Sandy Zhen

Recruiting & Coaching by Zhen Inc

Founder & Sales Recruiter (US & Canada only)

MeazureUp

Sales hire #2 while joining company as employee #14
Sold to mid market & enterprise segment, large chain businesses across Canada & the U.S

Account Executive

Ritual.co

#1 AE ranking among a team of 9 account executives 
Broke company record of most closed won deals in month of October 2020, 420% above quota. 
Acting as a quasi-sales manager to other AEs
Major contributions in sales playbook & cold calling scripts 
Mentored and coached incoming sales hires 
Acted as the liaison between the sales function and product & marketing team

Jobillico | You'll be happier

Jobillico is a recruitment network partnered with Google Jobs and the Canadian Job Bank to create a better match between companies and job seekers. My role is to entice HR professionals to complement their existing hiring tools with the platform that is home to 10,000 hiring companies and 3 million job seekers. 

- Prospecting with inbound leads provided by marketing research team 
- Self initiated 30% of leads through research
- Average of 80-100 outbound calls / day to qualify leads  
- Book appointments for the Account Executive team 
- Average of 45-60 appointments booked per month

Sales Development Specialist

HomeStars

HomeStars is a network for homeowners to post reviews for contractors, separating the best businesses from the worst. I worked with service professionals in the home industry to build their reputation online with their past customer reviews. Happy to have served 120+ clients among small, medium and enterprise businesses to improve their SEO, advertise through word of mouth and generate more work projects! 

- Products; Brand Builder Program & Lead Driver Program 
- Prospecting; average of 100 outbound calls / day to find potential clients                      
- Educate clients on word of mouth advertising through reviews on HomeStars.com 
- full cycle sales from prospecting, closing & providing tips to succeed on platform
- Upsell subscription services with add-ons
- Negotiating subscription prices using least amount of discounting possible 
- Annual attainment of 122% above target

Virgin Mobile Canada

Acting Manager

Top Performers Award Winner (Presidents Club)

Worked for one of Canada's best cellular services provider, a Bell company. Every day my duties included helping members with their account inquiries, billing issues, technical errors and sold cellular devices, home internet and new rate plans. 

- Educate new customers on the Virgin Mobile LTE network 
- New activation monthly attainment 100-135% 
- Review existing customer accounts & discussed renewal options 
- Upgrade sales monthly attainment 150-200%
- Upsell & cross-sell to exceed multiple metrics of accessories and warranties 
- Resolve customer complaints & discovering sales opportunities in difficult situations 
- Member Experience follow up; Ensure customer satisfaction through callbacks while pitching additional products 
- Cold called customer database to generate in-store traffic & referrals 
- Mentored and trained new hires
- National recognition for best member experience through customer surveys
- Consistently remained in Canada's top 2% best sales rep

Retail Sales Consultant

Cash management
Sell bank accounts, credit cards & travel insurance 
Promote RBC Mortgages & refer to mortgage specialists
Provide preliminary advice on diverse investments & referred clients to financial advisors

Client Service Representative

WOW! mobile boutique

Sell mobile devices and monthly rate plans for Koodo, Fido, Rogers & Telus 
New activation & renewal sales 
Post-Sale Calls - checking in with customers regarding purchases and in-store experiences

Sales Representative

Wilfrid Laurier University

Research Assistance in departments of social and developmental psychology 

- Aided graduate students with literature reviews 
- Conducted social experiments & data analyses 
- Brainstormed methods to recruit participants 
- Coordinate schedules for research studies 
- Tutored students in social psychology & statistics 
- Proctored 2-3 exams/ semester

Research And Teaching Assistant

ACTV8 Marketing

Encourage customers to apply for the President's Choice Financial Mastercard 
Attach balance protection plans to sales

Contact: sandy@recruitingcoachingbyzhen.com

Recruiting - I recruit top sales talent for companies across Canada & the U.S. I have a successful track record of placing SDRs and AEs into companies within 30 days. DM me to inquire about having me assist with finding rock star talent. 


My Super Powers: Mentoring & Connecting People
📌[MENTORSHIP/SALES ADVICE]  
Being in sales for 5+ years, I still have so much to learn but have a hand full of tips and tricks that keeps me employed in the sales tech space. Happy to mentor any emerging sales professionals or trade sales secrets with veterans 🙋🏻‍♀️ 🌟 
[INTRODUCTIONS TO PEOPLE IN MY NETWORK]
📌 I genuinely enjoy connecting people with each other to further their possible synergies. Happy to make someone’s day by introducing you to someone that could help your professional or personal goals 

🚀 [FUTURE GOALS] 🚀 
My ultimate goal is to be a founder of my own software company one day. In the past 4 years, I have been qualitatively designing a sales training software. I often day dream about the day it launches and the number of sales professionals it can help! With this goal, networking to build a large following on Linkedin is important. I help as many people as I can to curate relationships and connections that will aid my software launch in the future. Super open to connect and chat with anyone in various industries, roles or backgrounds. I am open minded to talk to anyone as I love creating opportunities. Firm believer in an equal give and take interaction to network. The best way to network is to help people. 🙏🏻

I love sales, entrepreneurship and all things that fall under hustles 💪🏻 much enjoy meeting new people and discovering their passions as well. what’s your passion? Let’s connect and chat (I accept all invites)

Eddy B.

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Helping teams build LinkedIn® systems that turn cold connections into warm conversations and conversations into revenue.

Most sales pros use LinkedIn® to connect and pitch.

That’s not social selling.

That’s digital door-knocking.

Social selling is about creating trust, sparking curiosity, and turning engagement into pipeline with precision.

If your inbox is full of ignored messages or your posts get crickets, your social selling system is broken.

Or let's face it, just or non-existent.

I help you fix that.

With my end-to-end Social Selling System, we’ll transform your LinkedIn® into a revenue-generating channel that works while you sleep.

Here’s what we build together:

↳ Social selling connection strategy that fills your network with ideal buyers
↳ Messaging sequences that feel human, not salesy
↳ DM templates for cold, warm, and referral-based outreach
↳ Comment strategies that lead to conversations, not just impressions
↳ Follow-up system that keeps leads warm (and closes loops)
↳ Profile optimization aligned with social selling psychology
↳ Content + engagement integration for multi-touch awareness
↳ Objection-handling frameworks built into your DM flow
↳ Value-driven voice notes and video DM scripts
↳ KPI dashboard to track what converts and to refine weekly

I will also teach you how to improve your social selling index (SSI), which is the LinkedIn® metric for selling influence.

Because when your social selling game is dialed in, you won’t have to chase pipeline.

Pipeline will find you.

📩 DM me “SOCIAL SELLING” if you’re ready to build a system that books meetings, shortens sales cycles, and closes more deals.

LinkedIn® Social Selling Strategist

I help teams create content that fuels social selling, building trust, credibility, and pipeline without pitching in the DMs.

If your current content strategy is “posting and hoping,” you’re not social selling properly; you’re wishful thinking.

When done right, social selling content: 

→ Positions you as a trusted advisor
→ Builds relationships before the first DM
→ Warms up cold leads into booked calls

I help you build a repeatable content system that turns views into conversations and conversations into revenue.

My Social Selling Content Framework includes:

↳ Social selling content pillars to drive buyers' attention
↳ Content themes to create consistency and engagement
↳ Authority-building carousels, proof posts, and stories
↳ Hook formulas to stop the scroll and earn attention
↳ CTA structures designed for warm lead generation
↳ Comment strategies that turn engagement into conversations
↳ Repurposing to multiply your best content
↳ Multi-formatting to ship faster
↳ Analytics tracking to measure what converts (not just what gets likes)
↳ Personal storytelling frameworks that humanize your offer
↳ DM integration strategy to link your content with the pipeline
↳ Proven templates for engagement posts, problem-awareness content, and demand creation

With the right social selling content strategy, your prospects will already trust you before you show up in their inbox.

No more cold pitching. No more being ignored.

Just qualified conversations from content that sells without being salesy.

📩 DM me “CONTENT” if you’re ready to turn your LinkedIn® into a social selling magnet.

LinkedIn® Content Strategist

I specialize in transforming your LinkedIn® profile into a social selling powerhouse that attracts high-quality leads and opens real sales conversations.

In today’s world of social selling, your LinkedIn® brand is your digital first impression.

But most profiles read like a resume.

That’s a huge opportunity loss.

Your profile should be a personal landing page, authority builder, and trust accelerator—designed to convert profile views into pipeline.

I reveal all the secrets to driving inbound leads from LinkedIn® that most professionals don’t even know exist.

How?

By helping individuals and teams craft LinkedIn® brands that: 

→ Establish instant credibility
→ Attract high-intent buyers
→ Turn profile views into high-value leads

My proven Social Selling Branding Framework includes:

↳ SEO-optimized profile URL for discoverability
↳ High-converting LinkedIn® banner design for trust and attention
↳ Keyword-rich headline to improve search and positioning
↳ Profile photo best practices to increase engagement
↳ Optimized contact info for easier outreach
↳ Authority-building About section tailored for social selling
↳ Featured section that showcases proof, offers, and lead magnets
↳ Experience section rewritten like a sales-focused landing page
↳ Skills and endorsements that boost social selling credibility
↳ Keyword strategy woven throughout every section
↳ Guidance on how to generate strategic recommendations

Every part of your LinkedIn® presence is aligned with social selling best practices.

I’ll also show you how to improve your SSI Score (Social Selling Index), LinkedIn® algorithmic trust signal.

When we’re done, your profile will do the talking and the selling for you.

If you want a magnetic personal brand that powers your social selling success...

📩 DM me “BRANDING” to book your LinkedIn® Profile Power Hour.

LinkedIn® Branding Strategist

Social Selling Strategist | 2x Sales Leader | 8x SaaS Advisor | 18+ yrs in Sales | Coached 250+ Reps | $25+ mil in career sales | Helping people & teams Social Sell | Learn more 👇

Struggling to turn LinkedIn® CONNECTIONS into actual SALES through social selling?
If your social selling strategy is just posting and hoping, why not do something about it?


It’s the MAIN reason why your inbox is crickets instead of conversations.

Start treating LinkedIn® as the social selling engine it’s meant to be.

Scrolling LinkedIn® without a social selling system to build trust and authority = LOST opportunities.

Missing quota is FRUSTRATING, and watching competitors win deals that should be yours is PAINFUL.

Imagine your perfect buyer is reading your profile right now.

But you don’t stand out.

You don’t engage them.

You’re blending in with every other salesperson pitching in the DMs, and they’re tuning you out.

With over 1 billion professionals on LinkedIn® daily, your social selling strategy must build credibility, trust, and real conversations.

Right now, if you’re just connecting and hoping....you’re:

→ REPELLING potential buyers.
→ LOSING to competitors who’ve mastered social selling.
→ MISSING out on revenue-driving conversations.

But if you take CONTROL and implement a proven social selling system, you:

→ ATTRACT inbound leads instead of chasing.
→ START conversations that turn into booked meetings.
→ BUILD relationships that shorten sales cycles and increase deal sizes.

LinkedIn® is the most powerful social selling TOOL today when used correctly.

"Salespeople who effectively use social selling on LinkedIn® generate 45% more opportunities per quarter."
LinkedIn® Sales Solutions

The right social selling system turns LinkedIn® into a pipeline-building machine.

But this isn’t about YOU; it’s about your BUYERS.

You need to be where they are, speak their language, and solve their problems through social selling.

To generate leads on LinkedIn® consistently, you need a repeatable social selling framework that includes:

→ A LinkedIn® profile optimized for social selling and trust-building.
→ Messaging that starts conversations instead of getting ignored.
→ A social selling content strategy that builds authority and warms up leads.
→ A connection strategy that grows your network with qualified buyers.
→ A DM strategy that turns engagement into booked meetings using social selling best practices.

Not convinced?

I guarantee results. If you don’t generate new sales conversations using social selling in your first 30 days, I’ll work with you until you do.

Let’s turn your LinkedIn® into a social selling pipeline-building machine.

DM me to get started.

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