The recruiting engine your HR team deserves.
Catalyst sources, screens, and places educators exclusively for universities, charter networks, and edtech companies — so your team can focus on retention instead of requisition backlogs.
Educators Placed
across 340+ institutions nationwide
Average Time-to-Fill
down from the industry average of 92 days
First-Year Retention Rate
vs. 67% national educator turnover average
Trusted by institutions including
The Engagement Model
Five phases. Zero guesswork.
Every Catalyst engagement follows the same proven process. Here's exactly what changes — and what doesn't cost your team anymore.
Phase 01
Workforce Audit
Mapping current vacancies, pipeline gaps, and credential requirements across your institution.
| Metric | Your Team Alone | Your Team + Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Time to Complete Audit | 6–10 weeks | 8 business days |
| Data Sources Analyzed | 3–4 internal sources | 47 market + internal signals |
| Compliance Risk Flagged | Partial (manual review) | 100% automated credential check |
| Cost to HR Team (hours) | 120–180 hrs | 12 hrs (review only) |
Phase 02
Talent Pipeline Build
Activating passive educator networks and sourcing qualified candidates before a role goes live.
| Metric | Your Team Alone | Your Team + Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Pipeline Size (avg. role) | 18–35 candidates | 140–220 pre-vetted candidates |
| Time to First Qualified Applicant | 28 days | 4 days |
| Passive Candidate Reach | Limited (job boards only) | Direct outreach to 85K+ educator network |
| Cost Per Sourced Candidate | $340–$680 | $42 avg. |
"Catalyst completed our workforce audit in nine days. Our internal team would have needed two months — and we still would have missed the credential compliance gaps they surfaced on day three."
Phase 03
Screening & Credentialing
Every candidate verified against state licensure, certification, and background requirements before your team sees a single résumé.
| Metric | Your Team Alone | Your Team + Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Credential Verification Time | 10–14 days per candidate | 48 hours per candidate |
| State License Compliance Rate | 74% (self-reported) | 100% verified before submission |
| Résumés HR Team Reviews | All unfiltered applicants | Top 8% only (Catalyst pre-screened) |
| Avg. Compliance Incident Cost | $28,000–$140,000 | $0 (guaranteed) |
"We had a compliance incident with an uncredentialed hire that cost us $80K in remediation. Since Catalyst, we've processed 340 hires with zero compliance flags."
Phase 04
Interview Orchestration
Structured interview panels, rubric scoring, and scheduling logistics handled end-to-end — your hiring managers show up to final-round conversations only.
| Metric | Your Team Alone | Your Team + Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Hours Per Hire (HR Team) | 38–52 hrs | 6 hrs (final round only) |
| Interview-to-Offer Conversion | 31% | 78% |
| Structured Rubric Usage | Ad hoc / inconsistent | Standardized across all panels |
| Avg. Rounds Before Offer | 4.2 rounds | 2.1 rounds |
Phase 05
Offer & Onboarding
Competitive benchmarking, offer letter management, and 90-day onboarding check-ins that protect your first-year retention numbers.
| Metric | Your Team Alone | Your Team + Catalyst |
|---|---|---|
| Offer Acceptance Rate | 58% | 89% |
| Time-to-Productivity (new hire) | 11 weeks avg. | 6 weeks avg. |
| First-Year Retention | 67% (national avg.) | 98.4% |
| Cost Per Hire (fully loaded) | $14,200–$22,000 | $4,800–$7,400 |
"We opened twelve schools in eighteen months. Catalyst placed 94 teachers across every campus. Three months in, we've had two voluntary departures. That number should have been twenty."
Who We Serve
Built for three specific problems.
Catalyst doesn't recruit for every industry. We recruit exclusively for education — which means we're better at it than anyone else.
University Systems
200+ open faculty lines with semester deadlines that don't move.
Avg. 31-day fill for tenure-track and adjunct faculty, with credential verification included.
"Catalyst gave us a talent pipeline we could actually see three semesters ahead. For the first time, we weren't scrambling three weeks before the add/drop deadline."
Charter Networks
Twelve schools opening in eighteen months with no time to build a recruiting function.
Full staffing for new campuses 60 days before opening — credentialed, background-cleared, and onboarded.
"We didn't have time to build a recruiting team. Catalyst was our recruiting team. Every campus opened with a full roster — and kept it."
EdTech Companies
Competing with Google and Amazon for instructional designers and curriculum leads.
Access to 4,200+ credentialed instructional designers not actively on LinkedIn, placed in 28 days avg.
"We were losing instructional designers to Big Tech offers before we could finish our interview process. Catalyst restructured our pipeline and we've hired 18 in six months."
Your custom RPO model, built in 15 minutes.
Tell us your institution type, number of open roles, and hiring timeline. We'll show you exactly how a Catalyst engagement would work — with projected time-to-fill, cost savings, and a phased implementation plan.