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.

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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.