1nbatopshotfan

Sales

Conference Job Offers

So I think we have all been there as sales people. You attend a conference hit it off with some other vendor, which leads to jokes about a job offer or working together.

I am mulling over a formal offer from someone I met last week at my first conference in 2 years. Has anyone else bagged a job offer from a conference? I’ve tried to recruit sales people from events but never really successfully.

Have you been offered a job from a trade show?

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poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

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This happened to me at my first Dreamforce, and it was a competitor. We were too poor to have a booth, but I was still nabbing meetings with other vendors and the VP heard me pitching their neighbor and came over and told me I'd have a job with them next month if I wanted. 23-year-old PBC was a "company is family" DB and decided he'd have to stay instead of taking what was likely a lucrative role that turned out to IPO 2 years later.

Conferences are great for getting in front of the leadership teams of companies you want to work for, but you don't have the filter of a shitty talent acquisition team denying you for not putting "SaaS expert" on your skills on your resume.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

wow this is crazy. I never would have thought of this being a situation that could happen haha

E_Money

Big Shot

💰

If they offer more money, take the job! That rule applies conference or not conference.

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

The base is same ballpark. The fake money (options) are better. Just need to decide if their product is good or smoke and mirrors. Researching with some mutual targets.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

I have not, but I have met fantastic referrals.

SADNESSLieutenant

Politicker

Officer of ♥️

never been to a conference, oh no my chest is showing

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Not at the conference itself but through a contact I made at a conference.

SlinginSoftware

Politicker

Account Executive

In my experience, trade shows are trash for generating legit leads. I go to network with my current prospects, drop in on prospects that have gone radio silent (bring breakfast to the office, etc...) and to network with other reps in case shit goes south at my current company.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

Did you have relationship with person recruiting before hand?

1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

Nope, met at the bar ha.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

Rolling 20's all day

At worst it's a great place to find companies to apply to

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