Dean Johnson would like to invite you and your family to join him along with department chairpersons, faculty and staff for a continental breakfast and open house on:

November 7, 2009
8:30 – 11:00 am
College of Business Building

There will be opportunities to:

• Meet and mingle with the Dean, professors and staff
• Explore the building and all of the specialized technology rooms at your leisure including:
  • Financial Markets Lab
  • Marketing Focus Group Room
  •  Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation Professional Sales Learning Lab
  • Attend a presentation on Summer Study Abroad at 10:00am

We look forward to seeing you then!

The Professional Sales Institute is proud to host one of the top-rated sales career fairs in the country.  Held during the fall semester each year, this special-focus, Sales Career Fair brings over 45 companies interested in hiring sales professionals together with over 200 students interested in sales careers.

Participate in the Sixth annual Professional Sales Career Fair and Networking Reception to be held Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Bone Student Center. The event will provide company representatives an opportunity to interact with students who are interested in pursuing a career in sales, and enjoy light appetizers throughout the event. The combined event will provide the formality of a traditional career fair plus a more informal setting wherein company representatives can socialize with interested candidates.

• Recruiters – Please join us!  Register today and come to the 2009 Sales Career Fair ready to meet outstanding candidates looking to begin their professional selling careers. To ensure your company information is included in the Fall 2009 career section of our magazine, submit your completed registration form and pledge by September 30, 2009.

• Students – Register Today! Save the date and make plans to attend the Sales Career Fair and learn more about professional sales positions offered by some of the country’s leading sales organizations.  Make sure your resumes are up-to-date.  Dress is business professional.

Anson Yeganegi ‘09 (Marketing) is part of the “Best Persons Program” at Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Midway Airport operations where he is completing extensive training for a position in upper management.

This 22-year-old Wheaton man literally exemplifies “best person” outside the job as well. Last week he dove into a lake and saved the life of a total stranger.  Wheaton police and fire officials are calling Yeganegi a hero.  They are recommending the 2005 graduate of Wheaton North High School be given an award.

Yeganegi said he’s not looking for recognition.

“I am happy enough in myself to know that in a situation like that I was able to do what I could to help,” he said.

Click here to read the amazing story.

Leadership training consultant and Illinois State University alumnus Michael Stallard will present “Fired Up Leadership: How Work Environment Fires Up the Human Brain to Improve Individual and Organizational Performance” on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 11 a.m. – 12:10 p.m., in Illinois State University’s College of Business Building Room 139.

Stallard’s presentation will examine elements in a work environment that fire up the human brain so that people perform to the best of their ability and align their behavior with organizational goals.   By sharing knowledge integrated from research in multiple fields including neuroscience, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and history, stories of great leaders, as well as his own firm’s research, he unveils what he calls “The Connection Culture.”

Stallard is president of E Pluribus Partners, a leadership training and consulting firm.  He is the primary author of the bestselling book Fired Up or Burned Out.  His career has included jobs in marketing, business development, finance and investment banking at organizations including Morgan Stanley, Barclays PLC and Texas Instruments. He graduated from Illinois State with a bachelor’s degree in 1981 and went on to earn an MBA from the University of Texas Permian Basin and an law degree from DePaul University School of Law.

Stallard’s presentation is hosted by Illinois State’s Department of Management & Quantitative Methods.  The event is free and open to the public.  Contact Department Chair Jim Jawahar at jimoham@ilstu.edu by Oct. 19 to reserve a seat.

Professional success doesn’t just happen - it has to be earned.  Come learn what it takes.

In 2008-2009 the College of Business presented its first Early Career Achievement Awards (ECAA). This annual award celebrates young graduates from each program in the college who have experienced significant professional success, demonstrated innovative and responsible professional leadership and the potential for future distinction.

See who has been selected as  the 2009/2010 ECAA recipients.

Early Career Achievement Awards Panel Discussions
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Friday - October 16, 2009
College of Business Building

Accounting and Finance, Insurance and Law - COB 139
Marketing - COB 357
Management and Quantitative Methods and M.B.A. - COB 366

Join us for a Networking Reception in the Lower-level Atrium following the presentations. 

The Early Career Achievement Awards are sponsored by the College of Business and Toastmasters.