Executive Sales Recruitment Agency
When your organization has an open sales position, you want to fill it as soon as possible and with the best candidate available. This is especially true of executive sales positions. Of course, saying it is easier than doing it. And often, the more senior the position you are trying to fill, the longer the search continues.
There’s no doubt it’s critical to take the time to identify the best possible fit for your organization, but the longer an executive sales hiring process drags on, the more costly (and stressful) it becomes.
Working with an executive sales recruitment agency is one solution to this challenge that an increasing number of companies are finding to be both very effective and an expenditure that offers excellent ROI. Working with Pearl Lemon Recruitment means you will be working with one of the most experienced teams in the business, whose staff is made up of both recruiters and sales professionals.
Should You Hire an Executive Sales Recruitment Agency?
Working with an executive sales recruitment agency is an extra expense, and you may be wondering if it is worthwhile.
In a variety of ways, expert sales headhunters, like those on the Pearl Lemon Recruitment team, will improve the executive sales recruitment process as well as the success and longevity of your hire.
Here are some of the ways that using an executive sales recruitment agency can improve your hiring process, from relieving you of extra stress to saving you money through reduced search costs, a shorter time to hire and reduced turnover of those eventual hires.
Reach a Larger, More Qualified Pool of Executive Sales Candidates
You could assume that by posting to a variety of job boards, social media sites, and your own career website, you’ve cast a wide enough net. You’d be on the right road if you are OK with exclusively targeting active executive sales prospects or those actively seeking new employment (typically those who are already unemployed). However, posting just in venues where prospects must be actively looking for work in order to fill your job posting overlooks a critical group of candidates: passive candidates.
Many of the strongest executive salespeople already work in sales, and already have a good job, which is unsurprising. These applicants are extremely desirable, but they are difficult to find because they are not actively looking for a new position. According to LinkedIn, 85 percent of job seekers are passive, which means they’re interested in new opportunities but won’t go out of their way to find you; you’ll have to go out of your way to find them.
You gain access to the vast pool of passive applicants in our executive sales recruitment agency’s network by using executive sales recruiting services. This not only raises the number of individuals you’ll be able to contact, but it also improves the average quality of those you’ll be able to interview.
Reach a Larger, More Qualified Pool of Executive Sales Candidates
You could assume that by posting to a variety of job boards, social media sites, and your own career website, you’ve cast a wide enough net. You’d be on the right road if you are OK with exclusively targeting active executive sales prospects or those actively seeking new employment (typically those who are already unemployed). However, posting just in venues where prospects must be actively looking for work in order to fill your job posting overlooks a critical group of candidates: passive candidates.
Many of the strongest executive salespeople already work in sales, and already have a good job, which is unsurprising. These applicants are extremely desirable, but they are difficult to find because they are not actively looking for a new position. According to LinkedIn, 85 percent of job seekers are passive, which means they’re interested in new opportunities but won’t go out of their way to find you; you’ll have to go out of your way to find them.
You gain access to the vast pool of passive applicants in our executive sales recruitment agency’s network by using executive sales recruiting services. This not only raises the number of individuals you’ll be able to contact, but it also improves the average quality of those you’ll be able to interview.
Improve Every Aspect of the Executive Sales Recruitment Process
Looking back at that job posting you were considering posting on your own, you most likely made a few crucial errors. Perhaps the job title didn’t capture the attention of the right individuals, or the job description was riddled with industry jargon that turned off qualified candidates from other industries.
Executive sales recruiters are familiar with every aspect of the hiring process because it is what they do on a daily basis. Their sales recruitment strategy is based on proven and effective methods. Everything is carefully structured and designed to locate the best candidates, from appropriately titling the job to utilizing employee recommendations to asking the essential screening and interview questions you may not have.
Whether you’re a big company with a Human Resources department or a smaller business, your internal team is likely overburdened and hasn’t had time to properly flesh out the perfect hiring procedure. Pearl lemon Recruitment’s experience and expertise shows in the time it takes to source prospects and the quality of the hires made by a strong senior sales recruiter. And we know you’ll be impressed.
Get That All Important Company Culture Fit Right
Every executive salesperson has to function as the perfect embodiment of your company culture and its values if they are going to be out there selling what you offer every day. However, getting that company culture fit right is one of the hardest, and often most time-consuming, parts of the executive sales search process.
Strong sales recruiters, such as those on the Pearl Lemon Recruitment team, know how to connect you with prospects who will fit your company culture in addition to screening for skills and experience. Employee retention is also influenced by company culture fit, and screening for it from the start reduces the number of unnecessary interviews and, as a result, lowers turnover among the eventual hires.
Decrease Your Time to Hire
One of the most crucial things that an executive sales recruitment agency can accomplish for you is reduce the time it takes to hire someone. A smart sales recruiter isn’t looking to speed up the process, but rather to make it as efficient as possible.
You receive high-quality applicants early in the process and can start interviews much more rapidly by sourcing people from their existing candidate pool. Furthermore, because your sales recruiter can handle all of the initial screening procedures, the process is streamlined and moves quickly up until your first in-person interviews.
Throughout the process, they continue to identify new talent, ensuring that you have a steady stream of interview-worthy prospects. There will be no time wasted by keeping the process going along and properly screening every step of the way, and you will identify the ideal hire as quickly as possible.
Executive sales recruiters pay for themselves several times over by the time the process is completed, thanks to reduced time-to-hire and increased employee quality and retention.
Hiring the best executive sales recruitment agency to assist you with your recruiting campaign can result in a level of talent much exceeding your present expectations.
To speak with an Executive Sales Recruiter about your sales recruiting initiative, contact us today.