Struggling to Hire Sales Candidates in Mumbai: Is Our Salary Offer the Problem?

We are having difficulties finding two suitable candidates for the sales profile. It is primarily a client acquisition role for financial products and is based in Dadar, Mumbai. We do not want to engage an HR agency at the moment but have subscribed to a job site < mon*.com>. It has been almost 2 months, and we are still unable to find a single candidate.

Question:

1. We are planning to offer a take-home salary of 15k plus actual TA. Is this not a fair salary for this profile?

2. We do not have a dominant brand presence but are known in Mumbai's broking industry. Is this lack of brand recognition causing challenges in attracting candidates?

3. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could provide guidance on how to hire a candidate.

Thanks & regards,
Anirban

While shedding more light on the JD/JS and the required competence for this profile will make it more appealing even to passive candidates, you must also specify if the candidate needs to be from the specified vicinity and the target threshold as mentioned by (Cite Contribution).

Having said all this, I would also like to acknowledge all the time you've spent waiting for the right candidate. I suggest you allow local Placement Agencies to provide you with shortlisted candidates. Since the number of positions to fill is small (i.e., 2), you can pay them on a per-shortlisted-candidate basis. This will be light on your pockets and also relieve you of the stress quickly; hopefully!

Kindly let me know if you need further assistance.

Thank you.

Thank you, (Cite Contribution), for your reference. I am posting the details of the requirement.

Job Description:

- Acquisition of New Clients
- Selling financial products like Trading and Demat A/c, Mutual Funds, FD, Bonds, etc.
- Maintaining client relationships
- Generating references from existing clients
- Building strong relationships with the intermediaries
- Providing proper information on the products to clients and intermediaries, etc.
- Identifying product improvements or new products by staying current on industry trends, market activities, and competitors.

Experience: 6 months to 2 years.

Dear Sajal, thank you for the suggestion. I have already posted the JD. Please have a look. However, as I mentioned initially, we don't want to involve any job agency. It would be great if people from this group could guide us to find two candidates.

Regards, Anirban

Thank you, Shankar, for mentioning it. Let me connect Anirban to Vipul. He might be able to help.

Suitability of an MBA Fresher for the Job

Would an MBA fresher be right for the job? How strong would the communication skills need to be?

Above-average communication skills are particularly required for this profile. An MBA fresher is acceptable, but we are also open to suitable graduates. It is nice to have this kind of support; thanks once again.

Thank you.

There are many free tools available to post a job. There are so many social media sites available to post a job, and a few of them are mentioned below:

1. Skill pages
2. LinkedIn
3. Facebook (It has groups wherein you can join and post your requirement)
4. Monster also has a job posting facility

I am sure if you use social media for hiring, you will get the best results. I hope I am on the right track.

Hi Monica, Thanks for your suggestion; I have posted the details as you have suggested. Still, we did not get any suitable response from anywhere.

Regards,
Anirban Choudhury

Did you connect with Vipul? He agreed to help you out! Vipul runs Zend Consulting, which is a resourcing firm. Here's his website zcsindia.com.

Dear 1979,

I have left my mobile number with a lady from his organization. I am waiting for the response from him.

We have now decided to hire an HR firm for this recruitment. So, if possible, suggest some good and reputed HR agencies from Mumbai. The current requirement is 4-5 heads.

Regards,
Anirban