
Our Process to Thriving Employees
At Simply Now, we do talent different.
Our process goes beyond filling roles — it’s designed to uncover who will thrive in your organisation and ensure their success long after day one.
Attract. Align. Succeed.
Our eight step talent process - delivering thriving people in jobs they love

1. Discovery & Alignment
We start with a deep briefing session with key decision-makers to understand more than just the job — we explore the outcomes, culture, challenges, and motivational environment that define success in your organisation.
From there, we refine your position description and value proposition to attract the people who will be truly energised by what you do.
2. Attraction & Outreach
We go well beyond just job boards.
Using targeted outreach, industry networks, and creative search activation, we engage both active and passive candidates — including high-performing professionals who aren’t looking but are ready for the right opportunity.
Our messaging highlights the inner motivations, deeper purpose and growth potential of your role to attract talent aligned with your mission.
3. Motivational Profiling & Screening
Every application is reviewed through three lenses: competence, motivation, and experience.
We conduct structured short interviews to test for motivational alignment and identify early-fit indicators — going beyond what’s written on paper to uncover how candidates think, decide, and act under real conditions.
We eliminate bias and leading questions by using frameworks grounded in proven motivational science.
4. Shortlisting & Insight Presentation
You receive a curated shortlist of candidates who not only meet technical requirements but are motivationally aligned to thrive in your team.
For each candidate, we provide concise insight summaries — highlighting their key drivers, working preferences, and alignment with your organisational culture and goals.
We can also facilitate or co-interview to ensure a neutral, evidence-based assessment process.
5. Interview & Alignment Testing
We coordinate the interview process, making it easy for your team and all candidates.
We equip your interview panel with precision interview guides designed to test for alignment, competence, and culture fit — not storytelling or bias.
We use advanced technology to analyse interview transcripts to reveal deeper cognitive and motivational patterns, leading to greater clarity and confidence in your decision-making.
6. References & Final Validation
Our reference checks go beyond performance confirmation.
We explore how each candidate has applied their motivations in past roles — testing for consistency, resilience, and alignment with the success profile you need.
For all roles, we test how your top three candidates actually construct their thinking using the proven Identity Compass, in order to validate their inner drivers and fit before the final offer.
7. Success Coaching & Integration
We don’t stop at placement.
Through our 7, 28, and 60-day Success Coaching program, we support both the new hire and their supervisor to establish clarity, connection, and momentum — ensuring the transition from recruitment to real-world performance.
This is where good hires become thriving employees in a winning team.
8. Ongoing Partnership
Our clients value Simply Now as a long-term partner in building thriving teams.
We provide full transparency through our applicant tracking system, regular updates, and follow-up reviews — enabling continuous improvement and measurable results across every hire.Grant Schuster
your partner in talent
With over 20 years experience in executive, leadership, organisation development and transformation roles, Grant is passionate about helping organisations build thriving teams who are doing what they love. Combining his focus on relationships in the local government and not-for-profit sectors, with his knack for enabling services to be seamless, easy and enjoyable - even recruitment!
Grant is ready to help you discover your next star recruit with greater precision and less effort!

Talent done different.
Attract. Align. Succeed.
Melbourne, Australia and beyond.









