#hiring
New Hire First Week — A Simple Onboarding Plan for a Small Team
Plan a new team member's first week in a small business: before day one, a day-by-day schedule, what to learn and practice, check-ins and a 30-day goal.
First Hire Plan — Decide What Role You Actually Need
Work out whether to hire and for what: which tasks to hand off, part-time or full-time, employee or contractor questions, the budget, and a fair job post.
Interview Questions by Competency — With Follow-Ups and Answer Guides
Get behavioral and situational interview questions for each competency you're hiring for, with follow-up probes and what strong and weak answers sound like.
Hiring Debrief — A Decision Based on Evidence, Not Vibes
Turn the panel's scorecards and notes into an evidence summary for the debrief: where interviewers agree and disagree, what wasn't tested, the risks and the questions left to answer.
Offer Letter — Clear Terms, Warm Tone, Nothing Invented
Draft an offer letter and the call to deliver it: clear pay and terms in plain language, placeholders for anything missing, and the clauses to check with employment counsel.
Interview Scorecard — A Rubric Interviewers Fill In Before They Talk
Build an interview scorecard with anchored ratings for each competency, an evidence box, an interviewer assignment map and instructions that keep scores independent.
Reference Check — Questions That Get Honest Answers
Prepare a reference call that gets specific, useful answers: an opening script, questions aimed at the open risks, follow-ups, how to read hedging and a notes template.