{"id":3958,"date":"2024-01-22T14:54:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com?page_id=3958"},"modified":"2024-05-08T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:06:05","slug":"ten-deadly-sales-hiring-mistakes-ebook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/sales-recruiting-resources\/ten-deadly-sales-hiring-mistakes-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ten Most Costly Sales Hiring Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"hero-alternative-without-spacer.phpblock_048c2a3d619edef63294be5c585a4ceb\" class=\" alignfull mt-[-110px]\">\n\t\t<div id=\"peak-alternative-hero-wrapper-without-spacer\" class=\"lazy relative bg-black\/40 overflow-hidden !bg-cover after:absolute after:inline-block after:inset-0 after:z-[2] after:bg-black after:bg-opacity-60 h-[60vh] lg:h-[50vh] mobile-only:!pt-[150px] mobile-only:!pb-[50px]\" style=\"background: no-repeat center;padding-top: 154px;padding-bottom: 50px;\" data-bg='https:\/\/www.peaksalesrecruiting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/iStock-531722221-2.jpg' >\n\t\t<div class=\"container mx-auto h-full\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex items-center justify-start h-full\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-full lg:max-w-[64%] p-[10px] relative z-[3]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"m-0 pb-[10px] text-[2.5rem] leading-[1.2em] text-white text-left font-medium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Ten Most Costly Sales Hiring Mistakes<\/h2>\n                                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<span\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"m-0 text-white text-[1rem] leading-[1.1em] tracking-[2px] flex flex-col text-left font-normal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container mx-auto py-7 is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0dfbf163 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns justify between gap-16 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:58.2%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-grey-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0a79876cced1a385b2c11dc73635604a\" style=\"font-size:32px;font-style:normal;font-weight:500\">Stop wasting time and money.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Stop wasting time and money. If you\u2019re frustrated by turnover, low performance and missed sales targets, this FREE eBook is the answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than 50% of the sales reps on most teams will make target this year, which puts sales managers under immense pressure to find ways to deliver their numbers. There are three major obstacles to building high performance sales teams:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Top salespeople are rare.&nbsp;<\/strong>Studies show that 20% of the sales professionals in any industry close 80% of the sales.<br><strong>2. The candidates you want most are hard to reach.&nbsp;<\/strong>They are too busy selling and being successful to respond to you.<br><strong>3. Salespeople are difficult to evaluate because they\u2019re very good at selling.&nbsp;<\/strong>So they\u2019re able to sell themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s the solution? 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