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Nine Steps To Effective Recruitment Of Your Sales Team

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Recruit Sales Team The Right Way:


Given below are the nine simple steps for effective recruitment of your sales team. Although these steps do not lie in water tight compartments and are heavily interdependent, yet these steps follow a natural chronological order as each preceding step is followed by the immediate next step. Theses steps can be used as guidelines for getting off to a flying start, in the given chronological order:

  1. Create the Job Role for the position 
  2. Write down a detailed Job Description
  3. Plan and execute a focused Outreach Communication
  4. Shortlist resumes of the most relevant profiles from the pool of applicants
  5. Carry out hiring Interviews to further zero down on the most suitable candidates
  6. Design and implement an effective onboarding program for the selected candidates
  7. Map the skill set required for the job role with the present skills of  the new recruits
  8. Design and implement an effective training program for bridging the identified skill gaps
  9. Manage your sales team for continued business excellence and growth.
When you practice these steps, you will be able to significantly improve the hiring process of your sales team
The author of this post is a business coach & consultant and can be reached, for support needed in recruiting your sales team, by clicking here or filling up our contact form.

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