Recruiting Insight

In the Recruiting Insight podcast, industry veterans Mark Johnson and Ben Hess deliver timely, relevant, and actionable insights for real estate leaders. Together, they serve as Managing Partners at Recruiting Insight, a comprehensive talent acquisition solutions provider for the real estate industry, specializing in agent recruitment, hiring, and retention.

Ben Hess is serial entrepreneur, writer, and coach who has helped hundreds of real estate companies, teams, and managers excel at recruiting. In 2006, he co-founded ThirdPool Recruiting, a new agent recruiting marketing and software company that operates in more than 100 metro areas in the United States. He also co-founded CoRecruit, a coaching and training company specializing in experienced agent recruiting.

Mark is the former President and CEO of JPAR, a high performing real estate company with $8B in sales and 4,000 agents. Under his leadership, JPAR expanded rapidly and grew revenue 5X in five years. Mark’s passion and expertise is helping real estate owners and team leaders create the systems, structure, and processes to support their growth.

Contributors

Host

Ben Hess

Ben is serial entrepreneur, writer, and coach who has helped hundreds of real estate companies, teams, and managers excel at recruiting.

In 2006, he co-founded ThirdPool Recruiting--a new agent recruiting, marketing and software company that operates in more than 80 metro areas in the United States.

Ben is the managing partner of Recruiting Insight and the primary author of the Recruiting Insight publication, which reaches thousands of industry leaders every day.8jhn

Prior to his work in real estate, Ben gained business experience in software, electronics, and financial services companies.

He's a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and completed most of his Naval service in Japan. He is the father of 6 children and enjoys sailing in the Puget Sound and fly fishing in the Cascade mountains.

Host

Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson is an author, speaker, and business partner in Recruiting Insight and the co-founder of CoRecruit.

As the former Brand President and CEO of JPAR® - Real Estate, he led the company to a 5x growth over five years, reaching $8 billion in sales. Mark has served in progressive leadership capacities for one of the largest HomeServices real estate firms, the nation's leading real estate coaching organization, in sales and customer marketing leadership capacities for a fortune 200 consumer goods company, and served in the US Army.

Mark has presented engaging content to audiences of all sizes and is the author of three books "One Helluva A Move", "Up In Your Business", and "From Willing To Eager."

A father of 3 and a lifelong learner and adventure athlete, Mark has earned his MBA from California State University along with a Behavioral Change Certification from the National Association of Sports Medicine.