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Conquer the 5 Obstacles to Building a Star Sales Team

If you ask business owners about the top challenges for their companies, you will hear three things loud and clear - hiring new employees, increasing profits and growing revenues.  Building a star sales team sits right at the nexus of those three challenges since it requires hiring talented sales people that can successfully build relationships with clients -- fueling revenues an...
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How to Obtain an All-Access Pass to Star Sales Candidates

Do you feel like your sales recruiting efforts are bearing fruit? Or, does it feel more like you are outside the club where the top salespeople hang out, the bouncer is not letting you in, and you are standing in the street with the job hoppers and B-player sales reps? Perhaps the challenge is who or what you are bringing with you to the party.  Many businesses rely on personal connections...
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Business Owners…Signs it’s Time to Hire a Sales Leader

When you’re first starting your business you do it all - from office manager and accountant to human resources specialist and business planner, to even marketing expert and sales leader. However, as your business starts to grow, you’ll quickly realize that you can't manage everything on your own. Eventually, you’ll need to hire another leader or else you’ll see your business start to suffer in p...
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How to Know When You’ve Interviewed Enough Sales Candidates

Do you ever feel like you are having never-ending interviews without a hire? Or, perhaps you find a good candidate in the first interview and wonder if you need to interview more? So, what is an optimal number of interviews to know you are hiring the best? The simple answer is - as many as it takes! As a recruiting firm, we often see our clients struggling to know when to pull the trigger on a can...
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13 Interview Questions to Hire Star Salespeople

How do you identify a star sales rep during an interview? You need to ask them the RIGHT interview questions.  Today, customers have all the power and hiring pushy, “always be closing” types of sales reps don't work anymore. Sales reps need to be problem solvers and critical thinkers, but it can be difficult to determine this from outdated sales interview questions like 'Sell me this pen'. Use th...
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