runs to see if an educator is the right fit before hiring permanently

Results

• 12 long-term placements filled across all 6 sites
• 5 educators hired across 3 sites after multiple successful long-term trials
• Expanded trust: Director is thrilled by a staffing company that listens first and provides qualified, best-fit educators ready for early childhood settings
• Stronger teacher recruitment pipeline: Temp-to-perm pathway ensures stable stream of full-time ECE educators

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