Success in Professional Sales Series Page

Now accepting registrations for classes running : March 5 – 30, 2011 in beautiful San Antonio, Texas!/strong> Claim your spot! Has the tough job market stalled your search for work? Are you frustrated by the lack of good-paying, accessible job opportunities out there? Maybe you’re currently employed, but your job is unfulfilling, or you don’t earn nearly what you know you’re worth, and you just don’t have the time to spend retraining for a new career. Even in the best of times, the unemployment rate for the blind is several times the national average. Still, if you’ve endured a lay-off, had your job snatched away and shipped overseas, or are a recent graduate trying to find work in the current recession, your unemployment rate is 100%.

Consider Professional Sales

While many of the job options commonly presented to blind people are in shrinking, or highly-specialized fields, there’s a steadily growing supply of positions in professional sales. Employers Need Sales People. Every business relies on generating sales to survive. Browse any jobs website, and you’ll see there are often more sales positions open than any other field. Even if there’s not even a job posted, a great opportunity might be only a phone call away. A career in professional sales can offer you an unmatched level of accessibility, earning potential, flexibility, control of your own destiny, and ways to grow professionally.

Why Get Training?

Because professional sales is not easy work that you can jump right into without being prepared. You don’t want to be one of the many ill-prepared people who simply “give sales a try”, only to flame out in a matter of a few months, or even weeks. To reach your full potential, you must develop a sales mind set, learn how to plan your activity, prospect for new business, use the phone effectively, manage your time, your motivation, how to consult with your customers, how to answer their questions and objections, how to negotiate effectively, and close the sale.

Let us Show You How

Register for the Success in Professional Sales training course, and you’ll leave with the basic skills, practiced ability, and confidence to successfully launch a new career as a Business Development Specialist, Inside Sales Executive, Sales Engineer, or one of countless other high-demand sales positions.

Convenient Ways to Learn

  • Join us in person for a lively, interactive training experience
  • Sign in and attend classes from home
  • Order the entire Success in Professional Sales Series in accessible format for convenient learning at your own pace
Whatever your choice, you’ll enjoy expert instructor-led discussions of key concepts, interactive group and role-play exercises to reinforce the skills you learn, and invaluable exposure to what you’ll experience as a sales professional.

Program Details

Core Training

The four-week core training covers the fundamental sales knowledge, skills, and techniques required to qualify for, get hired, and thrive in today’s competitive sales world. From gaining product knowledge, to presenting, prospecting, managing yourself, and more advanced concepts like working within a sales process, and leveraging technology to maximize your effectiveness, when you leave training you’ll be better prepared than most other candidates. Back to top

Paid internship

In addition to lively instructor-led classes, SIPS training includes a two to four-week internship where participants can begin putting the knowledge and techniques gained in class to work in a real-world, yet supportive environment. All while earning a competitive wage for your work. Back to top

Tuition and Lodging

Access First accepts payment from all vocational rehab, State, or other agencies serving blind consumers. Tuition includes:
  • Instructor-led classroom training
  • Sales/computer lab time
  • Breakfasts and lunches while in class
  • Costs of any off-site tours, presentations, and class field work
  • Any applicable industry organization dues, and certification and testing fees
  • Books, courseware, and other learning materials in accessible format
  • Participation in the paid internship program
  • Post-training support with job searches, resume review/editing, and interview preparation for up to twelve (12) weeks
If you’re visiting from outside the city where training is being conducted, you can take advantage of a discounted bundled lodging and meals supplement including:
  • Lodging: Your own, (not shared) apartment-style studio with fully-equipped kitchen, spacious desk/work area with high-speed Internet access, and hotel amenities.
  • All meals: Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners for the duration of your stay
  • Transportation: From the airport to your suite and back at the end of training, and to and from class each day
  • Shopping and errands: Assistance with errands, mailing packages, shopping trips, and other personal business matters while in training
  • Entertainment: Professionally managed group social and entertainment outings on off hours
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Easy Registration Process

Our classes are small, and registrations are handled on a first come, first served basis. To sign up for an upcoming class: 1. Complete the following preregistration form, selecting the date/location you’re interested in joining. 2. Once your preregistration has been received, you’ll be contacted by one of Access First’s enrollment specialists to schedule an informal telephone information session/interview 3. You’ll then be sent a full enrollment kit to review and return to us with your approval 4. Once your application has been accepted, and payment has been authorized, you are welcome to make travel arrangements, and we’ll look forward to seeing you in class.
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