Struggling to Find Sales Talent in Smaller Cities? Share Your Job Portal Success Stories

Dear All,

I would like to know which are the best job portals location-wise.

In the market, we have some very good job portals like Naukri.com, Timesjob.com, Monster.com, and Clickjobs.com, and I use only Naukri.com.

I basically search for people for sales/commercial - executives or managers, and I found that for metro cities, Naukri.com is good except in Chennai.

But for other 'B' class cities, I hardly get good resumes within our budget. For example, for Area Sales Managers, we offer something between 14K and 20K + variables; for Territory Sales Incharge - Rs. 10K to 12K + variables; for Sales Executives - Rs. 7.5 - 9K + variables; for Sales Representatives - Rs. 5 - 6.5K + variables; for commercial executives - fixed 8K to 12K.

We have one more condition to locate these salespeople only from relevant companies.

I find a tremendous problem in hunting candidates with conditions of a low package and relevant company (within the industry). Plus, consultants also do not show interest in hunting.

I usually search for candidates in Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, UP, Haryana, Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Pune, Nagpur, Agra, and other cities and upcountry.

Can anyone shed some light to simplify the search and get the right candidate?

- Sanjukta

Hi Sanjukta,

You can opt for various sources to get the right candidates through:

a) Web portals such as Naukri, Monster, Timesjob, Jobsahead, and Jobstreet.com

b) Placement consultancies like Mafoi or other local consultancy

c) Employee referral

d) Newspaper ads

e) Radio publicity

The best way to approach this is to post an ad on job portals and provide your specifications to attract prospective candidates. Additionally, consider using SMS searching where you can send job requirements to candidates through job portals provided by Naukri.com.

If you require any further information, please email for clarification.

Regards,
Y. Gangadhar
Email: ganga0203@yahoo.co.in

Thank you, Nidhi, Bagema, and Mr. Gangadhar.

I request other HR people from different locations to please tell us which are the best job portals at your location for sales and commercial candidates.

-Sanjukta