Sales students from over 30 universities participating in UT’s first national sales competition
Professional sales students from over 30 universities across the United States will
be at The University of Toledo College of Business and Innovation this Friday and
Saturday, February 26 & 27 to compete in the inaugural University of Toledo Invitational
Sales Competition (UTISC).
"The Edward Schmidt School of Professional Sales is widely recognized as one of the
top educational sales programs in the nation, and we regularly send teams to other
universities to participate in major sales competitions,' explained Deirdre Jones,
ESSPS director. "Most sales competitions are intended for senior sales students, so
we decided to establish an unique competition for freshmen, sophomore and junior sales
students. This allows the students to practice and sharpen their sales skills earlier
in their sales studies while also allowing employers to be the first to interact with
the developing sales professionals of tomorrow.”
“We are extremely pleased by the participation of so many respected sales schools
from universities such as Missouri, Florida State, Purdue, Tuskegee, Oregon State,
Wisconsin, Georgia State and more. Furthermore, we are excited that major companies
such as our product sponsor 3M, our rocket sponsor Quicken Loans, and other major
companies including Goodyear, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Reynolds & Reynolds will be
interacting with these students in role plays, as coaches, at our career fair and
more.”
Sales students will experience rounds of competitions, coaching sessions, the awards
ceremony, participate in a career fair and attend a Walleye game during the two day
event.