Hiring and Retaining Diverse Women in Sales with Manjula Pereira
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Welcome to the 1st episode of the Sell Like Her podcast! A podcast dedicated to inspiring and empowering women to pursue and excel in sales careers.
Today’s guest is Manjula (Jula) Pereira (she/her), Small Business Growth Specialist at HubSpot, Author of Six Weeks to Sales Confidence: A Guide for Women, Ally & Advocate for the BIPOC Sales Community, Mentor to elevate women in sales.
In this episode, we discuss Jula’s sales journey, the challenges of being a woman of colour in sales, how she overcame those, how to find & prepare for US jobs being an Indian woman, how to build self-confidence and its importance, what’s the key of Women Success in Sales.
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Check out the Video Talkshow of this episode here
In this episode, we cover:
- Jula’s sales journey and how she started
- Why she loves sales; why it’s a great career option
- Experience of working at HubSpot
- Job opportunities in HubSpot for women in sales
- Hiring process and difficulty level for getting a job
- Challenges faced by women of colour and ways to overcome
- Importance of Mindset & Self-Confidence for success
- What qualities do companies & HubSpot look for while hiring
- How companies retain their employees
- We talk about Jula’s book; what it is about
- How to build confidence gradually & why it’s vital
- What is Rework Training?
- What are Jula’s vision and goals in life?
- How sales can improve women’s work-life balance
- Advice for Indian sales women wanting to work overseas
- What’s Jula's secret to success?
- You can connect with Jula on LinkedIn
Resources mentioned:
- Manjula’s book ‘Six Weeks to Sales Confidence’ - https://www.amazon.com/Six-Weeks-Sales-Confidence-Guide-ebook/dp/B07YBHKBHY
- Thilaga's book ‘Cumulative Selling’ - https://www.thecumulativeselling.com/book
Connect with Manjula Pereira (Guest):
- Manjula on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginastracuzzi
- Manjula on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ontimesocial
Connect with Thilaga Kuman (Host):
- Thilaga’s Website - https://www.selllikeher.com/
- Thilaga on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thilaga-kumar-sherosells/
- Thilaga on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/thilaga.prem.5/
- Thilaga on Twitter - https://twitter.com/ThilagaKumar5
- Email her at - [email protected]
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