Tired of Wasted Time in Search of an Outside Sales Representative?
Outside Sales Rep
Recruitment
With expert outside sales representative recruiting services, you can keep your focus on your business. Hiring top sales talent can be challenging. A sales recruitment firm maintains a large network of pre-vetted sales talent in various industries, both active and passive candidates. Save time and money by partnering with professional outside sales headhunters and finding the perfect high-performing sales rep for your organization.
Why Specialized
Outside Sales
Recruiting Matters
Hiring for field-based roles requires a different approach than inside sales. Outside sales professionals must excel at face-to-face selling, territory ownership, relationship building, and independent scheduling. These demands make outside sales recruiting more complex and harder to execute internally.
Top performers are typically passive candidates already meeting quota. Experienced outside sales recruiters know how to identify and engage this talent discreetly. Mistakes in outside sales hiring are costly due to long sales cycles and territory disruption, which is why partnering with a specialized sales recruiting firm helps reduce risk and improve hiring accuracy.
your Outside sales representative should:
Connect with Clients
Use interpersonal skills for face-to-face sales to make quotas
Secure New Business
Nurture leads and new clients while supporting existing relationships
Act As a Liason
Be a trusted connection between your company and your clients
What Makes a
High-Performing Outside Sales Representative?
Successful outside sales representatives combine strong interpersonal communication with self-discipline and autonomy. Unlike inside sales or SDR roles, field success depends on in-person presentation skills, travel readiness, and the ability to manage territories independently.
Top performers handle long sales cycles, complex negotiations, and consistent follow-up without daily oversight. These qualities are difficult to assess from resumes alone, which is why experienced field sales recruiters rely on structured interviews and performance-based evaluation to identify candidates who can succeed in demanding outside sales environments.
hiring
Outside Sales Representatives
Award-winning CulverCareers can connect your company with top sales performers who have the skills, experience, knowledge, and energy you need. With more than 30 years of sales recruiting expertise, yet with our finger on the pulse of today’s business environment, we streamline the candidate search so you can conduct interviews right away. We specialize in niche markets for targeted searches.
Finds top candidates to reduce training needs and ramp-up time
Matches sales reps and companies quickly to fill critical roles fast
Helps businesses achieve growth targets faster and more steadily
Optimize ability to attract elite, industry-specific sales talent
Benefits of Hiring
Outside Sales Representatives Through CulverCareers
Companies that hire outside sales reps through CulverCareers gain faster access to proven sales talent aligned to their markets. Our process supports quicker ramp-up, stronger early pipeline activity, and reduced hiring risk.
As a specialized outside sales recruitment agency, we provide scalable outside sales staffing solutions that outperform job boards and internal sourcing, especially for mission-critical roles in competitive markets.
Our Outside Sales Recruiting Process
(How We Deliver Strong Field Talent)
Our outside sales talent acquisition process begins with a discovery call to define territory structure, target accounts, KPIs, product complexity, and travel expectations. This ensures alignment before sourcing begins.
We then execute targeted territory sales recruitment, accessing passive candidates, referrals, and industry-specific talent pools. Our approach supports field sales representative hiring by identifying professionals with proven quota performance and territory experience. We manage offers and transitions through our outside sales placement services to support faster ramp-up.
You’re in good hands
CulverCareers Can Help
CulverCareers is one of the top sales recruiting firms in the industry. With 40+ years in the business, Best of Staffing 10 years running, and one of the finest recruitment reputations in the market.
We have a strong track record of successfully placing highly qualified sales professionals in positions with leading companies around the world. Plus, we have a wide network of contacts, ensuring that your business can find and hire a sales person it needs quickly and efficiently.
let us deliver you
Better Candidates in Less Time
Professionals focused on outside sales include the following roles:
Outside Sales Roles We Recruit
Roles include Outside Sales Representative, Territory Sales Manager, Field Sales Executive, Outside Account Executive, and Enterprise Field Sales. We also partner with regional sales manager recruiters to place leadership talent overseeing multi-territory teams.
Outside Sales Representative
Sells a business’s products and services, from client interest through a proposal to closing the deal. They meet with customers personally, face to face. The best sales reps are self-motivated, managing their own schedules and meeting the company’s sales goals in specific time frames. Requirements include sales skills, experience, and an engaging personality with active listening skills.
Outside Sales Veterans
Senior outside sales professionals may manage a team of sales reps or assume more responsibility out in the field. Candidates may be actively looking for a new role or are already working in the field yet open to new opportunities. Positions include sales director, regional sales manager, and vice president of sales.
Outside Sales Roles We Recruit
Reps with experience in technical outside sales, medical sales reps, manufacturing sales, or SaaS field sales often perform faster because they understand buyer expectations, competitive language, and sales cycles. Industry-fluent reps may also step into territories with existing relationships, which helps shorten deal cycles and improve early performance.
CulverCareers evaluates industry fluency through targeted screening that assesses terminology knowledge, familiarity with prior buyers, and relevance of past roles. This industry-specific sales hiring approach ensures outside sales representatives are prepared to contribute quickly and build trust from day one.
Ready to Get Started?
Contact us today to learn more about our sales recruiting services.
We are committed to helping your business succeed and finding the best talent in the sales industry.
Let CulverCareers help you take your business to the next level with our award-winning recruitment services.
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Outside Sales Recruiting
FAQs
How long does it take to hire an outside sales representative?
Most roles can be filled within a few weeks. We speed hiring by presenting pre-vetted candidates who already meet experience and industry requirements.
What traits make a strong outside sales rep?
Top reps are self-motivated, confident communicators who excel at face-to-face selling, territory management, travel, and closing deals.
How do you evaluate in-person selling ability?
We assess presentation skills, professionalism, communication style, quota performance, and relationship-building ability.
Do you recruit remote, hybrid, and field-based roles?
Yes. We support traditional field sales as well as hybrid and remote structures requiring strong interpersonal selling skills.
What industries do you support?
As a sales rep staffing agency, we recruit across SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, financial services, and technical markets.
what people say about
Working with us
Timo brings great energy and detail to his assignments… always responsive. I would highly recommend any organization working with him.
Brittany is a gem. Her professionalism, timeliness and sheer drive to assist others was exceptional.
Cooper was clear, timely, and friendly throughout the entire process… genuinely interested in placing a good fit for the team.
McCall was great and very responsive and always kept me in the loop! She was great to work with.
Ty was very professional, and I received and accepted a job offer within a week of connecting. I connected with a great match/employer with my current skill set.
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Theresa found two very worthwhile candidates within a short period of time that my company ended up hiring.
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