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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

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. You were the shoulder I would go and cry on anytime I would have some sort of executive-level problem or executive recruiting problem. Working sessions. Talent in 2024.

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The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Hiring a VP of Sales with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Hiring a VP of Sales isn’t new, but the conversations have evolved as the world has. SaaStr’s own Jason Lemkin shares the top 10 mistakes he sees during the hiring process during Workshop Wednesday, held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. The last 18 months have seen the biggest changes in the VP of Sales in his SaaS career.

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Market Gaps: 10 Ways to Spot Untapped Customer Needs

User Pilot

A market gap can be caused by missing functionality or poor user experience. Canva identified a market need for a user-friendly graphic design tool for non-designers and DocuSign for a secure solution to sign and manage digital documents and contracts. How do you recruit your interviewees? Talk to the developers and engineers.

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How to Run a Virtual Job Fair to Attract Top Marketing Talent

Neil Patel

The entire event takes place online, allowing attendees to get to know employers better, network with other job seekers, and attend workshops and guest speeches, all from the comfort of their own homes. With Paradox, you get a mobile-first recruitment experience that uses AI to put the candidate first. Develop a Marketing Plan.

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The Employee Experience Equation: 6 Data-Driven Ways You Can Drive An Exceptional Employee Experience

Valuize Consulting

The Employee Experience (EX) is the journey an employee takes with your organization and is the sum of all employee-employer interactions throughout that employee lifecycle, from pre-recruitment to post-exit. times faster revenue growth ( Sale s force , 2020). Ready to drive better business outcomes? 6 Elements Of A Strong EX.

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Top 10 Mistakes Getting to $100M ARR with LaunchDarkly’s Co-founder Edith Harbaugh (Pod 668 + Video)

SaaStr

They hired their first VP of Sales with a wonderful pedigree and experience at some of the hottest startups. After three months, this talented guy came to Harbaugh with the recognition that LaunchDarkly’s customers were developers. He didn’t like to sell to developers, so he quit. because they needed to rebuild the sales team.

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SaaStr Podcast #364 with Figma Head of Sales Kyle Parrish

SaaStr

343: Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Kyle made his way into the world of SaaS and sales and came to be Head of Sales at one of the fastest-growing companies in Figma. What worked?