Matt Steen and Kelly Norris are dear friends and gifts to Christian leaders everywhere. Matt is one of the co-founders of Chemistry Staffing. In the video above, Matt discusses The 5 Key Factors For Finding A Long-Term Healthy Fit For Your Church Staff. Make sure you check it out.
Miss on any one of these five, and the chances for longevity of your new staff member goes down significantly. Misalignment on two or more of these areas are the things that bad hires are made of.
The following are 10 Introductory Quotes About The Current State Of Church Hires. All quotes are from the video above.
- “From a staffing perspective, this has been an interesting year.”
- “2021 is going to be a significant year of turnover and we’re starting to see that.”
- “This is going to be the year of turnover. In some ways that’s a good thing and in some ways that’s a sad thing.”
- “There’s an acceleration of succession planning. For years the church has been awful at succession planning.”
- “If your church has not already tapped somebody to be the online campus pastor, you probably need to do that.”
- “Everybody’s got a digital campus now. Somebody’s got to own that.”
- “We’re doing a lot more technical jobs right now.”
- “This season, I hate to say it, it’s not over.”
- “The way that we screen resumes sets us up to be able to lean into and be successful in our search or not.”
- “The way people typically look at resumes is, ‘This is high quality paper. It’s pretty looking. They spelled everything right. Let’s put it in the Move Forward stack.'”
Chemistry Staffing’s 5 Key Factors For A Long-Term Healthy Fit
“Someone who is going to be here for five years or longer. Right now the current average is three or three-and-a-half. That’s healthy for the church.”
- “Theological Alignment.”
- “The type of church culture they are coming out of.”
- “Personality.”
- “Skill Set”
- “Chemistry”
Additional Comments
- “This tool, this resume, allows you to Google-stalk people a little bit.”
- “If you’re looking for a job, be aware of what you’re sharing (on social media).”
- “Most churches focus mostly on skill set and chemistry… 18 months in you start to notice those theological differences are more significant than we thought.”
- “Take your time on the resume. Don’t just look at their skill set.”
Matt and Kelly also discussed a FREE Resume Screening Download Playbook. Simply click the image below to get your complimentary copy.
RESUME SCREENING PLAYBOOK: A GUIDEBOOK FOR REVIEWING CANDIDATE RESUMES
It’s important for church leaders to pursue the right fit for the right position, which helps determine a long-term, healthy fit. It all starts with properly assessing the applicant’s resume. That’s why we have created Chemistry Staffing’s Resume Screening Playbook. This playbook will walk you through a screening process that will help you discover which candidates to focus on and who will not be the right fit. We’ll share our search philosophy and give you the tools you will need to make the screening process more consistent, with clear goals.