223. Create an Employee Waitlist: How To Recruit & Retain Top Quality Team Members

Cubicle to CEO

Ellen Yin

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

5.0 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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This conversation gave us so many revelations about what it is to be an employer! Rachel Harris, founder of the striveX umbrella of brands and Accountant_She, has recruiting, hiring, and retention down to a science. As a disrupter in the accounting industry, she not only has created a business that is growing by $100K recurring revenue every month, but is also cultivating a thriving company culture that has people clamoring to sign up for a waitlist to get hired by her while others in her industry are facing a recruitment crisis in the UK and paying thousands in recruitment fees. In today’s case study, you’ll hear the content strategy Rachel’s used to attract 149 candidates to join her jobs waitlist, the top to bottom hiring process that has allowed her to give out offer letters to future employees 6 months in advance, and the generous benefits package her employees rave about. Rachel gives us the roadmap for how to attract more superstars to join your team, hire before you’re desperate for help, and build a company culture that boasts a 100% retention rate for employees hired from the waitlist. View the transcript for this episode at: https://otter.ai/u/v-SErvMN7nYRehSxzD6sYc6HVSA?utm_source=copy_url Thank you to our sponsor! Try the #1 all-in-one E-commerce platform: Shopify! Sign up for a one dollar per month trial period at https://shopify.com/ellen Connect with Rachel: https://www.accountantshe.co.uk/ TikTok: @accountant_she Instagram: @accountant_she Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/accountant_she Check out the book Rachel mentioned in this episode: Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business: https://amzn.to/3R1x0aD Iconic business leaders all have their own unique genius. Take this quick 10 question quiz to uncover your specific CEO style advantage: https://ellenyin.com/quiz If you enjoyed today's episode, please: Leave a positive review or rating at www.ratethispodcast.com/cubicletoceo Sign up for our text notifications at ellenyin.com/superfan so you can be the first to know when a new case study has dropped! Post a screenshot & key takeaway on your IG story and tag us @missellenyin & @cubicletoceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.5	revelations about my role as an employer. Rachel Harris, founder of the Strivex umbrella of brands
1:12.5	and accountant she, has recruiting, hiring, and retention down to a science. As a disruptor in the
1:19.1	accounting industry, she not only has created a business that is growing by $100,000 in recurring
1:25.2	revenue every month, but is also cultivating a thriving company culture
1:29.7	that has people clamoring to sign up for a waitlist to get hired by her while others in her
1:35.0	industry are facing a recruitment crisis in the UK and paying thousands in recruitment fees.
1:40.9	In today's case study, you'll hear the content strategy Rachel's used to attract 149 candidates
1:46.6	to join her job's wait list, the top-to-bottom hiring process that has allowed her to give
1:51.7	out offer letters to future employees six months in advance and the generous benefits package
1:57.2	her employees rave about. Rachel gives us a roadmap for how to attract more superstars
2:02.5	to join your team, hire before you're desperate for help, and build a company culture that
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