5 Steps To An Amazing Hiring Process For Agencies

Hiring is not easy. It can be an extremely challenging process. Employers need to find someone with the right skills, experience, attitude and fit their budget.

Show Notes

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for labor is at an all-time high. Earlier this year, there were on average 40 more jobs available than unemployed workers.

And to make matters worse, most agency owners don't even begin the hiring process until they are well beyond capacity. They wait until their employees start to feel overwhelmed before they even write the job description. Hence the reason why burnout has become an even bigger factor in today's work environment. 

This leads to current talent leaving, and now adding an additional replacement hire that needs to be made.

JobRack is a company that helps agency owners through this process. Their mission is to help online business owners hire amazing remote team members from Eastern Europe.

On this episode of Agency Journey, Gray sat down with Noel Andrews, Owner and Founder at JobRack, to discuss how agencies can improve their hiring process to bring better team members on board and keep them around for longer.

Topics discussed in the episode:

• Noel's Journey to aquiring and growing JobRack
• How Noel increased JobRack's revenue 4,000x
• JobRack's mission and who they serve
• JobRack's internal team structure
• The 5 steps to creating an amazing hiring process
  • Defining the outcome
  • Defining the tasks needed to be done
  • Crafting the job description
  • Crafting an amazing applicant experience
    • Setting clear expectations
    • Injecting yourself into the process
    • Providing social proof
    • Creating take home tests 
    • And asking for references
  • The Negotiation, offer, acceptance and leading up to day-one
• Additional resources for hiring 

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• JobRack
• Noel Andrews - LinkedIn
• Gray Mackenzie - LinkedIn
• "The Who" - A great book on The A Method of Hiring
• "Die With Zero" - A great book on personal finances and life
• Workable - An awesome Applicant Tracking System

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How do world-class agencies continue to grow profitably and hit their goals, even through the choppy waters and challenges of agency life?

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