Asharqia Chamber will launch, on Sunday, 29 July 2018, its national initiative to qualify 3000 students and provide them with the necessary skills and knowledge for the new jobs that are approved by the Council of Ministers to be settled in 12 economic activities and limited to Saudi citizens only.
The initiative is witnessing great interest among the beneficiaries, during which it recorded a large number within the website in order to benefit from this initiative.
As part of its first program, "Sales Skills for Sales Personnel," the initiative will run through August 1st, while the second program will start from August 5th to 8th.
In this regard, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Abdul Hakim bin Hamad Al-Ammar Al-Khalidi, said that the turnout in the registration witnessed by the initiative strongly confirms the interaction of Asharqia Chamber with the aspirations of the people of the region.
It also reflects the interest of young men and women in developing themselves and engaging in specialized training programs that enable them to acquire the skills and knowledge to engage in the labor market and contribute to building the nation.
Al-Khalidi said that the Chamber, through its various platforms, has received many inquiries about the registration mechanism in the programs that to be organized.
This indicates the keenness of the targeted audience to seize this opportunity, especially as it is held within two specialized training programs in line with the activities to be settled and provided them free of charge.
The program is starting from today, and will be conducted at intervals of training sporadic, each period of 4 consecutive days during the evening (from 4 pm to 9:30 pm).
The program will be held six times during the year 2018, through which we will prepare and qualify 500 trainees in each period (every four days), for a total of 3000 male and female trainees.
The headquarters of the Chamber will host the launch of the training programs.
The " Sales Skills for Sales Personnel " program aims to identify customer's needs through using smart questions, identifying the patterns of these customers and how to deal with each type of customers; developing sales skills face to face and over the telephone; overcoming the fear of selling and responding; the ability to negotiate and persuade and develop relationships with customers; the presentation of concepts of science and art of selling and modern marketing; the specifications of the seller excellence; training on practical steps to make the sale process successful; developing practical skills in the application of selling theories; identifying the needs of customers efficiently and effectively; the preparation of sales reports according to standards that to take into account the foundations of marketing and sales; developing presentation skills, and breaking the barrier of fear and tension when standing in front of customers.
The program deals with many topics including the classification of customer segments and knowledge of targeted customers; the relationship of needs with purchasing motives; listening skills and emotional intelligence; the skills of negotiation and persuasion; as well as practical training on how to deal with customer's objections and excuses; the most important reasons for the lack of customer's consent to purchase; cross-selling and upward sales; time management for sales staff; the skill of handling customer's interdiction professionally; the skills of searching for potential customers to buy; and fatal mistakes in sales processes and how to avoid them.
