Creating knowledge, shaping people, and making connections to transform the profession of sales
As sales thought leaders, we provide innovative education, research, and engagement for our academic and business communities by:
The Benefits of Membership
Whether you are looking to:
- Help develop next generation professional sales talent
- Recruit next generation professional sales talent
- Apply sales research to your work
- Stay in touch with other alumni and sales professionals
- Benchmark the ever evolving world of professional selling
The ESSPS is there to help!
Why Partner with Higher Education on Sales Talent?
- Demand for non-retail sales people is expected to grow by 5% (7% for technical sales) through 2026, (U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016)
- University-trained sales graduates ramp up 50% faster and are 30% less likely to turnover than their non-university trained counterparts (Sales Education Foundation)
- Sales program graduates require less training than their non-sales educated peers. The result is an average savings of +$180k per hire for their recruiting company (Sales Education Foundation)
- Nearly 40% of a customer’s decision is based on the added value the salesperson brings to the relationship (Sales Education Foundation)
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