Will This Sales Candidate Really Fail If We Hire Him?
Dave Kurlan is a top-rated speaker, best-selling author, sales thought leader and highly regarded sales development expert. This week I called the type of candidate that traditional HR professional love – his resume was formatted, there were no typos, his background was exactly what my client craved – but the assessment wasn’t so impressed with […]
Why You Must Kick the Sourcing Habit
by Lou Adler As many of you know — I announced it at the ERE Expo in San Diego — I’ve decided to bring recruiting back to recruiting. This is my new old mission. Somehow this has been lost in the past few years when overall candidate supply exceeded demand. Hiring top talent is not […]
Startups Need To Hire A Recruiter…Now
Jeff Bussgang, Seeing Both Sides The unemployment rate in America is hovering around 9%. But if you are a competent engineer, sales executive, online marketer or general manager in Silicon Valley, NYC, Boston, or other startup hotspots, the unemployment rate is 0%. The talent market has gotten as competitive and aggressive as I have ever seen […]
Sales Interview Questions from JustSell.com
Interviewing your next superstar? Looking for your next sales position? Here’s a list of 31 interview questions in no particular order. If you’re interviewing candidates, use what you like and improve what you don’t. If you’re in the hunt for a new sales position, use them as a prep tool and work your way through. […]
Selling a Pen (and Yourself) in an Interview: Outdated Tactic or Timeless Question?
A question was raised in one of my LinkedIn groups recently that got me and other members thinking about the tactics used by hiring managers during the interview process. The question: If you were interviewing for a sales job and the sales manager said “sell me this pen,” how would you respond? The feedback from […]
13 Reasons for Poor Sales Hires by Hard Working Sales Managers
Lance Cooper of Sales Manage Solutions invites you to imagine this picture… Turnover occurs – sometimes at an excessive rate. Sales managers work hard and struggle to find quality candidates for open sales positions. They place ads in local newspapers and get many responses. Some use Monster. Some use recruiters. However, many of their candidates […]