Amanda Bell

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Global Head of Talent at Retool

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Amanda Bell is the Global Head of Talent at Retool, specializing in scaling talent teams and building efficient recruiting organizations for high-growth tech companies. With previous leadership roles at Lever and Yelp, she focuses on creating exceptional candidate experiences. People who have worked with her often describe her as positive, friendly, and empathetic.

Amandas colleagues have highlighted her impressive "GIF-making capabilities" as a fun and unique skill.

Personality Overview

Values Relationships

Persuasive

Friendly But Fast

If they come to believe in your value proposition, they will be your champion.  They prefer to ensure that they are in control of the situation. A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them.

Topics They Care About

Scaling Talent Teams
She has a demonstrated history of growing smaller recruiting teams into larger, more efficient organizations at companies like Retool and Lever.
Candidate Experience
Consistently emphasizes providing an exceptional, high-touch process for candidates, viewing it as a core part of a successful recruiting strategy.
Efficient Recruiting Systems
Focuses on implementing scalable systems and tools that serve the team's needs to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness in hiring.

Media Appearances

Amanda has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2020
Global Head of Talent at Retool
9-2015 - 1-2020
Head of Recruiting at Lever
2-2013 - 9-2015
Technical Recruiting Manager at Yelp.com
11-2011 - 2-2013
Technical Recruiter at Yelp.com
1-2010 - 1-2011
Staffing Consultant at Microsoft

Education

2005 - 2009
B.A. from Colorado State University

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Insights For Selling To Amanda

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Give them control of the sales process
  • Address your competition clearly and confidently
  • Showcase existing customers and use case-studies to grab their attention

DONT's

  • Don’t force involvement of other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about
  • Don't make any commitments that you might not be able to fulfill

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Amanda is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Amanda

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Amanda move?

  • If you earn their trust and they develop faith in the product, they can make decisions quickly.
  • Can Amanda take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Amanda

Personality Compatibility


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