Hire Better People Faster: Recruitment Strategies for Business Success - Ryan Englin

How do you build a team that truly drives business success? In this episode of Behind The Numbers With Dave Bookbinder, we explore the critical link between talent and enterprise value with Ryan Englin, CEO of Core Matters and author of Hire Better People Faster.

Ryan, who grew up in a blue-collar family, understands the unique hiring challenges in the trades and beyond. He shares why people don’t just quit jobs—they quit leaders—and explains what business owners can do to create a culture that retains top talent.

Key insights include: ✅ Why hiring is a marketing activity—and how most businesses miss this point ✅ The importance of an effective careers page in attracting top candidates ✅ How to evaluate culture fit and authenticity during the interview process ✅ The role of empathy in leadership and its impact on employee retention ✅ Strategies for becoming an "employer of choice" to attract the right talent

Plus, Ryan shares a special offer for listeners—a free copy of his book, Hire Better People Faster!  Get it here: https://corematters.com/freebook/

Tune in to discover actionable strategies to improve your hiring process and build a team that fuels business success.

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About Our Guest:

Ryan Englin is passionate about supporting growing businesses, particularly in blue-collar industries, to build amazingly productive companies by hiring the right people. Growing up, he saw his own father working 12-hour shifts and weekends as an owner/operator, witnessing firsthand the struggles that these companies have in hiring quality frontline employees. Ryan was determined to help them find a better way.

His company, Core Matters, provides coaching and training on attracting, hiring, and retaining rock star employees. Using his proven process, the Core Fit Hiring System, small and midsize businesses learn how to start hiring better people, faster. Ryan is the author of Hire Better People Faster hosts the Titans of the Trades podcast.

About the Host:

Dave Bookbinder is known as an expert in business valuation and he is the person that business owners and entrepreneurs reach out to when they need to know what their most important assets are worth. Known as a collaborative adviser, Dave has served thousands of client companies of all sizes and industries. 

Dave is the author of two #1 best-selling books about the impact of human capital (PEOPLE!) on the valuation of a business enterprise called The NEW ROI: Return On Individuals & The NEW ROI: Going Behind The Numbers. 

He’s on a mission to change the conversation about how the accounting world recognizes the value of people’s contributions to a business enterprise, and to quantify what every CEO on the planet claims: “Our people are this company’s most valuable asset.”

Dave’s book, A Valuation Toolbox for Business Owners and Their Advisors: Things Every Business Owner Should Know, was recognized as a top new release in Business and Valuation and is designed to provide practical insights and tools to help understand what really drives business value, how to prepare for an exit, and just