

How to Succeed at Recruiting and Hiring Great Salespeople
Feb 21, 2022
23:47
Mike Montague interviews Lee Kester on How to Succeed at Recruiting and Hiring Great Salespeople. Lee is the President and CEO of the Kester Search Group. Find them at: https://www.kestersearch.com/ Or connect with Lee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leekester/ In this episode:
- The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at recruiting great salespeople
- The process is different depending on the level of hire
- Be careful to hire the right person and personality for the job, not just someone you like
- You may want to use a third party to help
- Focus on their past performance
- Keep it simple, don’t track too many metrics
- Both sides should be excited about the new adventure together upon hiring
- Slow the process down so you can focus on getting the right people
- No more than 2 decision-makers on the hire
- If you’re in a leadership time spend 1/3rd of your time recruiting and hiring world-class talent
- Create a hiring profile
- Hire on talent, train for diagnostics