Leading Provider of Career Advancement Services for Professional Women Nationwide

Career Expos > Previous Events > Spring '07 > Chicago > Cintas Corporation

Chicago Participating Employers

Cintas Corporation

About the Company:
Cintas is one of America’s fastest-growing and most respected service corporations. Our vision is to provide a service to every business in North America. To accomplish this, we have an aggressive growth strategy focused on increasing our share of a $40+ billion market.

Selling Power magazine identified Cintas as one of “The Top 50 Companies to Sell For.” Each year the magazine identifies and ranks the best companies to sell for among the largest sales forces in the U.S. by evaluating companies on three key categories: compensation, training, and career mobility.

If you are exceptionally sales-orientated, energetic, have 1-3 years of experience selling any product or service and are committed to career success, we have a place for you.

Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services for approximately 700,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol CTAS, and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

The Company has achieved 37 consecutive years of growth in sales and earnings, to date. Cintas’ Fiscal Year 2006, which ended May 31, included the following highlights:

• Revenue was a record $3.40 billion, an increase of 11% over the previous year
• Dividends increased by 9%
• Recognized among “Americas Most Admired Companies,” per Fortune, for the 6th consecutive year
• Cintas is the only public company with such a prolonged track record of increasing sales and profits; the only other company to match that is Wal-Mart

Job Titles & Descriptions:

Due to our extraordinary growth, we are seeking Outside Sales Representatives to focus on new business to business account development. Cintas offers a competitive base salary plus commissions. The offer includes a secure territory, company car package, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), profit sharing, ESOP and paid vacations, sick leave and holidays. Cintas also provides a paid 13-week training program which teaches the following skills:

- In weeks 1 -5, the focus is on product training, industry knowledge, and Cintas systems and processes.
- In weeks 6 – 9, Sales Representatives are taught skills to up-sell to current customers.
- And, during weeks 10 – 13 Sales Representatives get “hands-on” experience from selling in their territory with a manager while refining the skills taught in weeks 1 – 9.

This is your opportunity to join a company that has grown from $34 million to over $3.4 billion in the last decade. Bachelor’s degree required. Qualified candidates MUST have previous outside sales experience along with experience generating new accounts/business and a proven history of reaching goals and closing skills.

Cintas is also seeking Sales Associates. The Sales Associate Program is a structured sales training position with little or no sales experience needed. Selected individuals will support and improve the performance of Sales Representatives while gaining the skills and experience necessary to sell all the products and services Cintas has to offer. Cintas provides a thorough training program, including product knowledge and development of our company sales process.

This is a hands-on learning program that provides an entrance into a professional sales career. Candidates should have an excellent work ethic, proven leadership skills and a record of achievement. Our Sales Associates have a strong desire to move ahead and are not afraid of a challenge. Cintas offers a competitive base. Offer includes paid training, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), profit sharing, ESOP and paid vacations, sick leave and holidays.

Company Website URL:

www.Cintas.com/career