Episode 5 – Eric Conway, [solidcore] [solidcore] got its start as Abs Morgen in Washington D.C. by Anne Mahlum in 2013 and has since grown to nearly 100 locations nationwide. Having celebrated over 1000 classes at D.C. headquarters alone, the demand for dedicated and qualified coaches keeps recruiters at [solidcore] on their toes.  As the company grows, hiring teams at [solidcore] are committed to finding coaches who align with their core value of service to surrounding communities and providing a candidate experience all applicants can walk away from stronger and more confident t ..read more

  Episode 4 – Janae Daniels, DIY Hiring DIY Hiring got its start when Janae Daniels found herself coaching small business owners in the real estate industry after developing the hiring foundation that launched her husband’s real estate business to success. For over two decades, Janae has worked to close the gap in resources for small businesses, especially those industries with high turnover, to hire more effectively and efficiently. Turnover is an inevitable part of the employee lifecycle. Having a robust talent pipeline and a reliable early screening process is key to avoiding business ..read more

Hiring new employees is always an expensive, time-consuming, and challenging process. Receiving hundreds of applications for a single position makes the process even more tiresome and daunting. But you need to hire productive employees quickly to ensure your teams’ success.  On the one hand, hire someone overqualified for a position or otherwise an ill fit for your company culture, and they might leave soon, as nearly half of all new hires fail to make it 18 months. While on the other hand, hire someone underqualified, and you might wish they leave. Bad hires can degrade workplace morale ..read more

The United States government is the world’s largest employer, with over 22 million employees. Government jobs range from essential workers on the front lines of national security, emergency response, and healthcare to postal carriers, highway maintenance, government legislators, and much more. The nuances in government jobs are complex and often require specific skills and qualifications.  Government agencies are under pressure to hire quickly and accurately. Unfortunately, the process of hiring for government jobs is often slow and ineffective. With hundreds of applications per job openi ..read more

  Episode 2 – Rita Kelly, Acelero Learning Acelero Learning has provided services to Head Start, the leading early childhood and family engagement program in the United States, for over 20 years. Its focus is on closing the Achievement Gap for children and families nationwide.  Ensuring education and family centers can open and stay staffed to serve thousands of families across the country, Acelero Learning’s hiring team faces challenges such as the talent gap in education and filling empty seats in underrepresented communities. This episode of The Speed to Hire Show features Rita ..read more

Episode 1 – Jennifer Howell, American Marketing Association The American Marketing Association (AMA) has served the marketing community for more than 80 years, providing solutions-based content to advance marketers at any stage in their careers. The lean Culture Team at AMA oversees the hiring process of more than two dozen hiring managers. They streamline hiring with the Spark Hire solution for Speed to Hire. This episode of The Speed to Hire Show features Jennifer Howell, the Senior Manager of People and Culture at AMA. Key Takeaways [07:27] Create a hiring road map: Hiring team collabora ..read more

Finding reliable, qualified nonprofit volunteers is just as important as finding competent employees. Volunteers power your organization’s ongoing projects, programs, and initiatives, providing the hands-on support your mission needs to succeed.  That’s why you should approach the volunteer recruitment and selection process as if you’re conducting job interviews. Finding the right volunteers can bring your nonprofit benefits for years to come and provide the skilled support required to achieve your goals.  Let’s dive into four tips you can use to cultivate a strong volunteer base dur ..read more

There’s no denying the importance of a streamlined hiring process. Reducing time to hire can help your company attract the best candidates, improve the overall candidate experience, and ultimately improve your hiring outcomes. But how do you make sure your process is optimized for speed? Here are a few practical tips for speeding up the hiring process, meeting candidate expectations, and getting top talent hired more efficiently: Optimize the interview process First and foremost, when you set goals for speeding up the hiring process, you need to look at your overall team approach to interviews ..read more

Ready to advance your Speed to Hire knowledge? You can find our expanded version of this article here! Hiring budget. It’s the cap that doesn’t budge when you’re trying to grow your team no matter what the state of the market. And the actual costs of hiring are often unclear to hiring teams. The costs associated with unreliable technology, scheduling conflicts, ineffective collaboration, poor hiring decisions, candidate dropout, and offer rejection rates are – sometimes devastatingly – overlooked. Many of those challenges are often connected to the same source: a slow hiring process.  Fo ..read more

Ready to advance your Speed to Hire knowledge?  You can find our expanded version of this article here! Speed to hire, or your hiring velocity, is critical to effectively growing your team with high-quality hires. Creating a structured interview process for your hiring team and empowering them with the most innovative and efficient hiring tools can cut your time to hire in half while boosting your quality of hire. Video interview software is an all-in-one hiring solution that enables hiring teams to make collaborative, well-informed hiring decisions faster than traditional hiring models ..read more