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Everything I’ve Learned About Recruiting and Interviewing

Kellblog

The other day a founder asked me about interviewing because a candidate had described me as “a great interviewer,” and she wanted to know why. I find interviewing and recruiting difficult, have made plenty of mistakes over the years, and the consequences of those mistakes are invariably painful.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

A MOC document can help you prioritize what jobs you need an executive to do so you can hire against those needs. Getting executives out of the 1:1 interview process and into a whiteboard session can help you assess their core competencies and how they’ll work with your team. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.

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10 Recruiting & New Hire Interviewing Best Practices

OPEXEngine

The other day a founder asked me about interviewing because a candidate had described me as “a great interviewer,” and she wanted to know why. I find interviewing and recruiting difficult, have made plenty of mistakes over the years, and the consequences of those mistakes are invariably painful.

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How to Attract, Hire & Build a Diverse Sales Team with Handshake VP, Employer Partnerships Jessica Peluso (Video)

SaaStr

This requires effort from your entire organization, and Handshake VP, Employer Partnerships Jessica Peluso outlines some changes that you can make to your brand, and your application, interview, and offer process that will help find the talent you are trying to attract and hire. Below is the transcript of Jessica’s session.

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The Playbook to Building a Thriving Sales Culture with PatientPop SVP of Sales Justin Welsh (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Justin Welsh, former SVP of Sales at PatientPop explains how he started in SaaS in 2009 as the second sales hire at Zocdoc. Justin used Sales Culture to grow a successful PatientPop team to 140 employees and 55 million in revenue. Justin Welsh | SVP Sales @ PatientPop. I was a local sales manager or regional manager.

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How to Hire A Great VP Sales: The Full Video and Transcript

SaaStr

One of the first what How to Hire a Great VP of Sales at the New York Enterprise Tech Meet-Up (thank you to John Lehr and Work-Bench for setting this up). The Number One Thing You Can Do to Accelerate Your Business Post-Initial Traction is Hiring a Great VP of Sales. I don’t know anything about sales. More power to you.

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What is a Customer Profile Template? Steps and Examples

User Pilot

TL;DR A customer profile is a document that contains detailed information about your ideal customers , such as their jobs , interests, motivations, goals, and challenges. The Buyer Persona Template focuses on the decision-maker’s pain points and goals, helping sales and marketing teams tailor pitches for closing deals.