Today is a really special day for us and we’d like to share it with you. Our newest venture, AlwaysHired, is officially out of beta and launched to the public. Over the past few months we’ve worked hard to test out our hypothesis: companies need a better way to staff their sales teams and set them up for success.
As a result, we established AlwaysHired, a tech sales bootcamp for candidates who are looking to break into technology sales. They gain the skills and experience they need to not only find sales jobs in the technology space, but to succeed in them.
Think Dev Bootcamp for Sales — we serve high potential candidates by helping them get their foot in the door in technology. We screen for accountability, coachability, and work ethic. We require our students to give us their time, ability to lean in to our trainings, and positive attitude to trust the process. Since the end of August, we’ve graduated 29 students from bootcamp and, on average, place 80% of our students in their first technology sales jobs within 30 days of graduating.
From one of our recent graduates:
“After graduating college I did not know what career path to take. I did not want to go to grad school and I wasn’t a programmer; higher paying jobs were limited to me. AlwaysHired bootcamp is worthwhile for someone who may not have prior sales experience, but want to start a highly rewarded career path with high compensation.AlwaysHired is worth investing in because you have access to mentors that have been in the field for years and know what recruiters/hiring managers are looking for. The main takeaways for me were speaking the language of a sales person and giving me some hands-on sales experience. These two things helped me compete with experienced candidates. With the help of the AlwaysHired mentors, I got a job as a Lead Sales Representative at a great computer software company in less than a month of graduating!”
– Rebecca, SDR at FinancialForce
Rebecca is only one of so many we’ve helped in such a short period of time. We are extremely connected to our social mission of finding quality jobs for people who may not have otherwise had been given a chance. To truly leverage our experience and help drive this mission, we built a curriculum that is tested by time and stands apart from typical sales training courses:
1. Skills: Sales fundamentals including lead generation, outreach, objection handling & closing workshops, sales tools trainings for Salesforce, PersistIQ, and Clearslide. Deep dives into pipeline management, sales operations and performance metrics.
2. Experience: Students make real life sales calls with active feedback from bootcamp leaders, work through actual leads from real companies, and track their work in Salesforce with rewards for top performance.
3. Placement: Students will work with interview coaches to prepare their resumes, LinkedIn profiles, perform mock interviews, and determine which companies would be a best fit.The field work we offer is what gives our students the experience they need to succeed and our partner companies the confidence they need to hire our candidates.
Speaking of our partner companies, we are so thankful and lucky to have some of the top companies in San Francisco partner with us since the beginning. Think Intuit, Talkdesk, BaseCRM, Bannerman, Lever and several others. Their support has been incredible and we’re proud to partner with them to help drive value to their bottom line.
So please join me in celebrating this momentous day for AlwaysHired, our incredibly strong and passionate team, and all of the people we have yet to help! Here’s to building a stronger community together.
Cheers,The AlwaysHired leadership team:
Gabe Moncayo | Stephanie Max | Seth Mazow
Get in touch at gatekeeper@alwayshired.com
