Interviews are weird. If you’re looking to be a sales rep at your dream company, follow these steps to boost your first impression! Know who you’re selling for One of the most important factors when you’re making a sale is understanding your product. Before you go into your interview, make …

A great sales team is one of the driving forces of your company, so hiring a new addition can be tricky business. Of course, a great sales rockstar is someone who believes in your product and can express that to other people enough that they will buy it. While this …

You’ve probably heard the saying, “you can’t major in sales.” At your local college, that may be true. But sales education exists– it’s practical, valuable, and accessible to you. As part of our commitment to creating skilled and happy workforces, HireKeep has partnered with three educational institutions. Strayer University, The …

In our latest set of sales resume tips, we're focusing on computer skills. Technical difficulties in finding or reading a resume are just enough of a pain in the ass to be a dealbreaker in a delicate hiring situation. To make sure that you stay tech-savvy through your job search, …

Our town has not always been as lively as it is today. If you or your family lived in the capital just two or three decades ago, you may have some memories of an older, quieter DC where the most exciting industry was… the federal government. That Washington is a …

Qualitative Indicators of Product/Market Fit Product/market fit (PMF) is finding a problem that your customers are desperate to solve (market) and creating a solution that perfectly meets their needs (product). It may take many product iterations before you reach PMF, but once you do, everything seems to click. You can …

"There are three stages to the life of a company: the jungle (where you are hacking away to find a path), the dirt road (where the path is established but still bumpy), and the highway (where the path is smooth and it's all about achieving maximum speed in a well-defined …

Outbound sales and online dating have a lot more in common than people give them credit for. I would go so far as to say that all I need to know about outbound sales, I learned from Tinder. Think about it, the keys to success to getting a date on …

As a salesperson or young entrepreneur, it’s easy to feel burnt out, rejected, or like a complete failure. Many people have walked in your shoes and can connect with how you’re feeling. HireKeep’s CEO, Paul Masters, is an experienced salesman as well as a young entrepreneur who understands the hustle …

Last week was an incredibly productive and exciting week for HireKeep. On August 21st we received word that we have been accepted into Tech.Co’s Startup of the Year Competition and then on August 24th we found out that we are finalists in DC Inno’s Coolest Companies Competition. Unfortunately, both these …