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		<title>The Overlooked Reference For Your Sales Candidate</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/11/17/the-overlooked-reference-for-your-sales-candidate/sales-recruiting</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder if you could get inside a sales candidate&#8217;s head to find out what they actually think about themselves? It truly would be one of the best reference checks you could do before hiring them. There are a few things you can do to get a glimpse of how a candidate thinks. The first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are The Average Salaries For Sales Jobs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked, by both employer and employee alike, what is an average salary for a sales position.  Monster appraised all kinds of sales jobs, and recently released their report on the national averages for sales compensation.  You can review their findings on the average salaries for sales jobs here.   To find the average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Hire Men or Women For Sales?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/02/08/should-you-hire-men-or-women-for-sales/sales-recruiting</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/02/08/should-you-hire-men-or-women-for-sales/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked, &#8220;Should you hire men or women for sales?&#8221;  It&#8217;s not the first time I have been asked this, and it&#8217;s probably not the last.  Even speaking as a woman who was definitely in the minority in the companies I have worked for, yet was still recognized many times as a top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Sales Recruiting, If You Snooze, You Lose!</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/01/20/in-sales-recruiting-if-your-snooze-you-lose/sales-recruiting</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/01/20/in-sales-recruiting-if-your-snooze-you-lose/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is sales recruiting easy?  No!  In fact, a recent study published in Profit Magazine reported; &#8220;Finding the right sales talent was one of the biggest concerns facing sales organizations today.&#8221;   In a similar study conducted annually by Manpower Inc. reporting on the most difficult job to fill, sales representative topped the 2006 and 2007 list [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising Your Available Sales Jobs on Social Media Websites</title>
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		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2011/01/10/advertising-your-available-sales-jobs-on-social-media-websites/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b2b sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no question that you need to advertise your available sales positions on the internet.  After all, that is most job seekers look these days. However if you are only advertsing on social media websites, you are not reaching all the potential sales candidates you should be. A study conducted 2009 by AfterCollege™, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Potential Sales Recruit Have A Track Record?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/10/21/does-your-potential-sales-recruit-have-a-track-record/sales-recruiting</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any potential sales representative can say they are a &#8220;quota buster&#8221; or a &#8221;top performer&#8221; in an interview.  In reality however, descriptive phrases such as these don&#8217;t mean much to you as a sales recruiter unless there is some quantitative proof behind it.  A question that can help you determine if the candidate actually has a successful sales track record is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Check A Potential Candidate&#8217;s References</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/08/09/checking-references/sales-recruiting</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/08/09/checking-references/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even if you think you have just interviewed your perfect sales candidate and are ready to make an offer of employment, you still should make every effort, by whatever means possible, to ensure that they are who they say they are by conducting thorough reference check. Just like your candidate interviews, you need to ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do 100% Commission Plans Work?</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/04/06/do-100-commission-plans-work/sales-recruiting</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/04/06/do-100-commission-plans-work/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an excellent blog post on what you should consider before implementing a 100% commission plan for your sales staff. http://peaksalesrecruiting.com/question-100-commission-plans/ To download a free copy of our white paper How To Recruit The Best Sales Professionals which includes “11 Telephone Interview Questions to Find Top Performers”, visit our Sales Download Centre. Aim Higher! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Steps To a Virtual Sales Bench</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/02/05/5-steps-t-of-a-virtual-sales-bench/sales-recruiting</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/02/05/5-steps-t-of-a-virtual-sales-bench/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert J.  Weese</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Recruiting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of having a virtual sales bench has been around for many years. It has been popularized by the authors of Top Grading for Sales. The concept promotes the need for sales management to always be recruiting because you never know when you will need to fill a vacant territory.   The problem we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ideal Sales Candidate</title>
		<link>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/02/05/the-ideal-sales-candidate/sales-recruiting</link>
		<comments>http://www.b2bscblog.com/2010/02/05/the-ideal-sales-candidate/sales-recruiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan A. Enns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quick Sales Management Tips]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you place a job ad and start to interview candidates, ask yourself if you know exactly what you are looking for.  What are the sales skills required to be successful at selling your product?  What are the personality traits of your top performers?    Take the time to clearly define your perfect sales professionals so that [...]]]></description>
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