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Sales Recruiting - How Long Can You Keep This New Salesperson?

  
  
  

Dave Kurlan is a top-rated speaker, best-selling author, sales thought leader and highly regarded sales development expert.

longevityBack in April, I posted an article that was actually my third in a series on Sales Longevity - the science of predicting sales turnover.  In that article I provided a link to my latest White Paper on the subject and suggested that this new science would someday become a new feature in our already cutting edge Sales Candidate Assessments.  Well, that day is upon us.

First, we calculate Ramp-Up, Months to Break-Even and Months to 5xROI for each candidate based on some information we collect from you.  This number changes based on a candidate's own Ramp-Up Skills which we measure in a formula called Figure It Out Factor (FIOF).

Then we calculate the likelihood that you'll be able to retain a particular candidate for the months required to 5x ROI based on 5 additional factors:

  1. Your Sales Management Supervision
  2. Your Sales Compensation Method
  3. The Candidate's Years of Experience
  4. The Candidate's FIOF
  5. The Candidate's Sales Quotient

Just think about the implications of this!  You have a very strong candidate, highly recommended but the odds of keeping him around long enough to just break-even aren't very good.  Now what?

Or you have a candidate that you like, but not as strong as the previously mentioned candidate.  The odds of retaining her through 5xROI are terrific.  Do you hire her?

On Wednesday, August 25, I will host a Webinar at 1:30 PM ET, to unveil the new Longevity Findings in the Assessment.  I hope you can join me!  Click here to register for the Webinar.



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Posted by Dave Kurlan on Thu, Aug 19, 2010 @ 05:40 AM

COMMENTS

Aloha Dave, 
 
Your article intrigued me. I've just began working with Rick Roberge and look forward to your webinar next week. As I grow my agency by either hiring or partnering, abilities to assess and select appropriate candidates will be necessary. 
 
Thank You, Philip Johnson

posted on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 2:26 PM by Philip Johnson


Hi Dave, another cutting edge contribution to providing great insights to the science of sales exellence. Not only will we help clients determine the cost of sales ghosts but we will keep on helping them identify Sales Stars and predict who could become "meteors" - those that fall out the sky and disappear. look forward to the webinar. rgds Gerry van der Merwe

posted on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 10:07 PM by Gerry van der Merwe


Great question Tony! 
 
For the answer to the on boarding question, refer to this article.

posted on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 9:23 AM by Dave Kurlan


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