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You will have plenty of opportunities to get to know SalesFirst before deciding whether this is the right place for you.

You’ll typically start with a Sales Recruiter you’ve already connected with. From there, you’ll meet with Dan or Adam for an open Q&A where you can ask anything about the role, the company, or what it’s like to work here.

Next, you’ll complete our Core Values Index (CVI), which helps us better understand your natural strengths and working style.

Finally, you’ll meet with two recruiters and a Recruiting Manager to go deeper into your experience, approach, and potential fit with the team.

Our culture is lighthearted, supportive, competitive, and built around learning and growth.

Most of our teams work remotely, while some locations offer optional office space. Our offices are comfortable and informal, with great workstations, music playing, dogs looking for treats, stocked kitchens and bars, espresso machines, and plenty of space to settle in and work. It’s also pretty common for former employees to stop by and say hello.

More importantly, we believe in proper boundaries.

We work hard while we’re here. We compete. We learn. We expect a lot from one another. And when the workday is over, we respect that our employees are adults with lives of their own.

Your time outside of work belongs to you.

We’ve believed for many years that a company doesn’t choose its core values, it instead uncovers them.

These are the values we found in the people who succeed here:

Be worthy of loyalty.

Help your teammates any way you can.

Results, not excuses.

Be a student of your profession; learn from every lesson.

Just as some people buy a car and others lease one, employers have different ways to build their teams.

SalesFirst Recruiting primarily focuses on Direct Hire. We help companies find professionals they hire directly as W-2 employees. When a client hires a candidate we introduce, SalesFirst earns a one-time placement fee.

Our Direct Hire fees range from 20% to 25% of the candidate’s guaranteed first-year income, with 25% being the most common.

We also offer Contract Staffing and Temp-to-Hire services, where SalesFirst employs the professional and bills the client for their time. These services are a smaller part of our business, with most of our work focused on Direct Hire.

We tend to think of other recruiting agencies as colleagues rather than competitors.

Recruiting is a specialized business, and different firms are better suited for different hiring needs. SalesFirst has built its reputation around sales recruiting and other customer-facing roles.

We regularly receive referrals from other recruiting firms, and we return the favor. When a client needs expertise outside our specialty, we’re happy to point them toward a firm that may be a better fit.

Strong relationships across the recruiting industry help everyone serve their clients better.

If you’re drawn to recruiting because you want to help people, there will absolutely be moments when this career delivers that satisfaction.

You’ll help candidates make important career moves. You’ll help clients build stronger teams. You may even build relationships that last for years.

But that isn’t what every day feels like.

Recruiting at SalesFirst is about hard work, professional growth, financial opportunity, and building a career that leaves room for a life outside of work. The rewarding moments matter. So does learning to enjoy the work it takes to create them.

You should be prepared for your fair share of disappointments.

Deals fall apart. Candidates change their minds. Clients change direction. Sometimes it happens for reasons that may seem ridiculous to you.

As you gain experience, you’ll learn how to anticipate problems, avoid common pitfalls, and manage the process more effectively. Even seasoned recruiters have tough days.

Learning how to handle those setbacks and keep moving forward is part of becoming great at this profession.

SalesFirst was founded by brothers Adam and Dan Morris, and it was built on values you’d expect from a strong family such as loyalty, trust, and hard work. Those values still guide how we operate, how we treat our team, and how we serve our clients and candidates.

But SalesFirst isn’t a family-run company in the traditional sense. There’s no nepotism here, no board full of relatives, and no family hierarchy influencing business decisions. We’ve grown into a professional recruiting firm where people earn their roles based on performance and impact, not last names.

SalesFirst has multiple teams across the country.

Our administrative headquarters is in Portland, Oregon, where the local team comes together twice per month. Our other teams are fully remote and typically meet up for lunches and other opportunities to stay connected.

Talk to us about where you live and how you work best. We’ll figure out what makes the most sense for you.

We’re building a national recruiting firm that scales thoughtfully.

Our growth strategy centers on three priorities: deepening our presence in key markets, developing leaders from within, and expanding our ability to serve clients across the country without sacrificing quality.

As experienced recruiters build durable client relationships in a market, we support them with additional talent as that market grows.

The result is a model that creates more revenue, more leadership opportunities, and more room for our people to grow.

A Sales Recruiting Agency is the same thing as a Sales Recruiting Firm. We help employers find and hire talented sales professionals.

The roles we recruit for range from SDRs and Account Executives to Outside Sales Representatives, Account Managers, Sales Engineers, and Sales Leaders. We work across industries, including technology, manufacturing, distribution, and professional services.

Candidates never pay SalesFirst for our services. Employers pay us when they hire a candidate we introduce.

SalesFirst offers a compensation structure that includes a base salary, commissions, and performance-based bonuses.

Everyone receives a set salary based on their role, providing reliable income. From there, you can earn commissions once you reach a defined revenue threshold each quarter.

Once you pass that threshold, you earn a percentage of the additional revenue you generate. Strong performance can also qualify you for additional bonuses.

Learn more here!

The CVI helps us better understand your natural work style and how you may respond to different coaching and development approaches.

No assessment score defines a person’s capabilities or determines whether someone can succeed here. Over time, however, we’ve noticed that many of our strongest producers share similar CVI profiles.

Our Most Successful Profiles

Builder / Merchant
Merchant / Builder
Builder / Innovator
Merchant / Innovator
Builder / Banker

Take the CVI here!