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We build, manage, and optimize digitally-enabled sales teams for our clients to convert their leads into advocates, customers and profits.
Our rigorous process is proven to get you the top sales talent you desire. Are you looking to hire, recruit, or train top-tier sales representatives, account managers, BDRs, territory sales managers, and commissioned sales professionals? We are the home for business owners looking to onboard top talent that fits your culture needs and bottom line profits.
Buying processes are changing. New competitors are emerging. Talent shortages are increasing. Building a sales force capable of driving profitable revenue growth is more complex and challenging than ever before. But it doesn’t have to be.
Our process has helped thousands of companies like yours recruit the talent needed to meet aggressive revenue targets and outperform the competition.
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TSC recruitment systems are designated for businesses that want to build and scale world-class sales teams. We do not hire average sales performers. We ONLY hire A-players who drive success. Whether you want your competition’s top performers or candidates from outside your industry, our targeted search finds the hidden talent who beat quotas and lead their teams to record numbers.
Get the sales talent needed to drive revenue and growth in the new world. Gone are the days of overpaying for sub-par sales reps who cost your business money, time, and energy. Never make a bad sales hire again with our state-of-the-art hiring process powered by science and refined through years of development.
We have created a world-class recruiting system that will power your businesses with hand-selected sales experts tailored for your business needs. We are the pioneers and industry leaders in sales recruitment and sales candidate screening.
We will help you develop custom criteria for your specific sales needs to make sure you hire right the first time. Our process adapts to you as we calibrate our proprietary algorithm to hire for the needs and demands of your position.
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Get Started NowOur process is a gauntlet where only the best survive. We've battle tested it on over 256,178 salespeople worldwide focusing on 4 core dimensions; The Will To Sell, Development Capabilities, Sales DNA, and Selling Competencies. Even before the first interview, our screening algorithm is fed the talents, capabilities, behaviors, values, and psychographics of every candidate. Your needs and our evidence-based system are merged to make sure you have the right people in the right seats guaranteed.
Desires
Desire shows you how badly a candidate wants to succeed in sales.
Desire shows you how badly a candidate wants to succeed in sales.
Commitment
Commitment is the #1 factor you MUST know. Commitment describes if the candidate is willing to do whatever it takes to be successful in sales.
Commitment is the #1 factor you MUST know. Commitment describes if the candidate is willing to do whatever it takes to be successful in sales.
Outlook
A candidate’s outlook breaks down how they look at themselves, their work, and the people they work with. People who are frequently between jobs lack a defined outlook. It is important to determine if the condition is chronic or temporary.
A candidate’s outlook breaks down how they look at themselves, their work, and the people they work with. People who are frequently between jobs lack a defined outlook. It is important to determine if the condition is chronic or temporary.
Motivation
It allows you to understand the candidate's motivation. Are they motivated by being part of something bigger, motivated by money, or being in service of others?
It allows you to understand the candidate's motivation. Are they motivated by being part of something bigger, motivated by money, or being in service of others?
Responsibility
This factor will show you if the candidate takes responsibility for any lack of results. Excuse-making doesn’t always seem obvious because they are rationalizing the results. Change doesn’t come until excuses stop.
This factor will show you if the candidate takes responsibility for any lack of results. Excuse-making doesn’t always seem obvious because they are rationalizing the results. Change doesn’t come until excuses stop.
Will To Sell
This is a combination of the candidate's commitment, desire, motivation, outlook, and lastly, responsibility.
This is a combination of the candidate's commitment, desire, motivation, outlook, and lastly, responsibility.
Coachable
A coachable candidate is one that understands that there is always room for improvement and is open to constructive criticism.
A coachable candidate is one that understands that there is always room for improvement and is open to constructive criticism.
Figure it out Factor
This determines how fast a candidate will ramp up and bring in business consistently.
This determines how fast a candidate will ramp up and bring in business consistently.
Longevity
It’s important for you to know the New Salesperson Return on Investment (NSROI) for hiring candidates. Knowing every candidate’s Longevity score is the first step in forecasting a reliable NSROI result. NSROI tells you how long a new salesperson must remain with your company for the time and monetary investments to produce an acceptable return.
It’s important for you to know the New Salesperson Return on Investment (NSROI) for hiring candidates. Knowing every candidate’s Longevity score is the first step in forecasting a reliable NSROI result. NSROI tells you how long a new salesperson must remain with your company for the time and monetary investments to produce an acceptable return.
Compatibility
This shows to what degree the candidate has experienced selling in the environment that we spect out in the real world.
This shows to what degree the candidate has experienced selling in the environment that we spect out in the real world.
Doesn't need approval
This shows you if the person needs or doesn’t need to be liked. Sometimes, this need will take precedence over making a meeting or making a sale.
This shows you if the person needs or doesn’t need to be liked. Sometimes, this need will take precedence over making a meeting or making a sale.
Stays in the moment
It is important to sell with a consultative approach by asking questions and actively listening. This shows you if the candidate can be “right here, right now” when talking to a prospect.
It is important to sell with a consultative approach by asking questions and actively listening. This shows you if the candidate can be “right here, right now” when talking to a prospect.
Supportive beliefs
These allow you to understand the way the candidate thinks. Do their supportive beliefs support the selling outcomes? If they don’t have supportive beliefs, they will sabotage the selling outcomes.
These allow you to understand the way the candidate thinks. Do their supportive beliefs support the selling outcomes? If they don’t have supportive beliefs, they will sabotage the selling outcomes.
Supportive buying cycle
The buying cycle describes the way a candidate goes about making a purchase for themself. There is a 100% correlation between how they make their purchases and the behavior they will tolerate from their prospects.
The buying cycle describes the way a candidate goes about making a purchase for themself. There is a 100% correlation between how they make their purchases and the behavior they will tolerate from their prospects.
Comfortable discussing money
Does the candidate have the ability to go in-depth into the prospect's finances and uncover where the money is? Can they figure out how much money can be spent and can come up with more money if none is available?
Does the candidate have the ability to go in-depth into the prospect's finances and uncover where the money is? Can they figure out how much money can be spent and can come up with more money if none is available?
Handles Rejections
This factor indicates how fast the candidate can recover from rejection.
This factor indicates how fast the candidate can recover from rejection.
Hunting
It is the ability to find new business and prospects.
It is the ability to find new business and prospects.
Reaching Decision Makers
This shows the attributes that help the salesperson get to the decision-makers.
This shows the attributes that help the salesperson get to the decision-makers.
Relationship building
Look at the individual's ability to build rapport quickly and establish long-term relationships.
Look at the individual's ability to build rapport quickly and establish long-term relationships.
Consultative Selling
It means asking good questions, listening, and following up with better questions.
It means asking good questions, listening, and following up with better questions.
Selling Value
This measures to what degree the candidate has the ability to sell value instead of price, and how they can compete with other companies that have lower prices than yours.
This measures to what degree the candidate has the ability to sell value instead of price, and how they can compete with other companies that have lower prices than yours.
Closing
This relates to how effective salespeople are at the moment of closing.
This relates to how effective salespeople are at the moment of closing.
In order for your organization to succeed and your sales team to thrive, your hires must align with the Sales Hiring Matrix. Miss any one of these five, and your new hire will underperform, miss targets, and cost you significant time, money, and resources. Toggle between each Sales Hiring Matrix below to learn more.
You not only have to select the right person for the job, with the skills experience and attitude you need so they can get the job done. You also must consider and make sure that the five key dimensions are aligned across the board.
Our hiring process guarantees that each candidate’s Values, Behavior, Culture, References and Aptitudes line up so you get your successful hire. Miss one of the key dimensions, and you’ll end up having to navigate Conflict, Frustration, Chaos, Anxiety, or Time Wasted.
At The Sales Connection, we combine hard-earned experience with an evidence-based approach supported by science. Our process involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed, and consistently executing based on proven measures that identify world-class sales professionals tailored to your individual business needs.
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