The UC Santa Barbara Professional & Continuing Education program is a real-world pre-apprenticeship and ACE Credit© sales class that is linked directly to a variety of industry sales entry-level career pathways.

Students explore professional sales and learn sales skills through real-world employer role-play simulations. Students take a required 45-minute Chally Sales Assessment to assess their sales aptitude, competencies, and strengths and position their skills effectively for the professional and technology sales employment market. Students learn Salesforce customer pipeline technology, Groove.co sales engagement platform, and sales planning activities to become successful in a professional sales role. Further, students will learn to assess their sales aptitude, competencies, and strengths to position their skills effectively for sales employment roles.