StretchLearn Course

Stop Winging Your Hiring. Build a People System That Actually Works.

Role scorecards, structured interviews, onboarding playbooks, and performance habits — everything you need to hire right and manage well.

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Intermediate8 hr 41 minSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course walks you through every stage of building a small team the right way: defining roles with precision, sourcing candidates who actually fit, interviewing without bias, making competitive offers, and setting people up to succeed on day one. You will also build the performance and feedback habits that keep strong employees engaged and growing. Designed for founders, managers, and operators who are done winging it and want a durable people system.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Write a role scorecard that attracts the right candidates and filters out wrong fits before interviews begin

Build a sourcing strategy across job boards, referrals, and direct outreach that fills your pipeline consistently

Run structured, bias-resistant interviews that produce comparable data across every candidate

Negotiate and structure compensation packages that are competitive without blowing your budget

Design a 30-60-90 day onboarding plan that cuts ramp time and reduces early attrition

Conduct regular one-on-ones and performance reviews that drive accountability and retain top performers

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: Defining the Role and Building Your Pipeline

Before you post anything, you need to know exactly who you are hiring and why. This module covers role scorecards, sourcing strategy, and writing job posts that attract the right people and repel the wrong ones.

3 lessons

The Role Scorecard: Know Who You Are Actually HiringContent · 40 min

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Sourcing: Fill Your Pipeline Without Posting and PrayingContent · 45 min

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Application Review: Screen Fast, Screen SmartContent · 38 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Interviewing Without Bias

Structured interviewing produces better hiring decisions and protects your team from legal and cultural risk. This module covers interview design, question frameworks, and how to evaluate candidates consistently across your panel.

3 lessons

Structured Interviews: The Framework That Beats Gut FeelContent · 42 min

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Behavioral Questions and Work Samples: Getting Real EvidenceContent · 48 min

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The Debrief and the Hire DecisionContent · 35 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Offers, Compensation, and Onboarding

Closing the right candidate requires a competitive, well-structured offer and an onboarding plan that converts a new hire into a productive team member quickly. This module covers compensation frameworks, offer negotiation, and a 30-60-90 day onboarding system.

3 lessons

Compensation Basics: Set Pay That Is Fair, Competitive, and AffordableContent · 45 min

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Making the Offer and Closing the HireContent · 38 min

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Onboarding: The 30-60-90 Day SystemContent · 50 min

LMS Access

Module 4

Module 4: Managing Performance and Keeping Your Best People

Great hiring is wasted without a performance management system that gives people clear feedback, meaningful development, and reasons to stay. This module covers one-on-ones, performance reviews, compensation reviews, and the hard conversations that come with managing real humans.

3 lessons

One-on-Ones: The Weekly Habit That Makes Management WorkContent · 40 min

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Performance Reviews That Drive Growth, Not DreadContent · 48 min

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Retention, Hard Conversations, and When to Part WaysContent · 52 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

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