Imagine starting your professional sales journey armed with extensive hands-on training, high-stakes competition experience under your belt, and connections to major companies all lined up before graduation day.
That's the career head start ambitious University of New Hampshire students gain by joining Professional Sales Group (PSG).
The Experiential Advantage
The core of the PSG experience is the Elite Competition Series, where students spend weeks researching products and businesses before engaging in mock sales meetings. They then travel to those companies and role-play realistic sales scenarios with the professionals who sell that product every day.
Top performers at these competitions frequently receive internship offers directly from partner companies.
Monthly Career-Elevating Opportunities
The UNH Sales Center (home of PSG) hosts a sales event every month of the academic year. They connect UNH students with companies through:
- Networking sessions & career fairs
- Interview practice competitions
- $1,000 pitch competitions
Professional Sales Group is one of Paul College's unique class-clubs – the two-credit repeatable course has the unparalleled mentorship and guidance of Marketing Lecturer and UNH Sales Center Director James McIlroy, but is ultimately run by a student executive board. Meaning every member also has a chance at leadership development through running the program.
Beyond Campus Borders
Students who demonstrate exceptional skills go on to represent UNH at prestigious intercollegiate sales competitions against other leading university programs nationwide. This is not only a chance for national recognition, these competitions facilitate networking with employers and industry leaders.
Proven Results
PSG's job-placement statistics speak volumes - an impressive 100% of recent PSG graduates actively pursuing roles secured sales internships or full-time jobs by June.
For undergraduates eager to kickstart their sales careers while still in school, joining the Professional Sales Group provides an inside track like no other.
More information about the group can be found at their student-run website.
