January 2019

What an Architect Looks for From a Great A&D Sales Rep

By |2019-01-21T13:38:59-04:00January 21, 2019|TalentSphere|

Increasing your sales as an A&D rep takes time, effort and well-established relationships. However, while many sales reps spend their time focusing attention on establishing connections with manufacturers and local dealers, they miss the importance of working directly with architects when finding new revenue sources.

Architects are the driving source of billions of dollars in revenue every year and are many times ignored by sales reps as a relevant sales contact. Even though an architect may not be purchasing goods directly, they can […]

Managing Your Career: How to Network for Success at the WRLA

By |2020-11-28T22:15:05-04:00January 14, 2019|TalentSphere|

Conferences and trade shows are excellent opportunities to meet people from your industry who can help connect you to your next sale, your next job opportunity or give career advice and industry information. The 2019 WRLA (Western Retail Lumber Association) Buying Show is taking place January 16th – 18th at BMO Centre, Stampede Park in Calgary. Here, retailers in the lumber and home improvement industry from across Canada will meet to take advantage of trade show pricing, view and try new products, hear about upcoming […]

Ways Your Firm Can Improve Its Recruitment Process/Employer Brand

By |2019-01-09T15:20:24-04:00January 7, 2019|TalentSphere|

Sourcing new employees can sometimes be a challenge, especially as organizations begin scaling their operations and stretching their departmental bandwidth. Even so this doesn’t remove the importance of investing adequate resources into your recruitment processes.

Over the years, the ways companies recruit their employees have changed dramatically. Now, many job markets are biased towards the candidate, meaning typically new employees choose the company and not the other way around. This shift has forced companies to […]

May 2018

A Guide to Selecting the Right Building Materials Recruitment Firm

By |2018-05-11T12:12:51-04:00May 11, 2018|TalentSphere|

Hiring the right talent is crucial in today’s increasingly competitive building materials market. While price, product, promotion and place are all important, your team remains the most important part of your success.

As the building materials market continues to strengthen, the demand for talent has increased, and the availability of that talent has reduced. Thus, companies are increasingly turning to recruitment firms to assist them in their search.

In this guest post by Stephen Borer from TalentSphere, Stephen explains the steps to […]

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