Archive for November 2017
Structuring Your Sales Team to Meet or Exceed Your Sales Goals
With 2017 quickly coming to a close, companies are looking at their infrastructure and deciding how they want to enter 2018 in order to meet or exceed their sales goals. It’s common in the building products industry, both commercial and residential, for companies to have a go-to-market strategy with either independent agents, direct salespeople,…
Read MoreThe Dating Game: How Interviewing for a Job and Finding Love Are Similar
When I began my career at Govig & Associates, I was an executive recruiter on our Biopharma team. I noticed that a lot of tenured executives would compare interviewing to dating. This was a curious comparison to me, but as I learned more, I realized that they were correct. If it’s time to make…
Read MoreBring These 7 Things to Any Job Interview
Today I’m going to be talking to you about seven things you ought to bring to every job interview. 1. Directions and contact information. If you’ve never been to the location of your interview before, it’s important to have directions to your interview ahead of time and also have the contact information of your…
Read MoreHow to Prepare for Multiple Interviews in the Same Day
When you’re a candidate that’s going in for a full day of interviews with a company, it can be daunting to have to talk to so many different people. You want to sound as fresh in the end as you do in the beginning, but that can be tough. One thing I advise our…
Read MoreWhy Do Good Employees Leave to Find Work Elsewhere?
Today I’m going to talk about the six reasons why employees leave their organizations, and what you can do as an employer to make sure that you’re competitive in those areas to retain those employees. The six main reasons for which an employee will leave their organizations are challenge, location, advancement, money, people, and…
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