A sales organization built a recruiting business.
Real started as the in-house recruiting team for a sales organization that was growing faster than it could hire. Word got out. Other operators asked if we could recruit for them too. Fifteen years later we run a national operation across the verticals where field sales drives growth.
Why Real
We recruit sales talent the way operators do.
Real exists because someone running a sales organization needed people who could actually do the work. The founder is still running that sales organization today. That fact shapes every part of how Real recruits — what we look for, how we screen, how we set expectations, how we hand off. Most agencies are built by recruiters. Real was built by an operator who hired thousands of salespeople before deciding to recruit any. The difference shows up in the people who stay.
- YEARS RECRUITING
- 15+
- PEOPLE PLACED
- 10,000+
- RECRUITERS NATIONWIDE
- 100+
- INDUSTRIES SERVED
- 8
since 2010
and counting
coast to coast
sales-driven verticals
How it works
Three steps. No theater.
We don't pitch decks. We don't pretend to understand your business in week one. We listen, we run the funnel, and you hire the people who can do the work.
- 01
Tell us the role
A short conversation. The role, the territory, the comp, what good looks like, what's gone wrong before. We've heard it. We don't need a project plan to start.
- 02
We run the funnel
Ads, screening, scheduling, follow-up, and a steady pipeline of qualified candidates into your hiring process. Daily activity, weekly reporting, no surprises at the end of the month.
- 03
You hire the people who stick
The work doesn't end at the offer letter. We track who started, who sat for the role, who stayed past 30 and 90 days — because that's the only number that actually matters.
What we do
Three ways to build your team.
We meet you where the hiring problem actually lives. Volume sales pipelines that need constant front-of-funnel work. Hard-to-fill territory roles that demand real headhunting. And the brand presence that makes any of it land.
Volume sales recruiting
Real
For sales organizations hiring at scale. Weekly subscription, day-rate recruiters, a dedicated team that knows your funnel, your scripts, and your calendar. We run the front of recruiting so your managers can run the close.
How Real worksTerritory & executive search
Simple by Real
For territory roles, executive seats, and the searches that don't fit a volume model. Placement-fee, headhunter approach. Long-cycle, deeply researched, and we don't present anyone we wouldn't hire ourselves.
How Simple worksBrand & social for hiring
Edge by Real
The brand work that makes recruiting easier. Social, content, and presence built specifically for hiring sales talent — because the right candidate has to find you first, and what they find decides whether they apply.
See Edge workWhat clients say
Operators who hire with Real.
We tried three other recruiting firms before Real. The first three filled the seats. Real filled the seats with people who were still there a year later. That's the only difference that matters.
What I noticed first wasn't the quality. It was the cadence. Within ten days we had a candidate sitting for an interview every single day. We never had a dry pipeline again.
They knew our business. Not in a "we read your website" way — in a "we've recruited for ten companies that look like yours" way. The questions they asked in the first call told us everything.
Real became part of our hiring team. They sit in our meetings. They know our managers. They tell us when we're wrong about a candidate. We don't think of them as a vendor anymore.
Tell us who you need to hire.
A short conversation tells us if we're the right fit. No deck, no pitch — just your roles and our honest take.