Marketing major Sofia Radzak, Sauk Rapids, is the winner of the Dec. 6 St. Cloud State University Professional Selling Competition.
Top finishers
Top 8 finishers
Andrew Barrett
Jordan Redmond
Cassandra Morris
Noah Pearson
Jacob Hurajt
Graham Miller
Sofia Radsak
Naylor Sande
Top 8 alternates
Thomas Warnert
Holden Youngs
Tayllor Steinmetz
Jessie Blackwell
Ashland Hess
Jadon Ludewig
Grace Schroder
Hannah Marion
The Professional Selling Competition provides a venue for St. Cloud State sales students to showcase their selling skills, knowledge and abilities and receive feedback from local sales professionals. It is put on by the Department of Marketing.
The students were judged on their ability to develop strategic sales openings, ask probing questions to determine the buyer’s needs and develop a strategic needs-based professional selling presentation. They were also judged on their visual aids and ability to handle buyer objections and close the sale.
Marketing major Cassandra Morris, Woodbury, took second; and psychology major Andrew Barrett, St. Cloud, took third.
Marketing major Noah Pearson, Oronoco, took first in the Speed Selling Competition; Communication Studies major Jackson Logan, Lindstrom took second; and Communication Studies major Noah Slater, St. Cloud, took third.
In the Speed Selling Competition, each student selected a minimum of five firms participating in the competition or career fair. They researched the firms and then had 90 seconds to promote themselves to the firms’ representatives.
In turn, representatives from the firms had 90 seconds to “sell” their organization to the students by talking about internship and career opportunities or about the firm itself.
During this fast-paced event, the firm representatives judged the Speed Selling participants on their knowledge of the firm, application of their selling skills, verbal and non-verbal communication skills and upon their creativity.
