HIRING WITH SHEPHERD STAFF

"Start to finish, I thought it was very thorough with good analysis up front, consistent communication, and a team approach. It was a very effective and easy experience."

"We appreciated how well The Shepherd's Staff got to know us in order to find the perfect candidates for our senior pastor position."

"Start to finish, I thought it was very thorough with good analysis up front, consistent communication, and a team approach. It was a very effective and easy experience."

The Shepherd Staff team are great at partnering with churches to find the best candidates possible and connecting candidates to those churches. What impressed our leadership was their relational approach to this process and their genuine desire to partner with us in helping to recruit and develop a healthy staff team for effective ministry. Their vetting process allows them to really get to know both the local church and the pool of candidates they are connecting with to help facilitate great partnerships. They found a way to come alongside us in a way that balances their role as a consultant while honoring the church leadership's process and final call in making the hire.

I just wanted to take a minute to thank you and your team for the awesome job you did in bringing Pastor John to Five Stones Church! We love him! He's such a great fit!

It's been hard coming out of Covid to find candidates, let alone candidates that fit our unique constraints as a rural, multi-site church. Fortunately, our search consultants were not only inquisitive when it came to learning the nuances of our culture, they were diligent when it came to finding us great prospects. Each week in our live updates, they brought us compelling data and practical insights. We learned about the market, the candidate pool and how our search was progressing. Shepherd's Staff helped us upgrade our marketing materials, tap new pools of talent and, ultimately, find the right candidate. We will continue to partner with The Shepherd's Staff team!

From the very first exploratory call with our consultant, we have been impressed.

The team at Shepherd Staff is the most thorough group we have ever worked with. They go out of their way to not only clearly define the role we were hiring for, but to learn about the church and the needs of the congregation. Several calls, a multi-day visit, and consistent weekly check-in appointments during the search.

We thought we were making a wise investment in a search firm, but what we gained was decades of expertise, caring relationships, expert insight into ministry, coaching, and plenty of grace in areas that we didn’t even identify as potential roadblocks to the position we had open.

The screening process, written communication and clarity that our committee and staff had about candidates before they were brought forward for the first round of interviews was beyond excellent.

In just 4 short months from exploratory visit to a hired candidate, our church staff and hiring committee gained a new level of expertise from a caring, kind, and Jesus-led team at Shepherd Staff.

Expectations, boundaries, and cost were all clear from the very beginning. No surprises, just dedicated support.

We can’t thank you enough for truly shepherding us through the process!