Sports broadcasting jobs are a thrill, bringing an emotional charge to daily life the way few other jobs can. Stepping into a stadium’s broadcast booth or standing in front of a camera before the red light blinks on brings out both nerves and adrenaline, even to the most experienced media […]
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Coaching High School Athletics
Successful athletic coaches are organized, hardworking, and quick-minded. These traits make the job easier, but a passion for teaching and the desire to develop others makes the long hours and pressure to perform worthwhile. Athletes become less coachable as they age. A professional baseball player is less likely to engage […]
College Sports Jobs
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 […]
Ace the Interview: The Panel Interview
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 […]
Minor League Promotions that Deserve a Call Up
The Yankees give out Derek Jeter bobblehead dolls to people entering Yankee Stadium while fans at Steelers games wave Terrible Towels handed out to them at the gate. Children at Thunder games mount tricycles and race one another across the court to win a Durant jersey, and the Blackhawks choose […]
Take a Swing at These Entry-Level Golf Jobs
The game of golf brings with it many beauties: sprawling greens, precise mechanics, a deep-rooted history, and dramatic finales. In a country where team sports like baseball, basketball, and football dominate fans’ mindshare, golf is one of few solo games with an avid fan base and lucrative corporate sponsorships. In […]
Insuring Highly Paid Athletes
The insurance business is interwoven into much of our society, from where we live and what we drive to how we pay for our health needs. It protects our families’ lifestyles upon death and allows us to handle hefty hospital bills for our newborns. Insurance transfers risk to a secondary […]
Surveying the Sports Agency Landscape
The importance of an agent in sports is secondary only to athletes, coaches, owners, front-office management, and corporate sponsors. Agents sit on the near outskirts of this association of power players, heavily impacting the money that flows amongst them. Due to contract language complexity and on-field time commitments, few players […]
Jobs In Sports Insight: Sports Groundskeeper
The Background… People who spend their days in a cubicle often dream about working outside with the sun at their backs. But, after thinking it through, those same people realize lifting bricks and doing road construction is physically taxing work. But jobs do exist where you can spend your days […]
Growth Opens New Hockey Opportunities
Without question, the three-headed monster of American sports remains football, baseball, and basketball. The National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, and NCAA present games that fans love, and sponsors pay heavily to advertise with. There is a second class of team sport in the country that continues […]
