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Stonebriar Community Church Enhances Candidate Experience While Reducing Hiring Time

Explore how we helped a community church streamline hiring, enhance candidate experience, and significantly cut recruitment time and costs.
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    Faster hiring compared to industry standards

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    Hours saved across five positions

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    Candidate satisfaction with interview experience

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    Selective hiring ensured only the best-fit candidates joined the team

Client Profile

Stonebriar Community Church is a non-denominational Christian church located in Frisco, Texas. Founded by Pastor Chuck Swindoll and currently led by Senior Pastor Jonathan Murphy, Stonebriar serves over 16,000 attendees through both on-campus and online worship. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2023, the church employs over 100 staff dedicated to its mission: “love God and love others.” Committed to serving its growing community effectively, Stonebriar sought a streamlined, budget-friendly recruitment solution. Facing limitations in internal expertise, time, and resources, they partnered with Hoops to optimize their hiring process, enhance alignment with core values, and efficiently fulfill staffing needs.

The Solution

Hoops provided an expert recruitment team, an annual subscription service, a comprehensive automation and software platform, and a core values-focused candidate experience.

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  • Expert Recruitment Team

    Hoops provided a dedicated Client Success Team with experience in various disciplines. This team, guided by a Lead Client Success Manager with extensive recruitment experience, conducted thorough onboarding calls, market research, refined job descriptions, and optimized programmatic advertising channels to attract suitable candidates across a variety of avenues. The team worked closely with Stonebriar through weekly collaboration meetings to understand their unique needs and pivot the recruitment strategy accordingly.

  • Annual Subscription Service

    Hoops proposed an annual subscription allowing Stonebriar to budget recruitment costs effectively. This provided immediate access to a team familiar with their culture and roles, speeding up hiring. The platform maintained candidate pipelines, enabling quick reengagement and offering an adaptable, year-round recruitment strategy.

  • Automation and Software Platform

    Hoops' proprietary platform offered HULA AI and Automation which streamlined candidate engagement through automated workflows for marketing and communication. This tool managed thousands of automation actions, saving significant time and resources. Across five separate searches, HULA Automation eliminated 1,185 emails, 172 text messages, and managed 1665 other automation actions (including candidate status updates, etc.). The platform also included an organized system for tracking candidates, ensuring no potential hires were overlooked.

  • Core Values Focused Candidate Experience

    Customized candidate automation experiences helped promote Stonebriar's core values consistently to all candidates, ensuring the right cultural fit. The platform's programmed software automation, alongside the Client Success team's human touch, also kept candidates informed throughout the process. This consistency in communication helped maintain the church’s reputation and ensured that new hires aligned with their mission and values.

The Results

Enhanced recruitment efficiency with a roughly 30% faster time-to-hire, quality talent acquisition from a selective screening process, significant time savings of approximately 274 hours, improved budget management, and high candidate satisfaction reinforcing the church's brand and cultural alignment efforts.

  • Enhanced Recruitment Efficiency

    Hoops accelerated Stonebriar’s time to hire by roughly 30% achieving a Timeto-Fill in under 45 days for most roles, surpassing industry standards.

  • High Candidate Satisfaction

    Stonebriar achieved nearly 100% satisfaction among candidates with the interview process, reinforcing the church's brand reputation and cultural alignment efforts.

  • Improved Budget Management

    The annual subscription service allowed Stonebriar to manage recruitment costs effectively throughout the year, avoiding the high expenses associated with unplanned and costly ad hoc headhunter services.

  • Quality Talent Acquisition

    The Hoops team, aided by Hula Automation, screened 916 applications across five openings to identify top candidates, resulting in successful hires across various roles (top 0.55% hired). This effort continues to support ongoing hiring needs across multiple positions within the church.

  • Increased Time Savings

    Stonebriar utilized Hoops' professional team for job market research, job postings, candidate communications management, application screening, resume reviews, phone screenings, weekly reporting, and more, enhanced by the Hula AI/Automation software. This collaboration saved Stonebriar's HR team approximately 274 hours across five positions while also improving the quality of candidate vetting.

Partnership Response

"Working with Stonebriar Community Church has been a distinct privilege for Hoops. Their steadfast dedication to community service resonates deeply with our core values. By supporting their recruitment efforts, we’ve seen firsthand the transformative impact they have on their community. It’s truly inspiring to partner with such a dedicated and mission-driven organization.”

Bill Carroll
CEO

“Prior to using Hoops, our efforts to hire skilled talent were time-consuming and a bit hodgepodge. Since partnering with Hoops, we have had great candidates and hires. The time savings more than pays for the cost of the service, and the professionalism of everyone we have interacted with is a breath of fresh air. Our primary contact, Drew Mani [Client Success Manager], is always attentive and, especially when we are beginning a search, asks probing questions that help him know exactly what we are looking for. I highly recommend Hoops!”

Vickie Bray
Director of Human Resources, Stonebriar Community Church

“Hoops has been a great investment for us and takes a lot of the burden off our shoulders so that we can focus on other items. Drew [Client Success Manager] is always so courteous, efficient, and has provided great customer service. I’m very pleased with Hoops!”

Cara Barney
Assistant Director of Human Resources, Stonebriar Community Church

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