Client Tools & Resources
Every Tool We Use, Organized By Your Industry.
Job descriptions, compensation models, interview guides, and onboarding playbooks, built for the exact roles that make your industry run. Browse by industry below, then request whatever you need.
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The Four Guides Every Client Gets
The CARR Talent COMPLETE Hiring Guide
A step-by-step guide to everything you need once we hand off your A-Player candidates — process, tips, and every interview question to ask.
The Full Guide to Onboarding A-Players
A retention-focused onboarding path built to keep your new A-Players for the long haul.
The Perfect Candidate Assessment Path
The exact steps the pros use to assess your final candidates before you decide.
How to Lock In Your Hire — Without Making an Offer
A word-for-word script and video walkthrough for ending the process by simply setting a start date, before a competing offer gets in the way.
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Find the Resources Built for Your Industry and Roles
Every industry gets the same core library of job descriptions, compensation models, interview guides, and onboarding checklists, tailored to that industry’s actual positions.
Not industry-specific. Ask for any of these by name on your next call with Darrin, and we’ll send the document over.
Preparing to Hire
- ✓ Legal and Illegal Interview Questions — a must read
- ✓ Ultimate Guide to Finding and Retaining Top Talent to Avoid Costly Mistakes
- ✓ Determine Your Best Hire: A Foolproof System for Interviewing, Assessing, and Selecting
- ✓ Building Your Hiring Blueprint
- ✓ Job Descriptions for Various Positions
- ✓ Compensation Models for Various Positions
- ✓ Determining & Messaging Your Company Culture to Hire Well
- ✓ 5 Challenges and Solutions for Today’s Tough Labor Market
- ✓ Hiring for Leadership and Management
- ✓ How to Lock Down the Candidate(s) You Want and Make a Successful Offer (Without Actually Making an Offer)
- ✓ Top Hiring Mistakes Employers Make in Hiring
- ✓ Set Up a “Disarming Authority Conversation” as Elite Organizations Do to Hire A-Players
- ✓ Where We Look for Top Talent
- ✓ How to Hire for Company Culture to Get the Best Candidates
- ✓ Building Out the “What We Offer” Section of the Job Description
- ✓ Top 12 Things to Consider Just Before Making Your Hiring Decision
Interview & Assessment Process
- ✓ How to Interview & Hire for Culture
- ✓ Employer Interview Questions — General, Behavioral, and Creative
- ✓ 50 Great Questions to Ask Leaders
- ✓ Interviewing Changes You Need to Consider
- ✓ Making a Final Hiring Decision
- ✓ How to Interview for Tenacity and Drive
- ✓ Top 6 Interview Questions You Must Ask Every Sales Candidate
- ✓ Behavioral-Based Interview Questions
- ✓ 1st Interview Questions, Curated
- ✓ How Elite Companies Interview for Tenacity, Grit, and Drive
- ✓ Very Challenging A-Player Interview Questions, With Graded Responses
- ✓ What to Do If a Candidate Says They Need Time to Think About Your Offer
Onboarding & Retention
- ✓ Onboarding & Retaining Top Talent
- ✓ Top 10 Most Common Onboarding Mistakes
- ✓ New Hire Onboarding Checklist
- ✓ Top 10 Things A-Player Employees Need in a Company
- ✓ Empowering Your Team for Success
- ✓ Making Sure Your Hire Shows Up on Day One
- ✓ Job Descriptions, Compensation Models, and Interview Guides for Acquisitions Managers, Home Buying Specialists, Dispositions Managers, Transaction Coordinators, Lead Managers, Operations Managers
- ✓ Onboarding Checklist
Additional Guides
- ✓ How to Attract Home Buying Specialists to the Job
- ✓ How to Manage Remotely in Real Estate Investing
- ✓ How to Successfully Manage Remote Employees in Real Estate Development
- ✓ Guide to Promoting in REI Properly
Tools By REI Role
Acquisitions Manager
- ✓ AM job description templates
- ✓ The strong qualities we look for and require in candidates we submit to you
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in an Acquisitions Manager
- ✓ Where to Find Good Acquisitions Managers and Why
Dispositions Manager
- ✓ DM job description templates
- ✓ The strong qualities we look for and require in candidates we submit to you
- ✓ Strong Dispositions Manager Qualities
Lead Manager
- ✓ LM job description templates
- ✓ The strong qualities we look for and require in candidates we submit to you
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in a Lead Manager
Operations Manager
- ✓ OM job description templates
- ✓ The strong qualities we look for and require in candidates we submit to you
- ✓ Job Descriptions, Compensation Models, and Interview Guides for Controllers, Staff Accountants, CFOs, Bookkeepers, Financial Analysts
- ✓ Onboarding Checklist
Additional Guides
- ✓ How to Attract A-Player Controllers and CFOs
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in a Staff Accountant
- ✓ Where to Find Good Bookkeepers and Why
- ✓ How to Interview for Precision, Ethics, and Judgment in Finance Roles
- ✓ Onboarding Finance Hires: Access, Systems, and Trust-Building
- ✓ Job Descriptions, Compensation Models, and Interview Guides for Loan Officers, Underwriters, Loan Processors, Closing Coordinators, Portfolio Managers
- ✓ Onboarding Checklist
Additional Guides
- ✓ How to Attract A-Player Loan Officers
- ✓ How to Find, Attract, and Assess a World-Class LO Team
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in an Underwriter
- ✓ Where to Find Good Loan Processors and Why
- ✓ How to Interview Loan Officers for Production History, Not Just Rapport
- ✓ Onboarding a Lending Team: Ramping Up to First Funded Loan
- ✓ Job Descriptions, Compensation Models, and Interview Guides for Acquisitions Analysts, Asset Managers, Investor Relations
Additional Guides
- ✓ How to Successfully Manage A-Players Remotely in Real Estate Private Equity
- ✓ How to Attract Acquisitions Analysts With Real Underwriting Reps
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in an Asset Manager
- ✓ Where to Find Good Investor Relations Talent and Why
- ✓ How to Interview for Financial Modeling Judgment, Not Just Excel Skills
- ✓ Job Descriptions, Compensation Models, and Interview Guides for Property Managers, Portfolio Managers, Leasing Managers
Additional Guides
- ✓ How to Successfully Manage Remotely in Corporate Property Management
- ✓ How to Attract Property Managers Who Can Own a Portfolio
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in a Leasing Manager
- ✓ Where to Find Good Portfolio Managers and Why
- ✓ How to Interview for Tenant Relations and Problem-Solving Under Pressure
- ✓ Confidential-Search Interview Guides for CEO, COO, CFO
- ✓ Compensation Benchmarks for leadership seats, across every industry we serve
Additional Guides
- ✓ How Confidential Executive Search Differs From a Standard Search
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in a COO vs. a CEO
- ✓ How to Reference-Check an Executive Without Tipping Off Their Current Employer
- ✓ Structuring Compensation and Equity Conversations for C-Suite Offers
- ✓ Job Descriptions, Compensation Models, and Interview Guides for Executive Assistants, Virtual Assistants, Administrative Assistants
Additional Guides
- ✓ How to Attract Executive Assistants Who Can Manage Up
- ✓ Strong Qualities to Look for in a Virtual Assistant (Remote-Specific)
- ✓ Where to Find Good Administrative Assistants and Why
- ✓ How to Interview for Discretion, Judgment, and Proactivity