#12: Stop Wasting Time Hiring — Build a System That Filters for You

Show Notes:

Hiring is one of the biggest headaches for small and mid-sized business owners — and one of the biggest opportunities. If you want a business that gives you time to pursue your life goals and live with purpose, you must build the right team around you.

In this episode of Better Lives Better Business, host Steve Arendt shares a practical framework for streamlining your hiring process through automation, clarity, and culture-based filtering — so you spend less time sorting through unqualified candidates and more time interviewing the right ones.

This episode gives you the blueprint to design a hiring funnel that works even while you’re off chasing your life goals — just the way it should be.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• Why hiring well is essential to building a business that serves your life

• How to write a job ad that pre-filters the wrong people

• The power of culture-first messaging and self-selection

• How landing pages and short videos can attract better-fit applicants

• How to use testing and phone screenings to save time and surface top candidates

• Why systems and automation are your secret weapon to hiring freedom

💻 Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Criteria Corp – Pre-employment testing platform to assess skills and fit

• Landing page + culture video (recommended as part of your hiring process)

• Phone screening questionnaire & self-rating template (DIY tools for internal use)