The discovery process includes:

• On-site Discovery Visit
  • This visit includes interviews with the search team, staff, leadership, and other stakeholders. We seek to learn all we can about your specific context, the nature of the position, and the desired qualifications for candidates.
  • We also learn your process and commit to the specific process steps and lines of communication we will use to manage the search with you.
• Organization/Position materials and data collection
• Demographic analysis
• Organizational cultural analysis
• Job description, compensation, and hiring process evaluation
• Post-visit evaluation and recommendations

Once the Discovery Visit has been completed we compile our data into an Opportunity Profile which is shared with interested candidates to give them insight into your opportunity, the position, the organizaton, the leadership, and the community.

As potential candidates are identified we begin the interview process, educate them about your opportunity, and introduce them to your process.

Interested candidates who fit the search criteria are brought into our vetting process which includes:

• A series of interviews - including a spouse video interview
• Written responses to custom-designed questions for your position
• Personality Assessments
• Reference checks and social media screening
• Collection of video and other media of candidates
• Background check (completed once the finalist candidate is identified)

We manage the logistics and maintain constant communication to keep you and the candidates informed on the state of the search.

• Weekly update calls with the Hiring Authority
• Weekly reports updating your team on the search status and candidate information.
• Continuous refinement of search criteria

There are no limits to the number of candidates that we will present. We continue to source candidates for as long as it takes. The presentation process continues until it becomes clear to everyone involved that you have a true finalist candidate. At that point, our efforts go towards helping you finish the process. To help with this we provide the following:

• Web-based candidate presentation portfolio provided for each candidate
• Online feedback and ranking system for the church hiring team
• Guided evaluation and discussion of each candidate
• Our team handles the scheduling of interviews
• Our team participates in the interview process and offers post-interview evaluations

The Placement Phase begins when you and the candidate agree to employment. We remain present through this process to assist with negotiating all of the details of the formal offer and in clarifying transitional issues, including:

• Presenting an offer of employment
• Assistance with salary, compensation, and other financial arrangements with the finalist candidate
• Final criminal background and reference checks
• 365 Followup - we stay in touch with both the church and the candidate for the next year.