Before You Hire A Salesperson, Consider These 5 Must-Haves

You might be opposed to saying it out loud, so we’ll say it for you. 

Hiring a salesperson can be a terrifying experience.  It’s on par with excavating month-old leftovers from the fridge and almost as bad as living in the same home with your mother-in-law for an “undetermined” amount of time. 

Will your decision to hire a salesperson pay off?  Will this person be the person?  Do you have what it takes to bring on and retain this piece of your business that is absolutely critical to your eventual success?  Question marks like these can plague the entire process of hiring, managing, and training a salesperson.

However, we’d like to eliminate one of those many question marks for you, and this elimination occurs at the very beginning of the process—well before you even think about building a sales team. 

Here are the five must-haves you should carefully consider before hiring a salesperson for your MSP.