The young army who bring that zing to Gitex

XPRESS met a few of these super-charged, enthusiastic (some over-enthusiastic) young boys and gals on the sidelines to find out what makes them click

Megha Satish, Manipal University Dubai, Second year BSC Information Systems and Management

What am I doing here? This is my second year at Gitex and I’m promoting Ultrabooks for Intel.

How did I come here? I sent my CV to a recruitment agency which had posted this vacancy on Facebook and BBM. I got selected.

How I got trained? I got trained on Ultrabooks by Intel. Since we are proper promoters for Intel we can promote Ultrabooks across brands. We have around 250 Intel salespeople in various stalls across Gitex.

How’s the experience? With the final weekend upon us, things are certain to pick up. I get to meet new people. I get to know what they want. Since I personally like Ultrabooks, I’m over-enthusiastic in selling them. A manager at a software company was so impressed, he even offered me a job!

How’s the money?: Since I’m a beginner, I’m getting around Dh3,500. Some with experience earn upto Dh7,000.

The one thing I’d buy at Gitex? An Ultrabook from Asus.

Kawal, American College of Dubai, Bachelor of Business Administration

What am I doing here? This is my first time at Gitex. I’m with HP.

How did I come here? We get to know of these vacancies through Facebook or BBM broadcasts. Also agencies call us up (we send CV’s to them and they have our numbers).

How I got trained? We get training about dealing with people and also on technical aspects of the products.

How’s the experience? Its fun, but hectic. The good part is that you get to meet so many new people from different nationalities and ofcourse making making new friends.

How’s the money? We get between Dh2,500-4000 depending on the agency and experience.

The one thing I would take from Gitex? A mobile phone or a laptop.

Pooja, University of Wollonging, Masters in Applied Finance and Banking

What am I doing here? This is my first time at Gitex.

How did I come here? I got to know of this offer via Facebook and BBM broadcast.

How I got trained? We got extensive training from Intel on Ultrabooks.

How’s the experience? Its been great and its good that we’re getting a chance to promote these latest laptops from Intel. It feels good every time we make a sale.

How’s the money? Around Dh3,000.

Osaid Azim, Canadian University of Dubai, Finance and Accounts

What am I doing here? This is my fifth year at Gitex. This year I’m with LG, In previous year’s I’ve worked with Lenovo, Compume, etisalat in the previous years

How did I come here? There are many agencies who post these jobs on Facebook or via BBM broadcasts asking students to come for interviews.

How I got trained? We got extensive training on products and selling tactics.

How’s the experience? Most of the people who work here are young and for us its about meeting new people, its about technology and ofcourse the money. However, while Gitex has gone bigger and better our pay-scales have been coming down every year.

How’s the money? On average everyone around here gets around Dh3,000-4000

The one thing I would take from Gitex? An LG OLED Smart TV

Muslima Mazhar, Middlesex University, Media and Communication

What am I doing here? I’ve worked at previous editions of Gitex. I’ve worked with phones, laptops, etc and this year I’m with HP. It’s a lot of fun to work with HP as they are a pretty motivated bunch.

How did I come here? I sent my CV to a recruitment agency which had posted this vacancy on Facebook and BBM. I got selected.

How I got trained?: We got two days training with HP on products and selling tactics.

How’s the experience? You meet new people all the time. We feel quite older by the time we come out of Gitex. We meet about 300-400 people per hour. Its very hectic and very tiring, but its really worth it because at the end of the day we get a fantastic experience.

How’s the money? For a week’s worth of work, I go home with around Dh7,000

The one thing I would take from Gitex? An Apple Macbook