How to Recruit and Retain SDRs in 2026

Most companies hiring are doing it wrong. The wrong profile, the wrong process, and no real plan for what happens after day one.In this episode, James Bissell is joined by Gabe Lullo, CEO of Alleyoop, one of the most creative and effective SDR agencies operating today. Gabe has seen every version of how this goes right and wrong, and he has a very clear point of view on what actually works.If you are building an SDR function, managing one, or trying to hold onto the people you have already hired, this is the episode to listen to.Hit Your Numbers is brought to you by The Revenue Enabler. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.All episodes, Hit Your Numbers Podcast: https://www.therevenueenabler.com/podcastThe Revenue Enabler website: https://www.therevenueenabler.comConnect with Gabe Lullo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lullo/Connect with James Bissell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bissell1/Free Sales Resources:→ Do you need more pipeline?→ Is your win rate too low?→ Do you need to close bigger deals?I’ve created a load of free resources to help you solve the problems above.Free Prospecting Course: Included is the cold call script my last team used to go from 6-60 meetings permonth, cold email templates, video and voice note scripts and more.Free Downloads: Instantly download sales resources, including the MEDDPICC deal score sheet,Ghosting Playbook, Demo Checklist, Rapid Research AI, and more.The Sales University: Get a 7 day free trial to 400+ sales training lessons, 1:1 andgroup coaching, AI agents and more. Find all these and more at therevenueenabler.com (https://therevenueenabler.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.