Nimble - Sales

MAY 14, 2024

In the digital age, social media has transcended its traditional role as a platform for social interaction and has become a pivotal tool in the recruitment landscape. The flexibility and […] The post Examples of Using Social Media for Recruitment appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2023

In particular, hiring for your sales team is critical in an uncertain economic outlook. Additionally, sales professionals looking for a new role should choose their next company wisely. Great Companies Attract Great Talent Blond and Braverman have enjoyed successful careers as sales leaders in high-performing companies.

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2023

In this week’s episode of CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund, continues a mini-series on founder-led sales with Colin Zima, founder and CEO of Omni. The post SaaStr CRO Confidential: Omni Founder Colin Zima on the Power of Leveraging Your Network for Sales and Recruiting (Pod 658 + Video) appeared first on SaaStr.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

You were the shoulder I would go and cry on anytime I would have some sort of executive-level problem or executive recruiting problem. We’re coming at it from the lens of not being recruiters. And when you’re in the executive recruiting process, feeling is not scientific. Tell me what the priorities are.”

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Nimble - Sales

APRIL 9, 2024

When selecting a CRM platform for your recruitment agency, it’s important to select one that has an easy enough interface, offers sufficient customization, and ideally, email and browser extensions that will save your team time on data entry and other tasks that a software should be able to do for you.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Dear SaaStr: What’s the #1 Mistake New Sales Leaders Make? Let me just summarize my #1 observation here: the top mistake first-time sales managers make is recruiting. It is incredibly hard to figure out how to replicate the magic of the first 1 or 2 sales reps that work closely with the CEO.

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Nimble - Sales

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Equally important is the CRM’s ability to customize workflows, ensuring a streamlined recruitment process from start to finish. Additionally, integration […] The post Top 7 CRMs for Headhunters: Leading the Recruitment Revolution appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Kellblog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Emboldened by this seeming endorsement, I dashed off what turned into a lengthy email on interviewing and recruiting, a topic about which I am passionate not because I think I am good it, but because I think I am not. Thoughts on The Recruiting Process. Remember it’s a mutual sales process. Consider a try-and-buy.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 25, 2020

In interviewing great CMOs , the product marketing leader is the first marketer most startups should recruit, and often the first key mishire. Product marketing is the vital work of developing a customer lifecycle journey, pricing, sales support materials, analyst relations, and press. This makes sense.

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Nimble - Sales

AUGUST 4, 2023

While recruiting, finding the perfect fit for a job goes hand in hand with managing a plethora of candidate information and nurturing client relationships. The ever-evolving landscape demands a powerful solution that can efficiently streamline recruitment while providing personalized experiences for candidates and clients alike.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

If a sales exec makes it anything but effortless to schedule a job interview with them, Basically it won't work out — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? At least for sales execs, never hire them if they are slow in the recruiting process. Recruiting is sales. But for in-bound candidates? Probably, even slower.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2024

Dear SaaStr: Should I Go Into SaaS Sales? If you aren’t sure you want to go into sales — don’t do it. Maybe in 2021, when many SaaS leaders were growing at simply unprecedented rates, could succeed in sales if you weren’t sure you wanted to sell. link] You will build amazing people, management and recruiting skills.

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SaaStr

MAY 5, 2024

Dear SaaStr: How Do I Motivate a Sales Team Working Commission Only? If you’ve ever worked with a contingent recruiter, you’ll see this. The post Dear SaaStr: How Do I Motivate a Sales Team Working Commission Only? It is really, really tough. Pay the reps at least a small base salary, with a large commission.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In this post, we’re featuring our Recruiting Manager, Elizabeth Faddis! Priority projects are focused on enhancing the company’s recruiting strategy, processes, and programs to deliver on current and future talent needs. You recently started your Recruiting Manager role at FastSpring, how are you liking it so far?

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Nimble - Sales

JULY 20, 2023

About Oliva Advisory Oliva Advisory is a recruiting agency that focuses on data analytics and business intelligence to match employers to the perfect candidate. At Oliva Advisory he […] The post How Oliva Advisory Streamlines it’s Recruitment Process appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2024

Dedicated Slack Channel For Every Metric From the early days at Secureframe, they have had a dedicated Slack channel for every metric: every net new sale, every expansion, every churn, and every expense. Work with Great Executive Recruiters ”The first time I saw an invoice for an executive search, I think I had a heart attack,” Shrav joked.

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Nimble - Sales

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

CRMs for recruitment agencies are a weapon that can enhance pretty much every major KPI for a head-hunter: offer acceptance rate, pipeline velocity, days to offer, average candidate experience, fill rate, win rate, and more. The post CRM For Recruitment Agencies: Finding the Right Candidate at the Right Time appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Nimble - Sales

AUGUST 17, 2023

About Recruitment Central Recruitment Central, now celebrating its 20th year, wasn’t born from a grand plan but by happenstance. Sandra Karamitelios, armed with seven years of recruitment experience, embarked on this journey at the suggestion of a friend.

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TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Post-sale, AI analyzes customer data to improve service and loyalty, making it a cornerstone of modern sales methodologies.

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OpenView Labs

APRIL 29, 2021

Recruiting top talent is the common denominator across all scaling startups. Nine out of 10 founders and CEOs I connect with are involved in recruiting on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Many of them are learning on the fly and trying to juggle being CEO and Chief People Officer/Lead Recruiter/Brand Evangelist all at once.

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SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2023

Dear SaaStr: What’s the Best Way to Get Ahead in SaaS Sales? It is important to decide which of 3 life tracks you want to be on: Super-successful sales rep / individual contributor. Successful sales manager. I.e., become a VP of Sales someday. Leverage “sales” to become a founder, business owner , etc.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So we’ve spent a ton of time over the years on SaaS talking about hiring a great VP of Sales. Not only because it really matters, but because hiring the wrong VP of Sales can set you back a year — or longer. So many VPs of Sales disagree with me here — at least at first when I make the point. Sales is hard.

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SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2024

Dear SaaStr: I’m Being Recruited by a Startup That Just Raised $5m. So how you can do your own diligence as the first senior sales exec going in? Ask to join a customer call and listen to a few Gong calls and see if you really believe you can level up things Way too many sales execs don’t do this. How Do I Vet Them?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 8, 2022

We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about how to hire a Great VP of Sales, and how you have to close the first 10 or so customers yourself, and how when you do go to hire your first sales rep — make sure you hire two. Use Recruiters and other paid channels. Here are 5 suggestions: 1. I doubt any will be good enough.

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Kellblog

MARCH 17, 2020

Rephrasing Lewis Carroll, “if you don’t know what you’re recruiting for, any candidate looks great.” ” I liken executive recruiters to Realtors. ” That know-not-what, by the way, is that it’s for sale. Let’s switch to executive recruiting. Sound judgment and maturity.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2024

In the latest episode of CRO Confidential, host Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with Ashley Kelly, VP of Global Sales Development at Rippling. For context – Ashley had previously helped Sam scale Brex’s outbound sales from $2M to over $300M in ARR as Senior Director of SDR.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 18, 2021

On today’s episode of Sales Hacker podcast, we have Mike Levy of TitahHouse, a transparent and effective platform, loaded with in-depth career and job intelligence, exclusively designed to connect tech-focused sales professionals with their next great position. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Special Announcement.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Success in sales requires the right skills and a competitive, driven, and personable nature. However, scoring a great sales role takes more than just being confident in your own skills and nature. You have to convince a management team of those things as well. 1) Know whom you’ll be talking to — Sales is all about relationships.

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Predictable Revenue

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Collin Stewart discusses the emerging trends in sales recruitment with Brisa Renteria, CEO of Improved Growth The post Rethinking Sales Talent Acquisition with Brisa Renteria appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Specifically, she champions a metrics-based approach for developing world class recruiting teams. Because of her position, Maia has observed recruiting patterns in hundreds of companies, and has developed best practices for startups. Maia reports these five strategic recruiting metrics to the executive team each quarter.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Q: What makes a great sales leader? The best sales managers / directors / VPs: Recruit great team members. Sales requires a linear number of hires to grow bookings. So you have to be a great recruiter to scale. In fact, the best sales leaders always upgrade the team within 60 days of taking a new role.

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The Daily Egg

MAY 13, 2021

Getting your sales job advertisement in front of eyeballs can be an uphill task but doable with targeted keywords. Most managers and recruiters will admit to having a hard time crafting appealing job postings. The post Sales Job Descriptions and Titles – The Complete Guide appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In the “old” days, there was a rough rule that as soon as you are bringing on more than 1–2 reps a quarter, you needed to hire a director of sales ops. That at that point, at a minimum, there would be too much administrative work for your VP of Sales to handle it herself. You want the sales ops help scaled up and helping before then.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

So there’s a sort of org chart you’ll probably end up with at least twice as you start scaling in SaaS: The “Headless” Sales Org. It’s a bunch of sales reps without anyone to manage them other than … you. But if you end up not hiring a VP of Sales at that perfect moment in time (and most don’t), you’ll end up headless.

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OPEXEngine

APRIL 12, 2022

Emboldened by this seeming endorsement, I dashed off what turned into a lengthy email on interviewing and recruiting, a topic about which I am passionate not because I think I am good at it but because I think I am not. Thoughts on The Recruiting Process. Remember it’s a mutual sales process. Know what you’re looking for.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2023

Not becoming a better recruiter. I recruited a great VP of Sales, a strong VP of Marketing, a great VP of Product (now COO at Gong), and a great VP of Customer Success. But I was a sequential recruiter. I should have been recruiting more great folks, more often. And most of the team was great.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Hiring a VP of Sales isn’t new, but the conversations have evolved as the world has. Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive. Jason has written about the cheat codes for hiring VPs of Sales since 2012 and realized it was worth a deeper dive.

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