
Learn to hire for your strengths, clarify your why with a personal leadership statement, and use assessments to craft aligned job descriptions that empower your team.
Discover how to hire right for profitability by balancing payroll cost, ROI, and culture; identify qualified candidates, build long-term fit, and uncover clues others miss.
Craft detailed job descriptions that spell out daily tasks and required tools to align candidate expectations with real duties. Include qualifications, soft skills, and compensation to attract and retain talent.
Explore hiring options to find the ideal candidate, not the perfect one. Learn where to advertise, build referrals, and use social media to attract diverse candidates including cognitive diversity.
Learn to design compliant, efficient applications—from electronic forms to inclusion and exclusion rules—ensuring proper data collection, anti-discrimination focus, and a seamless transition to interviews.
Learn to conduct interviews as a two-way conversation, using structured, behavior-focused questions to assess fit, culture, and potential while avoiding biased or inappropriate topics.
Conduct reference checks by authenticating contacts and asking conversational questions to reveal attendance and communication style. Use drug tests, background checks, and sexual offender lists to guide offers and coaching.
Guide candidates through the offer and negotiation process by presenting a verbal offer with base salary, bonuses, benefits, hours, and start date, followed by a written offer within 24 hours.
Deliver rejection calls with clear, respectful language that leaves candidates informed and open to future opportunities. Use a brief, liability-aware script and a customized rejection statement.
Choose a hiring partner: staffing, headhunter, or HR consultant to broaden your reach and streamline recruitment. Ask about turnover, on-site presence, and fee structures to ensure qualified, transparent support.
Welcome to Sipley the Best's program "Navigating the Sea of Recruitment: A Crash Course in Hiring" - crafted just for small businesses, entrepreneurs, managers, and HR professionals ready to build an amazing hiring strategy to grow their business. Whether you are making your first or hundredth hire, you’ll gain insights and practical advice to improve your hiring process. We break down the entire process in three sections: preparing to hire, searching for your ideal candidate, and sealing the deal, with action items and downloadable resources provided after each lecture for you to practice what you’ve learned.
Learn how to nail down your business needs, create clear job descriptions and ads that describe what your dream employee does, build a benefits package that keeps top talent around, and discover unique ways to find the perfect match for your team. We'll demystify the art of interviewing and provide specific questions that are critical for you to ask, as well as illegal questions that put your company and its reputation in jeopardy. Throughout the process, we will guide you through selecting the right person and gracefully rejecting other applicants. Lastly, we’ll review options for outsourcing hiring for your business and the different arrangements that hiring partners offer. Say goodbye to hiring stress and hello to a team that's perfect for your business’s journey and growth as you dive into the wild and varied world of talent acquisition.