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employee retention
Customer Intimacy

7 Effective Sales Closing Techniques: How to Close More Deals in 2022

Jonathan Whistman Guest Columnist and Strategic Partner of Kinsey Management Closing is the culmination of all the time and resources your sales reps invest in clients over the sales cycle.  Hopefully, sales reps have primed the customer by addressing pain points, overcoming objections, and clearly displaying the value of your product or service. Then, all that remains is to go in for the close and secure the contract. But closing isn’t as easy as extending your arm for a handshake and sliding a contract across the table.  “Sales closing is binary by nature. You either close the deal or you

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Best Practices

Candidate selection: Improve hiring with 9 steps

8 minute read Candidate selection, also known as talent acquisition, is the process of finding and hiring the best candidate for an open position. It covers everything from sorting through applications, to sending talent assessments, to creating the final job offer. It’s also one of the most important processes in any organization. Research shows that bad hires cost companies 30% or more of their salary. The more important the position, the more it can cost your company: Bad managers don’t just underperform, but actively drive other employees away. Assessment tools like the Predictive Index Job Assessment™ can prevent bad hires and ensure you only

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Best Practices

How to create the ideal candidate profile

A candidate profile keeps the hiring process objective by defining the perfect candidate. It also helps you establish consistently measurable criteria. The candidate profile isn’t just there to help create a job description, though. Everything from the messaging in the job ad to the specific questions in the interview process should be informed by that unique candidate profile.

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