269 - Why Your Resume Review Process Is Broken
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
Release Date: 06/03/2025
287 - How One Shift Can Make Employees Affordable
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode Can you even afford to hire a new employee? For many small business owners, that seems like an overwhelming question. Employees often seem unaffordable, even when your business really needs the help. The problem often isn’t that hiring help isn’t possible, but rather that, as a small-business owner, we’re misjudging the affordability of hiring help. It’s often your hiring mindset that’s standing in the way of the support you need. In this episode of the Growing Your Team podcast, you’ll learn how one slight shift in your mindset can make hiring employees...
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286 - How to Get Your Business Ready to Sell with Dr. Ruth Mannschreck
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode Is your company sellable? Is your team ready for the sale of your company? Selling your business is more than a financial decision. It’s a strategic transformation that starts long before you list it. Whether you plan to sell soon or years from now, taking steps today to prepare your company and your team will yield the highest return when the time comes. In this episode, Jamie Van Cuyk sits down with Dr. Ruth Mannschreck to discuss why business owners should focus on making their business sellable even before they’re ready to sell, and how to prepare their team....
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285 - How to Create an Engaged Team with Tara Landes
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode Successful teams are engaged teams. But how do you create an engaged team in a small business when you don’t have all the resources of a corporate company? It starts with creating an environment where people feel heard and like they belong. Tara Landes joins the Growing Your Team podcast to share the key tactics in building a motivated team that you can rely on as a small business owner. Want to connect with Tara Landes: For 25 years, Tara Landes has been the secret weapon over 300 small businesses leaders have used as they solve operational challenges. She...
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284 - Will Your New Hire Be Successful?
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode Hiring new team members can be nerve-racking. After all, in a small business, each team member handles essential work and makes a significant impact on your revenue, profits, and clients. Given that each new hire is critical, how can you determine whether they will be successful? In this episode of the Growing Your Team podcast, we break down the key components in determining the success of your new employees. Quote From Today’s Episode “When you set up a good hiring and onboarding process, you should know if that candidate is going to work out that that...
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283 - How Hospitality Principles Help Build Thriving Teams with Melissa Fackler
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
The hospitality industry thrives on the principle of putting the customer’s needs first. This helps create a respectful environment where people feel that their concerns are heard. Now, what if we took this a step further and applied it to our teams? Melissa Fackler joins the Growing Your Team podcast to show how using hospitality techniques can build thoughtful, insightful teams that excel. Want to connect with Melissa Fackler: Melissa Fackler is the Small Business Operations Coach and Event Specialist at One TEAM Partners, where the mission is to help teams Thrive Every Available Moment....
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282 - What to Measure to Conduct Effective Performance Reviews
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode To conduct an effective performance review, you should consider a multitude of factors. This could include quality of work, measuring an employee’s output, alignment with the company’s goals, and more. However, generic evaluations that measure every employee against the same criteria might hinder your ability to determine your team member’s effectiveness. Listen to this episode of the Growing Your Team Podcast to learn what to measure to conduct effective performance reviews and how these reviews can positively impact your employees and your small business. 🎧...
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281 - How to Do Great Work Without Sacrificing Your Wellbeing with Amanda Crowell
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode Have you been standing in your own way of achieving your goals at work? Oftentimes, the greatest hurdles are the ones we put in front of ourselves. This self-destructive behavior can go unnoticed but has a significant impact on the outcomes we’re trying to achieve. Amanda Crowell joins the Growing Your Team Podcast to teach us what great work really is and how to navigate the challenges that get in the way of focusing on that great work. Want to connect with Amanda Crowell: Dr. Amanda Crowell is a cognitive psychologist, keynote speaker, and the author of Great Work: Do...
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280 - 3 Ways to Lead Your Team Like You Treat Your Children
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode As small business owners, we want team members who care about our companies and deliver great work. The secret to having that type of team member is not only hiring well, but also in how you lead your team. The way business owners choose to lead directly affects how employees show up at work. One way to build great teams is to lead them like you would treat your children. That’s not to treat your adult team members like kids, but rather to show them the same consideration and respect a caring parent would show their children. Listen to this episode of the Growing Your...
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279 - How to Make Accountability Part of Your Team's Culture with Gina Cotner
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode When you hire a team member, you want them to succeed at producing the work you’re hiring them to do. Part of this success means that they are accountable for their work, and you don’t have to spend all your time ensuring their deliverables are on time and accurate. Curating a culture of accountability is vital to the longevity and success of your business, but how can you achieve it? You have to create it. You have to show your team what accountability looks like in your business, but that upfront work will help create a team that surpasses your accountability...
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278 - How Small Changes Make Big Differences in the Hiring Process
Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk
On Today’s Episode Small changes can sometimes make big differences. The difference between good and great can be a little tweak that has a huge impact. This is true in so many areas of life as well as business. In the hiring process, a minor adjustment can mean the difference between getting no qualified candidates and finding your dream employee. As a business owner, it’s crucial to identify the small changes needed within your company to achieve the results you’re working hard to attain. Oftentimes, you’re standing too close to the process you implemented to realize what changes are...
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Struggling to find the right candidates despite reviewing countless resumes? You’re not alone, but the cause of the issue might not be what you’re expecting.
What if not being satisfied with candidates had nothing to do with the quality of the candidates, but how you approach the resume review process?
In this episode of the Growing Your Team podcast, we delve into the hidden pitfalls that could be undermining your hiring efforts. Listen in to uncover why your resume review process may be fundamentally flawed—and what you can do to fix it.
🎧 Related Episodes:
Episode 75 – How I Went From 30+ Candidates to a Great New Hire: Behind the Scenes of Hiring Part 4
Episode 261 – How to Effectively Review a Resume
Episode 267 – Are These Resume Red Flags Actually Red Flags?
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