Before hiring me, the church went through a step-by-step hiring process. The process had three key phases, including planning, recruitment, and employee selection. They settled on the number of employees they were looking to hire and the skill sets they required. They compared their needs to the expected number of qualified candidates in the market. They tried to reach a pool of candidates through job postings, job referrals, advertisements, and personal staff recruitment, etc. Candidates who responded to these measures came in for interviews and other methods of assessment. They also checked the background of prospective employees, as well as asking for references. Finally, they evaluated information from the pool of applicants generated during the recruitment phase, and after assessing the candidates, decided which applicant would be offered the position.