Sales And Business Development; Grab That Job Now!

By Author: Glen Bird
Total Articles: 9

It’s a well known fact; where there’s a company there has to be a product & when there’s a product to sell, there has to be a sales & marketing team in place. You got that right; sales and marketing jobs are available by dime a dozen. But how do you find a job that suits your thirst for selling products? You’ve been selling IT products or maybe mobile phones for a good number of years and you now want to switch to a different product segment or maybe you are looking for better growth opportunities within the country and abroad, what would be the first step you would take?

Your first line of action would be to approach sales recruitment agencies that offer integrated recruitment solutions. Right from assisting you in creating the perfect resume to interview presentation tips, the recruitment agency is present to guide you at every step of the way.
Sales recruitment agencies work with a multitude of companies that have a host of products on their shelves to sell. It could be a cosmetic giant, a pharmaceutical company or may be a tourism company or a chain of retail stores; you can take your pick in a company or profile that is of interest to you. What’s more is that, agencies have different divisions assigned for sales and marketing recruitment services. The various managers in charge of these divisions have vast experience in managing recruitment campaigns across the UK and skilfully blend in candidates with the right job profiles.

The crux of a good agency is one who focuses on delivering in terms of quality and not quantity. While they have the ability to gauge the critical nature of speedy recruitment, they always ensure that the right candidate doesn’t go to the wrong company and vice-versa. More than just a regular agency, they go the extra mile to aid candidates until the end of the recruitment process which is up to finalizing the date of joining in conjunction with the candidate and the client.

Each of their in house consultants comes equipped with relevant industry knowledge and experience which helps them source the right candidates. While they understand the nerve of what exactly the client requires, the sales targets the client has set for the company and the incentive structure that they are willing to dole out to the candidate, the consultant works towards gelling the clients’ specifications with the candidates’ capabilities.

Most agencies apart from following a traditional approach for recruitment also opt for the head hunting methodology to source right candidates. This is a process that is mainly used to recruit top management candidates who are highly skilled and rarely are out in the open looking for a job. Head hunting is a process that involves the consultant doing some prior research on you before making that call. However it’s also a process where the candidate has a slightly upper hand because he/she is aware that they have been specifically sourced for the profile. But all candidates are never on the list of head hunters. It’s only a select few who have the niche expertise or relevant skill sets that the client is interested in. This luxury however comes to a candidate once he or she has accumulated a few years of experience under their belt and honed their skills.

Agencies while recruiting candidates for any sales profiles use various methods but with the ultimate goal being to bring about a merger of the right candidate with the right profile and place them in the right company.