How to Grow Your Team Using the H.I.R.E framework with Jamie Van Cuyk

Nonprofit Architect Podcast with Brenda McChesney

Are you getting ready to hire a new employee? Jamie Cuyk shares from over 15 years of leadership experience, how to hire team members, including employees and long-term contractors. Jamie explains to us the H.I.R.E approach to find long-lasting team members and avoid the hiring and firing cycle.

Remarkable Quotes

Jamie: They put the wrong people in positions, and that's one of the reasons people are leaving

Travis: The average turnover rate is 18 months for volunteers

Jamie: You can't hire the right person for you if you don't know who the right person is

Jamie: The purpose of the job posting is that when someone sees it, they can say yes. That is the job for me. No, that doesn't work. That doesn't describe me. I'll go look at the next opportunity.

Highlights

{01:41} Who is Jamie Van Cuyk

{04:43} When your volunteers or staff don’t have the support they need

{07:06} Hiring details

{14:48} Initiating the advertising plan

{26:08} Reviewing the candidates

{31:24} Good interview questions

{36:41} Expectations for success

{46:42} Vision for growing a team

Jamie Van Cuyk’s bio

Jamie Van Cuyk, the owner and lead strategist of Growing Your Team, is an expert in hiring and onboarding teams within small businesses.

Drawing from over 15 years of leadership experience, Jamie teaches her clients how to hire their early team members, including employees and long-term contractors. By learning the dynamics of each company and their specific needs, she helps them find long-lasting team members and avoid the hiring and firing cycle.

On a personal side, Jamie lives in St Petersburg, FL, with her husband and two daughters, is a hobby winemaker, loves to travel, and enjoys exercise that takes her feet off the ground, including rock climbing and aerial dance.

Connect with Jamie

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Website https://growingyourteam.com

Facebook Page URL https://www.facebook.com/GrowingYourTeam/

Instagram Handle @growingyourteam

Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/jamievancuyk

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/jamievancuyk

Free Hiring Checklist: https://growingyourteam.com/travis

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