Sales is indeed a skill and good people are hard to find, particularly those that are prepared to cold call or work on new business. It is becoming almost impossible to find such candidates, and even more so to find people that have these skills and job stability as well. Good sales people are at a premium and can name their price to a degree. They are also snapped up very quickly. From an employer pot of view I would look more at retaining the good people I had got and have a long term strategy in place to look for new candidates - ideally bringing them on as trainees and developing them within the business. You will get more loyalty and stability that way.
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