Category: Sales Management

Buying new software for your HR tech stack is difficult. From discovering a need to vetting vendors to making a final decision, there are a lot of bumps in the road that can lead to costly mistakes. 

When buying new HR software, there is typically a sales person on the opposite side of the Zoom.  While these folks are incentivized to sell us, many of them are actually great resources on the industry and landscape of solutions.

We realized that sales people have a bit of insider knowledge as they see things from the vendor side.  And, they get to see the processes that a lot of HR practitioners go through to buy software.

With that in mind, we asked salespeople across the HR vendor ecosystem how HR practitioners can improve their process of finding/vetting/buying tools and software. In no particular order, here are our favorite pieces of advice:

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For people looking to work in finance, careers in private equity are a popular option. The chance to work closely with companies, evaluate investment and acquisition targets, learn closely about how businesses function, and earn great salaries in a prestigious, high-flying profession attracts the best candidates each year. These flock to apply to leading US private equity firms and elsewhere in the world, though only a few make it through to their dream job every year. 

Here are the top reasons that attract people to private equity jobs: 

A prestigious job 

Private equity careers take you to the top of the finance sector, as they are highly prestigious. Professionals are part of management boards, they look across countries and sectors for large companies to buy and sell, and they offer advice and coaching to CEOs. The good PE firms take on very few people every year, and those hires tend … Read more