Interviewing your next superstar? Looking for your next sales position?
Here’s a list of 31 interview questions in no particular order.
If you’re interviewing candidates, use what you like and improve what you don’t.
If you’re in the hunt for a new sales position, use them as a prep tool and work your way through. When you come out the other side, you’ll be completely tuned and ready for action...
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Use The Holidays To Find A Job
Original Post: Susan Adams, Forbes.com
You can and should. One reason: You'll have less competition then.
When my friend Matthew turned down an offer for a lucrative marketing position two weeks ago (it conflicted with the noncompete agreement from his old employer), he told me he couldn't find another job until the new year. That's just the way it is in his business, he said. Once the holidays hi...
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Who’s Most Likely to Fail the Background Check?
Original Post: Monster.com
By Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert
If you’re working in construction, there’s a good chance you’re laboring next to someone with a criminal past. But if you’re working in the nonprofit sector, you’re more likely to be sitting next to someone who has lied about his education.
Those differences came to light when Kroll analyzed “hit ratios” for the eight...
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Beware the Desperate Candidate
The longer they’re on the market, the more desperate downsized candidates become. As a result, they tend to be open to positions with lower base salaries and commissions and even less accountability – things they wouldn’t think twice about in more stable economic times.
While hiring managers may be tempted to snag a top-level sales professional at an entry level price, it is a decision that will ...
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