Helping Hand for Unemployed Youth

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Helping Hand for Unemployed Youth

PR Newswire

OXFORD, England, June 22, 2012

OXFORD, England

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June 22, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

According to The Office for National Statistics (ONS), there are 1.03 million

unemployed 16 to 24 year-olds in the UK. With the 2012 graduates about to

add to this number, competing for placements at a ratio of 48 applications per

vacancy, it's clear the market is getting tougher.

A viable career option for unemployed youth of today is sales. In the UK alone,

2.2 million people work in sales - 10% of the overall workforce. But employers

have a clear criterion - ambitious, driven and personable individuals that can

sell themselves and the company they represent.

With that in mind, Sandler Training, a sales, management and leadership

training organisation, is launching a UK wide competition for 18-24 year olds

that want to kick-start a career in sales. Up to 50 places will be available in over

20 of its UK centres, where they will learn the skills to enter the sales sector and

become successful in their quest for employment.

The "sales explorers" training, worth £400,000, includes an initial three months

of Sandler's weekly President's Club -including the Sandler Sales Skills

Foundations Programme. This takes the trainees through real life scenarios and

best practices, such as how to develop a prospecting plan, setting goals and the

importance of attitude in building a successful career.

The successful candidates will receive certifications and references. A further

year's weekly sales training and support will be offered to the candidates.

Shaun Thomson, Sandler Training in the UK CEO: "The job market can feel like

a brutal place - consecutive knock-backs can impact a young person's

confidence and motivation. However, recession or not, businesses always need

good salespeople. For today's lost generation it provides them with an

opportunity to be a master of their own destiny - they just need a helping hand

to make it happen.

"We all remember what it was like to hit the job market and we want to be able

to give something back to people that just simply need the confidence to get

the job they deserve -this support, could be the first step of their journey to

become business leaders of the future."

Interested candidates should go to the Sandler Training website,

http://www.uk.sandler.com, to find their local participating training centre and

online application zone.

As part of the application process, candidates will be encouraged to think about

"why a career in sales" would suit them.

Contact: Claire Jones - [phone]