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College Students from Across the Country Gear up for National Sales Competition

November 18, 2011

William Paterson University's National Sales Challenge: Students from Edinburgh, Scotland and Zwolle, The Netherlands, joined students from 18 states to participate in William Paterson University's National Sales Challenge, an intense series of selling competitions and workshops that were held at the Cotsakos College of Business on the University's campus in Wayne, N.J., November 9 to 11, 2011.

The competition was designed by the University's Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales to strengthen the students' sales skills and offer them an opportunity to network with business executives from companies around the country who judged the events and served as sponsors.

 

National Sales Challenge 2011 at William Paterson University's Russ Berrie Institute

October 28, 2011

The Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales (RBI) at William Paterson University's Cotsakos College of Business hosted the 2011 RBI National Sales Challenge. In this three-day event, top sales students from across the country meet with representatives from major corporations for a sales competition.

 

Competition Challenges Future Sales Force

Sunday, November 7, 2010   

By Kara Yorio (Staff Writer)
The Record

The room was filled with business suits and polished sales pitches, not a typical Saturday scene on a college campus. But these weren’t typical students at the fourth annual National Sales Challenge at the Russ Berrie Institute for Professional Sales at William Paterson University.

Forty-nine students representing 25 colleges and universities from 18 states and Scotland competed in the three-day event.

David Goodmark of Oakland, a senior representing The College of New Jersey, was there with a focused eye on the future. read more