Many salesforces today experience a high turnover, often 20-25% annually, costing around $250,000 to replace each salesperson. While sales training, products, culture, and marketing affect retention and success, the ultimate failure is often recruiting and selecting the wrong person.

Human Resources and other staff members may be on the recruiting/selection team but the sales manager has the final responsibility for the selection. Without comprehensive training, the sales manager is prone to a multitude of mistakes: not interviewing enough qualified candidates, taking shortcuts to fill a territory, missing red flags, failing to do an in-depth series of interviews, etc. Selling successfully requires a unique set of skills, behaviors, motivation, and this course provides tools and learning for the sales manager to dig deep and make the right decision.

In this course, you learn how to develop a recruiting/selection campaign utilizing a proven selection process for salespeople. The Porter Henry process includes critical steps like: recruiting by the numbers, screening in desirable candidates, planning in-depth interviews using a unique 4-step behavioral questioning process, comparing finalists, and validating your choice with failsafe techniques. 

Learning Objectives
  • Identify effective process, techniques and tools for selecting salespeople.
  • Explore methods to evaluate and hire high-potential salespeople.
  • Discover how to reduce sales turnover through recruiting and selection.
Last updated/reviewed: August 21, 2023
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Included In Certifications

This course is included in the following Certification Programs:

8 CoursesPorter Henry Sales Manager Certification

  1. Sales Coaching for Results
  2. Virtual Sales Coaching
  3. Counseling for Improved Sales Performance
  4. Managing Sales Performance
  5. Optimizing the Sales Manager’s Time to Achieve Priorities – Allocating/Saving Time for Top Priorities and Efficiency
  6. Recruiting and Selecting Sales Stars
  7. Sales Leadership 1 – Creating a Sales Vision
  8. Sales Leadership 2 – Influencing and Motivating the Sales Team
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Intermediate

We recommend you download an Interview Planner and a Comparison Guide for Finalists, both effective selection tools that will be covered during this course. We also recommend that you complete the related management course, Managing Sales Performance, which will help you review and define expectations for new and existing hires.

Education Provider Information
Company: Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .
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Course Syllabus
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
  Introduction to Recruiting: Selecting Sale Stars9:38
Recruiting and Selecting Sales Stars
  Effective Recruiting3:45
  Screening-In the Most Desirable Candidates7:33
  Planning the In-Depth Interview11:47
  Conducting the Interview3:52
  Completing the Hiring Process5:25
CONCLUSION
  Conclusion4:59
CONTINUOUS PLAY
  Recruiting and Selecting Sales Stars46:59
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
  Slides: Recruiting and Selecting Sales StarsPDF
  Recruiting and Selecting Sales Stars Glossary/IndexPDF
  Interview PlannerDOCX
  Decision Matrix - Selecting The Best Candidate Tool DOCX
  Telephone Screening ToolDOCX
REVIEW AND TEST
  REVIEW QUESTIONSquiz
 FINAL EXAMexam