Recruiting for 100% Commission

Hi everyone!

Let me pick your brilliant brains for a second... I have been recruiting for almost 4 years now. Currently, I am recruiting for a global promotions company and I need to hire in all 50 states rather quickly.

Now, the position I am hiring for primarily pays 100% commission (we pay them minimum wage if they have a bad week). There is high income potential - some of the reps that promote for us make upwards of 6 figures. Which is great however, this turns off the majority of job seekers. Even if a candidate expresses interest, about 50% of them fall off before they begin training...

I've just been hitting the phones and talking to as many people as possible. But there's gotta be an easier way!! Has anyone recruited for this type of work before? Any advice??

Thank you!! :)

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas Meyler on July 30, 2015 at 7:57pm

Campaigns like this are practically impossible. I wish you great success and luck. It seems that volume recruitment is the answer. How can you up the volume? Email might work, but then people say it's spam (especially if there is no salary involved).

How did you get saddled with this challenge?

You somehow have to make the job especially appealing, but I don't know how you can do that.

Personally, this is not the kind of position I would recruit for... Just like recruiting other recruiters, it is extremely difficult. I don't think that there is any easy 'hack' to solve it. I would consider looking for another job if I were you. I don't mean to be harsh, just thinking off the top of my head.