From a sales ad I just read (my editing): Experience in building, hiring from scratching, coaching, training and developing the RAMs in the sale of _________ products. Perhaps this is some new interviewing technique – “If you could scratch one place on your body, what would that place be?”
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I just read an employment ad for a sales position that had this for the title: Salesmen Honestly, how out of touch can you be?
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Older article here from our local StarTribune paper – Sales Skills Hiring Managers Seek. There are some interesting points from the quotes in the article, but one thing that stands out to me are these quotes from different recruiters: …and have achieved in athletics. and A sports background also helps. This background is couched around the competitive nature of sports transferring to successful selling. I’m not sure I buy into that correlation, but it does intrigue me. I played sports throughout high school and college and can envision many self-centered teammates I would not recommend for any sales position. Still, I am probably over-focused on the exceptions. However, I do… Read More
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