Avaya- Pareto Connection Graduate Recruitment Programme to Support Resellers

Wilmslow, 11th May 2005 - Communications company Avaya has teamed up with leading graduate recruitment and training specialist Pareto Law to support their UK resellers by finding and training graduate sales professionals with specialist knowledge of the telecoms sector.

The Avaya-Pareto Connection initiative is funded by Avaya and aims to provide the reseller with graduates trained in the art of sales and business development while at the same time giving the new recruits a thorough grounding in the technologies and business applications around IP telephony and converged voice and data services.

The selection process involves bespoke assessment days jointly managed by Pareto Law and Avaya. Successful candidates are then placed with Avaya and other business partners for their training programme which culminates in an accreditation exam.


Pareto Law Background

Winner of the 2005 Sunday Times Best Small Company to Work For Award, Pareto Law was founded by Jonathan Fitchew and Andrew Sawer in 1995 and now places some 700 graduates a year in sales positions. In addition to recruiting and placing new graduate sales personnel Pareto Law also provides sales training programmes for existing staff at the firm’s Wilmslow and London training centres. In January 2005 Pareto opened its third office in Leeds to service the Yorkshire Humberside region.

Avaya Inc.

Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more than 1 million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500®. Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in secure and reliable IP telephony systems and communications software applications and services, employing over 20,000 people with approximately 500,000 clients worldwide. Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business applications – and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services – Avaya helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve superior business results. For more information visit the Avaya Web site at: http://www.avaya.co.uk.

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