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Welcome our new Sales Talent Agent: Amy Abbott!

We are very excited to have Amy Abbott join our team in Toronto! Clearly at this point we are picking Sales Talent Agents based on talent, because adding another Amy to our 16-person team is as confusing to our candidates [...]

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Top 10 Tips for Candidates Working with Recruiters

I found this post on Scott Corwin’s recruiting blog through LinkedIn and thought it was worth sharing. Top 10 Tips for Candidates Working with Recruiters Recruiters are paid to fill a job not find you a job. Try not to take [...]

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Great article about building a strong corporate culture

If you are an employer looking for advice on how to develop a workplace where the employees feel empowered and happy, this article is a nice starting point. And if you are a sales rep who feels their current employer [...]

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Nice resume tip from TalentEgg

I liked this article written for Metro Newspaper by Greg Overholt about including your charitable work into your resume of achievements. A little self-serving, but it is also motivation for a person (especially a young person looking to launch their [...]

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Welcome our new Sales Talent Associate: Danya Channing!

It is always very exciting when we bring on a new employee at Sales Talent Agency – we try hard to create a long-term environment that a person will enjoy, be challenged by, and thrive in. We hope that Danya [...]

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Tips for 20-something job seekers

I read this article written by Christine Hassler and think it offers some great advice. It is geared towards a U.S. job market (a lot bleaker than in Canada!), but the tips make sense for anyone looking to launch a [...]

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Had a chance to present “A Career in Sales” to 70+ Sauders students

Sauders School of Business (UBC) invited me to present to their students (BCOM and MBA) last Friday on “A Career in Sales”. I thoroughly enjoyed thinking about the topic and putting together some talking points that included: Why… you should [...]

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Another happy candidate!

Helping a quality sales rep find a great role and navigate their way to a successful hire is a lot of work, but can be extremely rewarding. Last week we placed a fantastic Toronto-based territory sales rep who had worked hard to [...]

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Had fun helping Sauder’s MBA Students with their negotiation skills

Yesterday I spent the afternoon role-playing with MBA students enrolled in the Sauder School of Business (UBC). These soon-to-be-MBA graduates were looking to stretch their negotiation muscles as they selected one of 5 employment offer scenarios and reasoned with me (playing [...]

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Thanks to our friends at SAP for inviting us to join the Fifth Annual Strachan Hartley Legacy Run

Sales Talent Agency’s Vancouver team had a great time on Sunday participating in this year’s Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation Run. There was both a 5km and 10km option, and if you have ever ran in North Vancouver, you will realize [...]

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