This interview is part of our Sports Jobs interview series where we talk to successful sports business professionals about their role in sports, how they got there, what a typical day looks like and advice they would give to sports business students looking to land their dream job in the sports industry. Sports Jobs – Peter Stringer…
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Thirty Under 30 Awards- Are You a Rising Star in the Sports Industry?
Thirty Under 30 Awards If you’re a rising star in the sports industry – or know someone who is – it’s time to make your nomination for the inaugural Thirty Under 30 Awards brought to you by SPORTS LAUNCH – The Magazine. The Thirty Under 30 Awards have been established to recognize college students and young…
Sports Jobs – Jaime Stein – CFL Manager Digital Media
This interview is part of our Sports Jobs interview series. During these interviews we talk to successful sports business professionals about their role in sports, how they got there, what a typical day looks like and advice they would give to aspiring sports business students looking to land their dream job in Sports. Jaime Stein…
Sports Jobs: 6 Inside Ticket Sales Managers Discuss Sports Careers
6 Inside Ticket Sales Managers walk into an Arena… Ok, it sounds like the great start to a joke, but in essence this piece is more about how those managers got into their coveted sports jobs. I often get asked how I got my foot in the door in professional sports and the answer is…
5 Ways to Deal With the Frustration of Breaking Into Sports
Trying to land a job – any job – can be a challenging experience. And when it comes to the sports industry, that challenge can easily turn into frustration. I get a lot of emails that express that frustration such as, “I feel like I can’t break into sports because there’s nowhere to go!” Or,…
How to Position Yourself as an Expert
If you’re trying to break into sports, one of the most important things you can do is position yourself as an expert. You do this by narrowing your focus to the one thing you’re most passionate about and tie it to your God-given talent. Employers love experts. They will hire the expert over the…
2 Things You Must Do to Break Into Sports
Some people get overwhelmed — even frustrated — when they wrestle with the concept of breaking into sports. That’s understandable. After all, sports is one of the most difficult industries to break into. And to make things worse, there’s not a guidebook that shows you how to do it. Well, I’ve got some good news….
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…
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…
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…