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You're Hiring Them to Work for You, Not to Date As a recruiter or hiring manager, sometimes it's easy to let our own personal biases influence our hiring decisions. The best candidates for any particular position are typically not going to have 100% of the attributes we're looking for. The Red Flags of Sales Recruiting: No Need to Take Action (don't hire them in the first place!) In an attempt to fill an open position as quickly as possible with the most qualified candidate (the best of the bunch), hiring managers often overlook or ignore critical areas in candidate's backgrounds and personalities, only to realize they've made a bad decision down the road. Find Salespeople that Actually LIKE Your Products & Services In a perfect world, your sales reps would be totally passionate about your products and services. But at the very least they should have a strong interest in what you sell. Candidates Need to Know the WHOLE Story Candidates need to know the good, the bad, and the ugly about your organization and the position they're being recruited for in order to make a well information decision. If that means passing on the job, so be it.

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You're Hiring Them to Work for You, Not to Date
As a recruiter or hiring manager, sometimes it's easy to let our own personal biases influence our hiring decisions. The best candidates for any particular position are typically not going to have 100% of the attributes we're looking for.
The Red Flags of Sales Recruiting: No Need to Take Action (don't hire them in the first place!)
In an attempt to fill an open position as quickly as possible with the most qualified candidate (the best of the bunch), hiring managers often overlook or ignore critical areas in candidate's backgrounds and personalities, only to realize they've made a bad decision down the road.
Find Salespeople that Actually LIKE Your Products & Services
In a perfect world, your sales reps would be totally passionate about your products and services. But at the very least they should have a strong interest in what you sell.
Candidates Need to Know the WHOLE Story
Candidates need to know the good, the bad, and the ugly about your organization and the position they're being recruited for in order to make a well information decision. If that means passing on the job, so be it.