The best part of pursuing a career in sports is the freedom to choose. You don’t have to be stuck selling tickets, if that’s not your thing. Instead, pursue your passion! The Sports Industry is Monstrous The sports industry is so enormous that nearly every profession is represented. You can be a Doctor, a Lawyer, a…
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3 Ways Industry Experience Can Launch Your Sports Career
Before we jump into the three ways industry experience can help launch your sports career, it’s a good idea to first understand why employers want you to have industry experience. Employers don’t want to spend the time, the money, or the energy to train you for certain aspects of the job. Some things just need…
5 Myths about Sports Writing Careers
You’ve probably heard about the exciting life of a sports writing career. Maybe you envision traveling from stadium to stadium, hanging out with Al Michaels and Chris Collingsworth. Or, maybe you see yourself writing on a beach somewhere, drink in one hand, laptop in the other after interviewing superstar athletes. Well, I’ve been a sports…
The Worst Place to Look For a Job In Sports
If you want to discover the black hole of job-searching, the place where resumes and cover letters vanish, and the place I call a “dead-end street” for aspiring sports executives, look no further than the HR department. I’ve heard too many sad stories where students or career-changers blindly send hundreds of resumes and cover letters…
Breaking Into Sports Starts With the Right Attitude
“Attitude is everything. Without a good one, nothing else matters.”– Unknown To reach your goals in life—especially landing your first job in sports—you have to start with the right attitude. (Read: a positive attitude.) Your attitude will affect everything you do moving forward. This might strike you as standard-issue pep-talk language, but I’ll show you…
3 Ways to Get Sports Industry Experience
If you’re pursuing a job in sports, one of the most frustrating things you will hear from employers—that is, if you’re not prepared—are those two dreaded words: “Experience Required.” I always thought, “How in the world can I get experience, when the only employers hiring are those that require experience?” It never made sense to…
The #1 Reason You Won’t Get Hired in Sports
The number one reason people don’t get hired in the sports industry is “Likeability.” In other words, if you’re not likeable, if you have a chip on your shoulder, if you’re a negative person, if you talk trash about other people, or if you’re just a miserable human being all the way around, nobody…
EXCLUSIVE! Secrets to Landing your Dream Sports Job from an Industry Insider
The sports world is like a secret society including a language similar to Morse code. Once you’ve entered through the doors of the stadium, you are adorned with a special robe in your designated team colors. As the next ‘chosen one,’ you receive a purple medal of honor for making it through the doors as…
How to Market Yourself for a Job in Sports: 3 Keys to a Killer Pitch
There are many types of pitches. Some pitches are for raising money for a new company. Other pitches are designed to pique the interest of a book publisher or a movie producer. The pitch I’m going to help you with is designed to get you in front of the person who has the power…
Newspaper Paywalls = Opportunity for Sports Franchises
Photo by James Cridland While the year 2011 has already been designated as “The Year of the Tablet Computer” by many, it may ultimately be looked back upon as the “Year of the Newspaper Paywall.” The few newspapers that have already taken the bold step of putting their content behind paywalls, meaning it is only accessible…
Breaking Into Sports Takes Mental Preparation
“Ninety percent of this game is half mental” – Yogi Berra It’s been said that sports are 80 percent mental and 20 percent physical. But most athletes spend nearly 100 percent of their time refining physical skills, and little to no time working to enhance their mental game.
How Digital Solutions Are Strengthening Grass Roots Sports
You often hear how digital and new media impacts top-level professional sports to generate new revenue streams and reach its growth potential. Over the last few years there has been growth in the monetization of digital media and the likes of the NFL, NBA and MLB are beginning to cash in. Here in Australia, an…