Markom approval test with high participation and success rate

 865 candidates took part in the Markom admission test, which was held for the second time. Of these, 754 passed the exam. The exam was held from January 21 to 25, 2008 in Zurich, Bern, St. Gallen and Lausanne. Successful graduates receive a certificate, which is one of the admission requirements for taking part in the five professional examinations in the fields of marketing, sales, direct marketing, advertising and PR from 2009. The success rate this year was 87.2 percent, with an average grade of 4.3. 865 of the 899 registered candidates ultimately took the exam. Of these, 513 were women and 352 men; 832 from German-speaking Switzerland and 33 from French-speaking Switzerland. The names of the graduates who have been awarded the MZP certificate will be published shortly on Markom.org. The next examination will take place from August 4 to 8, 2008.
The industry associations Swiss Marketing SMC, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Marketing GfM, Verkauf Schweiz VS, Schweizer Direktmarketing Verband SDV, Schweizer Werbung SW, Schweizerische Public Relations Gesellschaft SPRG, Schweizerischer Arbeitgeberverband and KV Schweiz are members of Markom, which was founded in 2002.