Find Sales Rep — Hiring Great Salespeople
Anyone who’s tried to find sales rep and recruit for salespeople before will testify that it can be a difficult thing to do well, or even successfully! Once the person is employed, it’s not always a guarantee that they will be a perfect fit for the organization, and in addition, there is likely to also […]
The 7 Most Shared Stories from 2014
In this roundup of the most shared stories from the ClearFit Blog, 2014, you’ll discover the surprising strategies some of the world’s best entrepreneurs have used to scale their sales teams, how some of our customers faced down some tough business challenges, and more… Read on below for these and other enlightening business stories…divided by […]
Edit Job Requirements to Get More Targeted Results
There’s a powerful feature hidden in the Job Description Wizard that can help you find the right candidates for your jobs. It’s on our roadmap to make this less hidden, but in the meantime, here’s the scoop… When you mark a requirement on the Job Details page with “Important” or “Must Have,” it becomes a […]
Ben Baldwin: The Next Generation of Hiring is Job Matching
Hiring Over the Holidays? Why it Might Just Bring the Gift You Need
Should I or shouldn’t I? It’s the question so many of us ask ourselves when December hits and we still have open positions to fill. Do we post that job or wait until the New Year? The honest truth is that it could be the ideal time to find that perfect candidate. Why? Those applicants […]
Mark Roberge: How an Engineer Scaled HubSpot’s World-Class Sales Team
When one of the cofounders of HubSpot asked Mark Roberge to build the sales team at their startup, Mark said yes. Problem was, he had no experience running a sales team. But there was something in his background that he thought he could draw on to build and scale a world-class sales team and help […]
Resumes, Now More Readable!
Here at ClearFit, we’re all about the fit for the job (so much that we put it in our name :)…but we know that a key part of evaluating an applicant is reviewing their resume. Which brings me to our latest product improvement, which we’re really excited to announce. This feature falls into the “Wow, […]
The Halo Effect: The Trap That Makes You Hire the Wrong Person
Authors’ note: this post is based on a hiring manager we know. We’ve changed all names and some telling details. A team full of good people is an admirable goal for any leader. But there’s a common psychological trap on the road to a goal like this that has snared many a well-meaning hiring manager, […]
Use Comments to Save Time When You’re Hiring!
We all know it’s pretty hard to keep track of the process when you’re hiring…. you have a pile of applicants, and you keep looking at the same resume over and over again. Fortunately, ClearFit allows you to comment on the applicants you’ve received. And don’t worry, only your team sees the comments—they are not […]
Paul Jackson: Why Agility Is the Key to Method’s Sales Success
[wpsocialite url=”https://smoothhiring.com/business-tips/paul-jackson-agility-key-methods-sales-success/”] In 2010, when Method Founder and CEO, Paul Jackson, set out to build a sales team for his software business, he made a costly assumption based on a widely held notion of sales. Turning his software solution into a top-rated app would require Paul to turn that assumption on its head. Method’s cloud-based customer […]
