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In Zach ’s role, he oversees all operations aspects, including sales, people development and training, and marketing. Before founding Fide Freight, Zach held project management, operations, and manufacturing roles across different companies. He has a business degree from Grand Valley State University. ## In this episode… To attract great talent, a company must have systems to discuss the candidates in-depth.  To streamline the hiring process, Zach Wilcox advocates for implementing processes for documenting the hiring process, tracking applicants, and a system for exchanging data and information. Adopting structured and comprehensive hiring practices allows the acquisitions team to streamline quality candidates. Create interview sheets to document special notes about each candidate's qualifications and resumes, which hiring managers can upload into a tracking system. Zach affirms that Monday.com is reliable software to manage all applicants, giving all interviewers access to all interviews, notes, and scorecards. In this episode of the *Talent Wins* podcast, Chris Mursau welcomes Zach Wilcox , Founder and CEO of Fide Freight, for an informational conversation about hiring and interviewing processes. Zach discusses Fide Freight, how to amass new customers, leveraging core values to attract job candidates, and hiring strategies for acquiring top talent. ## Resources Mentioned in this episode - - [Chris Mursau on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-mursau-037708/)  - [Topgrading on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/topgrading-inc-) - [Topgrading](https://topgrading.com/) - [Zach Wilcox on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharywilcox/) - [Fide Freight](https://fidefreight.com/)  - [*The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It* by Michael E. Gerber](https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Revisited-Small-Businesses-About/dp/0887307280) - [*Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t* by Jim Collins](https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996) ## Topgrading Team ## Ready to Transform your Business with Little Effort Using Brightlane? 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