Ep 037: Recruiting & Onboarding w/ Justin & Kristy Sifford of Wylander

Ep 037: Recruiting & Onboarding w/ Justin & Kristy Sifford of Wylander


Welcome to the Restoration Domination Podcast Episode 037 With your Host, Rico Garcia Jr.  In this episode, we are joined by Justin and Kristy Sifford of Wylander. We discussed the importance of setting up your hiring and onboarding procedures ahead of time, common recruiting mistakes, when to recruit, the candidate matching process and so much more!

What We Talk About

  • The Siffords and the Start of Wylander
  • Finding Employees
  • Being Selective or Flexible on Candidate Requirements
  • Hiring Process Through an Agency 
  • Matching Process
  • Personality Testing 
  • Hiring Manager Mistakes
  • Ideal Hiring Process
  • Starting Roles
  • Company Organization Skills
  • Automating the Onboarding Process
  • Value in Hiring a Recruiting Agency
  • Proactive vs Reactive Hiring
  • How to Reach Wylander

Biggest Takeaways

  1. Have your interview and onboarding processes laid out and fine tuned in advance. 
  2. Have a month long onboarding period so that you can find out within that time whether they’re a good fit
  3.  Hiring a recruiting agency allows you to find better quality candidates, is a partner in the process and allows you to free up your time for more important things

Find our Guest

Previous Episode:

RD 036: Business Mentors w/ Phillip Rosebrook


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Next Episode:

RD 038: Perfecting Your Sales Pitch w/ Adam Bensman

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About Your Host

Rico Garcia is a husband and father to two young boys and the host of Restoration Domination as well as the founder of EcoTek Pro and owner of a private marketing firm for contractors, Alpha Media Agency.

About the Show

The Restoration Domination Podcast with your host Rico Garcia. A show sharing information, tactics, business strategies, experiences, for the Restoration industry. Solo shows and interviews with some of the top industry leaders to help your business move up to the next level.

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