Job Search & Interview Techniques

The hiring process has a blueprint—submit a resume, go through a couple phone screens, shine during an in-person one-on-one interview and ace the final interview where you meet the team. If all goes well after pay and benefits discussions and referencing checking concludes, a job offer may follow. But there […]

Twenty years ago, you would find a job by scanning the local paper’s Help Wanted section, not by launching a web browser. You’d then stop by a company’s office with a freshly printed resume, fill out an application and, sometimes, talk to the hiring manager about the position. If your […]

Include a “headline” on résumés for sports management jobs. Barbara Safani, a career management guru and author, suggests that job candidates “sell their wares” on a résumé much the same way a newspaper does: with headlines. In her book Happy About my Résumé, Safani says that since headlines sell newspapers, […]

A mere 300 miles separate Boston, Massachusetts, from Washington, D.C. It’s just 5 hours by car and 1 hour, 20 minutes by plane. But, like it or not, these two metropolises and the slew of cities squeezed in between them represent the epicenter of American sports. Los Angeles, San Francisco, […]

College students choose divergent paths when deciding how to navigate the halls of higher education. Some live in the library, polishing their impressive GPA, while others party hard, earning semi-passable grades. Many hold a part-time job, a few work full-time, and some earn no paycheck at all, relying on some […]

On-field sports involve high-pressure situations, but a professional job in sports also carries a given amount of stress. Before you’re even on the payroll, potential employers must ensure your ability to handle daily stresses and cope with the flux of a fast-paced work environment. While a one-on-one interview brings with […]

The resume and cover letter – both crisp and clean – were a big hit with the company’s HR department. The interview – properly prepared for – is finally in your rearview mirror. Many job seekers exhale as they walk out of the interview room, head home, sit by the […]