Ryan Englin is the CEO of Core Matters and an Advisor of Fathom. Core Matters helps out blue-collar companies in the hiring and retention process of their employees. Ryan shares his expertise in a podcast entitled “Blue Collar Culture Podcast” where he highlights success stories and shares secrets to winning with blue-collar culture. He also published a book titled “How to Hire the Ones You Won’t Want to Fire: The Art of Pulling Back Their Mask to Really Know the Person You’re About to Hire.”

In this episode, we talked about hiring, recruiting, employee retention, training…

Show notes

• Introducing Ryan Englin. [1:04]
• How Ryan started his work 10 years ago. [04:31]
• The real reason why people leave their jobs. [08:09]
• Figuring out your core values. [11:37]
• Why employee referrals play an important role in the hiring process. [15:34]
• How to keep your employees engaged in the workplace. [23:18]
• The four platforms Ryan uses in the hiring process. [26:11]
• The most important thing in hiring. [28:32]
• Why things fail in the retention process. [36:56]
• Keeping the best environment for your employees. [39:26]
• Why Ryan chose to write his book. [50:46]
• What Ryan thinks of businesses impacted by seasonality. [53:23]
• How to contact Ryan. [57:00]
• Three books in Ryan’s reading list. [57:21]
• Ryan’s most important advice to business owners. [59:23]

Resources And People Mentioned:

• How to Hire the Ones You Don’t Want to Fire by Ryan Englin and Jeremy Macliver
• Website: Core Matters
• Profit First by Mike Michalowicz
• The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to do About it by Michael E. Gerber
• Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; the Respect He Desperately Needs by Emerson Eggerichs