SALES AND MARKETING JOB FAIR
INTERNSHIPS AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
The Professional Sales Institute is proud to host Two Fairs - an In-person on-campus fair on Thursday, September 15, 2022, and a Virtual fair using the Handshake platform on Friday, October 7, 2022. Students and companies are asked to register on Handshake for both or either one of the fairs they wish to attend.
Note to companies: attend both fairs for a single fair registration fee ($325). Find the fairs at “Illinois State University Department of Marketing Career Center.
Alum Nick Birlingmair ’16 encourages you to attend the PSI Sales Career Fair. Nick is now an Enterprise Business Development Representative for Zoom Video Communications, Inc. in Denver, CO.
STUDENTS – Meet companies that have various sales roles, such as Account Management, New Business Development, and Indirect Sales (Manufacturing representative selling to Distributors) roles. Find roles with outside territory sales or sales from an in-office environment, or remote. Most of these companies use a base salary, plus commission, and bonus compensation package. These companies have career paths with future opportunities like moving into the Marketing and / or training department, sales management, even a path for a Management Trainee internship to one day become the CEO – two attending companies have CEO’s in place that did begin their careers as a Management Trainee!
Industries Represented – Medical Device, Insurance, independent, agency, and broker; food processing commodities, vehicle rental industry in vehicles and/or commercial equipment, paint and coatings industry, industrial equipment and supplies. Information technology services, logistics, financial products provider, financial planner organizations, Bank lender roles, and professional staffing services organizations, plus many more.
THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
IN-PERSON FAIR
Hancock Stadium Club - Hancock Football Stadium
4:00 - 7:00 pm
Students register for IN-PERSON FAIR | Registering on Handshake provides you the option to make your resume “Public” so that the attending companies can review YOUR resume and possibly contact you to their booth! Plus, you’ll be able to check the latest list, and descriptions, of attending companies updated as companies register, so check often.
FRIDAY | OCTOBER 7, 2022
VIRTUAL FAIR
Handshake virtual platform
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Students register for VIRTUAL FAIR | Tip: Dress professionally and make sure your Video is “ON”.
New to Handshake? Learn how to create an account in Handshake to participate
Find Professional Sales Institute Partners “Day-In-The -Life” videos at https://business.illinoisstate.edu/psi/corporations/partners.shtml
RECRUITERS
– Interact with students interested in pursuing a career in sales with candidates from the Professional Sales Institute's 15-credit hour B2B Sales Sequence, as well as, all majors on campus.
ATTEND BOTH FAIRS FOR ONE REGISTRATION FEE.
Make your REGISTRATION PAYMENT ONLINE here .
SALES CURRICULUM
- MKT 234 – Consultative Personal Selling and Relationship Marketing
- MKT 334 - Sales Management
- MKT 311 - Marketing & Sales Forecasting
- MKT 324 - Advanced Personal Selling & Negotiation
- MKT 325 - Key Account & Relationship Management
- MKT 329 - Purchasing Policies & Procedures
- MKT 326 – Professional Sales Planning & Analysis
- MKT 335 – Retail Management & Promotion
Find more information at https://business.illinoisstate.edu/psi/sea/