SalesArmyKnife

Sales Manager

Would you respond to a hiring manager that has no job to offer you now ?

As a Sales Manager part of my job is to build and maintain a network of potential candidates for AE roles in my team so that when I have an opening (someone gets promoted, someone leaves, we create a new role) I can hire the best people in the market vs the best people on the market.

I therefore spend a lot of time on LinkedIn looking for talent and when I find people that I feel would be a good match I'm reaching out even when I don't have a job to offer so that we can spend 30 minutes to get to know each other and figure out if we want to reconnect if/when an opportunity arises.

Would you respond positively to such an outreach ?

As an AE it never happened to me but I figure I would have appreciated the outreach but not responded positively if I wasn't thinking about moving at all.

Would you respond to a hiring manager that has no job to offer you now ?

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No, come back when something real’s on the table Yes, always happy to explore future opportunities Depends if I’m remotely thinking about a change Answer 4

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antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

4

Bravado's Resident Asshole

I never turn down a positive opportunity

CuriousFox

WR Officer

4

🦊

I'll listen if they have something good to say. 🤷‍♀️

jefe

Arsonist

3

🍁

Networking is always useful, but you also need to guard your time. Has to be enticing enough to get one's attention.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

2

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I am always open to networking with recruiters, even when I’m not looking.

YosemiteJack

Good Citizen

2

Director - Key Business

Out of respect for everyone’s time I would hope both parties are upfront with their expectations. Beyond that networking is always good.

SalesArmyKnife

Good Citizen

1

Sales Manager

Always the 1st sentence

nomdeguerre

Executive

1

Account executive

As long as your outreach is compelling I think most people would react positively. Also, make sure you’re upfront early on about the situation and that you don’t have an opening right now but are looking to build a network.

Also, be prepared to meet someone who is amazing and you don’t want to lose that opportunity to hire. Now, you have to figure out what to do, i.e. how can you hire them before losing the opportunity.

Herb

Fire Starter

1

Account Executive

Great subject and I assume you know what you’re doing, qualifying talent, I have a question at what age do management think is to old for sales?

SalesArmyKnife

Good Citizen

0

Sales Manager

I don’t think there’s an age limit, in my role I mostly look at experience and since I cover sort of a lower Enterprise segment it’s usually seen as a stepping stone between inside sales and named/strategic account roles and fits well with AEs that have « only » 3-5 years selling experience so it’s pretty rare (although it happens) that I run into people that over 40 years old

Smilesndialz

Politicker

1

SDR

I would do it! When I’m looking for a new job, I’ll know who to call first 😁

Pachacuti

Politicker

1

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Unless you have something against the company or the HM, its always worth 15-20 min.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

0

Sales Rep

If you work for a dream company of mine or you mention the pay is amazing

KB_FarmerType

Opinionated

0

Strategic Sales

I like it that you want to build a pipeline, I did same when I was people manager .

TennisandSales

Politicker

0

Head Of Sales

I would respond positively if your out reach did totally SUCK like most recruiters do hahaha.

but you could also just interact with their posts,and stuff and keep a list. then when role opens up you have ppl to go to first

SalesArmyKnife

Good Citizen

1

Sales Manager

Fair point, all my messages are tailored so that the person knows that I’ve looked at their profile and why I liked it

SalesArmyKnife

Good Citizen

1

Sales Manager

Which takes a lot of time and since I’m get a pretty low response rate I wonder if I should carry on or simply repurpose that time

TennisandSales

Politicker

0

Head Of Sales

good. if i can tell that you have put in time, im more likely to respond.

TennisandSales

Politicker

0

Head Of Sales

i bet it does. but i would also expect a low response rate since you want to talk about something that doesnt exist haha. not everyone will see value in that.

DungeonsNDemos

Big Shot

0

Rolling 20's all day

You're only as strong as your network!

Hosshead

Opinionated

0

Retired

Keeping your options open is always a good idea.

CRAG112

Valued Contributor

0

Account Executive

Would you respond to a demo request with zero discovery? Maybe an RFP out of the blue?

if your outreach is solid, you are not a jerk, and you are straight up about your intentions from the get go, people would probably talk to you.

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