A common question that I ask on a daily basis is, “Why are you looking to leave your job?”. Too often, the response I receive is as repetitive as a broken record. I regularly hear “I was told I’d make $100,000 and I’m making $65,000 plus nobody on the team is above 80% of quota.” [...]

When I think back on the years I’ve spent in the recruiting space, I’m reminded of hundreds of salespeople that I’ve gotten hired. The commonality among most of these instances is that sales managers would express that, “We lost the candidate because another company was able to make a higher offer.”  Although this is sometimes [...]

Sales, recruiting, and baseball; These three things are my biggest passions in life. Naturally, having grown up in Cleveland I’m a huge Indians fan. For those of you that don’t follow baseball, the Indians are a smaller market team, which means they can’t really afford to sign the big name players. Seemingly every year, like [...]

I have a fair amount of skepticism associated with the common process of taking hiring assessments in order to evaluate talent, and I’ve always felt this way. A significant factor in my healthy level of skepticism is that I’ve dealt with many companies that utilize these assessments like they’re the hiring bible. Despite this dissatisfaction [...]

A common line of thought among most companies is, “I want to pay for performance”. Meanwhile, almost every candidate for any given job is thinking, “I need a higher base salary. I have bills to pay.”  So, who is correct in their thinking? In my opinion, there is no winner here, and both the companies [...]

I've seen many companies lowball candidates when it comes to giving them an offer.  Although they believe they're saving money by paying below the "market rate," it's actually costing them a lot. Let’s take a look at five specific reasons why you should never give a lowball offer. 1.) They'll Take Another Job If the [...]

We can probably all agree that networking is a critical part of conducting business, especially as a salesperson. One of the biggest challenges that I’ve noticed facing salespeople today is their approach to networking. A common misstep that I observe often is that salespeople primarily network when they need something, as opposed to doing so [...]

Is an unemployed salesperson “bad”? Throughout the years I’ve dealt with hundreds of sales leaders. What continues to amaze me is how many of these individuals say, “A good salesperson should never be unemployed”. I have even done business with companies that refuse to hire unemployed salespeople. My answer to this interesting question is actually [...]

Something I’ll never forget is my very first sales encounter with the ever dreaded “e” word; ego. I was speaking with a candidate on the phone, and he just wouldn’t stop telling me how great he was.  I later flew to seem him, and his ego continued to overtake the experience. He continued on about [...]

I get it.  If you dial more, you generate more conversations, you schedule more appointments, and you close more deals. This seems like a very practical approach to cold calling, and I don’t even disagree with it. However, too many companies put the greatest emphasis on call volume, and not call quality. A Low Quality [...]