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Thursday, November 12 - 2009

Cisco Systems gets aggressive with Saudization to qualify the future leaders in IT sector

Continuing with its commitment of Saudiazation Cisco Systems has launched Sales Academy in the Kingdom.

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The Cisco Sales Academy is a new innovation. The selected candidates will be sent to one of the International offices of Cisco Systems and will go through a One year intensive learning, training and development programme. The course will be intense, rigorous and experience based, and Cisco's investment in the candidates will be high. Candidates will be paid to learn, and develop and once qualified will become Cisco's ambassadors in Saudi Arabia.

At Cisco Sales Academy, the selected candidates will get hands-on experience with sales presentations, business case studies; build additional business, financial and sales acumen. They will learn to make cold calls to make sales lead. Trainees will also undertake sales presentations, written and oral exams. Upon completion of One year training programme the candidates will return to recruiting country to develop their skill and become professional Managers.

Commenting on the ultimate target of this aggressive initiative, Dr. Badr Al Badr, General Manager, Cisco Systems, Saudi Arabia, said,

"Our aim is to build leaders of tomorrow, highly professional Sales Managers who intuitively understand and strongly appreciates the business and technical side of the company. Over 12 months at our training centre the candidate will become a qualified Sales Manager. We want our future Managers of Cisco to address business needs, increase revenues and heighten customer satisfaction. In return we offer fantastic career development, opportunities and training."
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Are you a fresh graduate with a bachelor degree in Technology or Business? Are you a Saudi citizen (male or female)? Are you fluent in written and spoken English? Here is a lifetime opportunity for you to be part of the Sales Team of Cisco Systems, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Just log on to www.cisco/go/ciscograds and post your resume online and you will be called for an interview by Cisco Systems.

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For more information, please feel free to contact:

Mohammed Yousef
Riyad Bawani
Asdaa Public Relations
Riyadh, KSA
Phone: + 9661 46400051
Fax: + 9661 4628229

Abdul Aziz AL Zaid
Marketing & Communications Manager
Cisco Systmes
Riyadh, KSA
Phone: + 9661 218 1088
Fax: + 9661 218 1090
Mobile: + 9661 50 546 3532

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