Rubenstein found college experience negatively predicted success in phone sales hires
Ben Rubinstein · Ep 62: Ben Rubenstein Says Resumes Are Useless; Here's How to Find the Best Salespeople · Joe Lonsdale · Jun 15, 2023 · at 13:33
Ben Rubinstein, founder of OpCity and Yodle, discusses hiring hundreds of phone-based sales reps with Joe Lonsdale on American Optimist.
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“Actually we found that college experience was a negative.”
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