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Top 7 Ways to Pump Up Your Sales Crew

Sales numbers low? Here are our top 7 ways to pump up your sales crew and get that sales floor poppin’! (And we should add that they’re in no particular order – we love them all!)

Apparently Job Interviewing Has Dramatically Changed

Apparently, the way in which a job interview is conducted has dramatically changed.

I guess I’m old school, but I remember a time when an interviewee would show up 15 minutes early to fill out an application. Upon arriving, men would be professionally dressed in a suit and tie, hair looking like it actually had been washed within the last week and fingernails that didn’t look like they had just finished cleaning the inside of an Andy Gump outhouse. Women would wear skirts long enough to cover their asses and underwear, have on less makeup then a circus clown, and understood that perfume was meant to be subtle, not make them smell like a cheap Las Vegas hooker. With them, they would bring several typo free copies of their resume, a list of references, a pen and be prepared to have a comprehensible dialog about their career goals.

Top 7 List – Ways to Never Get a Raise

1. Always have an excuse…
“But it was all Bobby’s fault!”
We’ve all used excuses to justify our actions, whether it’s to justify losing that account, or to champion yourself in that fender-bender off the I-5. We’ve all done it! However, the key to your personal success in garnering a pay raise is to leave your excuses at the door. No employer likes hearing “It wasn’t my fault!” time and again. Think about it: in your own life is there anything more irritating and off-putting than a person who simply won’t own up? Nothing will set you further back than a boatload of excuses! Be strong, own up, fix the problem, and go get your raise!