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To promote the sales profession as an honorable and viable career option for college graduates.

To provide an opportunity for Corporate Sponsors to preview and interact with top collegiate prospects.

To provide an occasion for highly talented and qualified students to exhibit and enhance their selling skills on a national stage.

To provide a venue for students, professors and sales executives to share sales philosophy techniques, education methods and networking opportunities.

National Collegiate Sales Competition


NATIONAL COLLEGIATE SALES COMPETION STRIKES MULTI-YEAR PRODUCT PARTNERSHIP WITH ADP®


The National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) is proud to announce that Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) will be the new Product Partner for the next three-to-five years of competition.

The NCSC is a one-of-a-kind role-play competition that hosts the next generation of sales leaders from the most elite university sales programs in the world.  The event includes a live sales role-play competition, networking opportunities, and an exclusive sales career fair.  The competing students all sell the same product,provided by the NCSC Product Partner, in the sales role-play elimination round tournament, which includes four preliminary rounds and a final Championship Round.

Through an extensive proposal process, ADP, one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions, has become the Official NCSC Product Partner.  NCSC participants will be selling ADP's RUN Powered by ADP® mobile payroll application. RUN Powered by ADP is the payroll and tax solution product sold by ADP’s Small Business Services Division for companies with one to 49 employees. The NCSC-ADP partnership is a three-to-five-year commitment and ADP will be providing valuable product support for all sales universities throughout the world who will be competing in the NCSC beginning in 2013 with NCSC XV.

“In order for sales professionals to be passionate about what they are selling, they need to truly believe that their product can help.  The impact that using RUN Powered by ADP has on small businesses by allowing them to attract and retain quality talent, help to improve cash flow, and assist with compliance issues, is second to none.  This product will allow upcoming sales professionals to sell on innovation and technology,” said Josh Scutt, ADP’s Southeast District Vice President.

For the past five years (2008-2012) NetSuite, a CRM Provider, has partnered with the NCSC and has supported nearly 10,000 students and hundreds of sales faculty by providing product licenses to all of the sales classes from NCSC university participants.  “NetSuite has been a tremendous asset to sales education throughout the world and has been a very valuable partner to the NCSC and sales programs across North America. The NCSC will be forever thankful and grateful to NetSuite for their valuable contribution to sales education,” said Dr. Terry Loe, Director of the NCSC.

The NCSC is a great way for students to showcase their hard work and their sales talent; it is also a great way for businesses nationwide to get involved in shapingthe future of the sales profession.  “The future of sales is important to our sluggish economy.  It is imperative that we produce ethical sales people who understand that sales is a noble career and that done properly, a sales person can solve problems and create value for organizations.  That is part of our mission of the National Collegiate Sales Competition.” said Dr. Gary Selden, Associate Director of the Kennesaw State University Center for Professional Selling, the host university of the NCSC.

For more information about the NCSC, please contact Dr. Terry Loe, Director, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 678-797-2017.


The National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) is the only competition in existence where students throughout the world can test their selling skills in one-on-one sales call challenges. In March 2012, in its 14th year, the NCSC hosted 126 undergraduate and 16 graduate competitors from 65 colleges and universities. More than 35 corporate partners support the vision of the NCSC, which is to impact the professionalism and integrity of the sales industry through well-trained sales students, improve the image of the sales profession and provide a forum for students to gain experience and interact with professionals in the sales field.

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADP), with about $10 billion in revenues and approximately 570,000 clients, is one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing solutions.  Leveraging over 60 years of experience, ADP offers a wide range of human resource, payroll, tax and benefits administration solutions from a single source.  ADP's easy-to-use solutions for employers provide superior value to companies of all types and sizes.  ADP is also a leading provider of integrated computing solutions to auto, truck, motorcycle, marine, recreational vehicle, and heavy equipment dealers throughout the world.   For more information about ADP or to contact a local ADP sales office, reach us at 1.800.225.5237 or visit the company's Web site at www.ADP.com.


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