Clients Say...

"Working with Optimal Sales Search changed my mind about the true partnership you can have with the right sales recruiter. We have hired several high-level sales people with their help. The results have helped build our company. One of the people we hired from Optimal Sales Search has been our number one sales rep for two years!"

VP Sales, $60M Firm

I Love Recruiting Sales Professionals

Passion, success, drive and charm are just a few of the traits of top salespeople. Sales professionals are fearless, hard-charging, consultative and eager to please; yet respectful, appreciative and always thirsty for more. Recruiting salespeople is unlike recruiting other functions. Ultimately, sales recruiters are evaluated by the performance of the salespeople they introduce to their clients. Learning to identify sales talent is a skill that has taken over a thousand interviews to develop and more than a decade to refine. Here are the top five reasons why I love recruiting salespeople:

  1. I love recruiting top salespeople because they raise the bar for the entire sales team.
  2. I love recruiting sales professionals because they cherish customers and find a way to give clients what they need.
  3. I love recruiting sales talent because they are fun to work with and bring a level of energy and excitement to everyday work!
  4. I love recruiting rainmakers because they follow up, follow through, get results and drive new business each and every day of their selling career.
  5. I love recruiting salespeople because they know how to find business, build relationships, solve problems and create the ‘double win.’

Recruiting salespeople is laborious, hard work and requires a certain level of mental toughness, fortitude and persistence. Approach sales recruiting with the same level of drive you expect to see in the people you recruit and your results will be astounding. If you take shortcuts, skimp on turning over enough rocks or fail to beat the bushes at least a little, you will find candidates that have the same behavioral characteristics.

Recruiting sales professionals is a passion, it requires strong attention to detail, the ability to initiate and forge new relationships, discern behavior and ultimately source exceptional talent. I love sales recruiting because I enjoy making a contribution to organizations that realize there is really is no limit to human potential. I love aligning myself with the salespeople who have made a prosperous career out of getting and keeping customers. If you make a concerted effort to find, attract and recruit top salespeople, you will watch profits grow, your business will soar and you will begin to love recruiting rainmakers too.

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