Has anybody here made the jump from Recruitment to Sales? Moving back to my hometown of San Diego and I’ve really wanted to make the jump, just not sure how they measure out! Open to advice!

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Honest curious question: I always though recruitment was a form of selling, was I wrong?

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It is definitely a form of selling! I should have been more specific. I would rather be selling a product or software to consumers instead of selling them a job opportunity. Very similar just different outcomes and different commissions

A bunch of people in my company have made that move. I'm based in UK though

Hi there!

What kind of Sales role are you looking for: BDR? AE?

I live in San Diego and work for a Fintech SaaS company HQ’d in La Jolla. We’re hiring like crazy in Sales

Sounds like recruiting and sales are extremely similar. Messaging you now!

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Create a ‘bridge’ so you can skip being an sdr and go straight to AE. Sell recruiting/HR software. Companies will appreciate you have a good background selling ‘people’ and understand the people you’re selling to very well and better than your typical SaaS sales rep - this will give you an edge as you’d be selling to people like you now and possibly be able to leverage some relationships you have.

Align your recruiting sales process/cycle to that of a SaaS sales rep. Prospecting, Discovery/qualification, solution selling, leading prezo/demos, negotiation, etc.

Not necessary but If you can demonstrate an understanding of the product you’d be selling (I.e. have used it or used something similar) and that would be the cherry on top.

I went from being an IT recruiter for a staffing company to a Sales Exec for a consulting firm. I found a decent amount of parallels in the jobs and it made for a quick transition.

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