Recruitment

Sales Recruitment: Interview Tips from Elinor Stutz

Are you looking for that ideal sales role? Ready to make a step up and work for a brand which represents your values and can meet your earning potential? 

For those sales pros with a few years experience under their belts, there’s a great opportunity to utilize skills learned to prepare for, and master, interviews for sales positions. In this podcast, top sales influencer, Elinor Stutz. Elinor offers her insights into how salespeople can achieve that perfect sales position.

As CEO of Smooth Sale, Elinor Stutz has always included community service as a part of her business plan. For years she has translated selling strategies as she spoke to many groups of grateful job-seekers.

Elinor comes with a whole suite of endorsements including “Top 1% Influencer” on Kred.com“, One of the Top Innovative Sales Blogs” on NowISeeIt and BizzHum, “One of the Brightest Sales Minds to Follow On Twitter” on CEO World Magazine“ and “Top Sales Influencer” on Inside View and Open View Labs.

“The interview is not about you” explains Elinor in her booked Hired, “It’s about how well you will solve the company’s problems and fit in with the company culture. This is the only way you will get a job you actually enjoy!”

Listen to the episode with Bill Banham and Elinor Stutz as they explore:

  • Top tips to help sales pros achieve the right mindset for successful interviewing
  • What should sales pros know from researching a potential employer?
  • How long should that research take?
  • How the interviewee can demonstrate the (sales) skills required for advancing a 2-way interview
  • How can successful sales candidates negotiate the compensation they deserve without risking losing the job to someone with fewer monetary expectations?

 

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