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A Resume Tip to Help Fix a Very Common Mistake

There is an error that about 90% of people make on their resume, and trust me it annoys hiring managers. To find out what it is and how to make the proper adjustments to your resume, listen to this...

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Sports Jobs Q&A – Should You Add Personality to Your Professional Profile?

Yet another video version of our Sports Jobs Q&A column where you submit the question and we give you our expert opinion. This weeks question comes from Anna in Alpharetta, Georgia who wants to...

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Why College Athletes Make Great Employees

Did you play a sport when you were in college? If you did, chances are, you developed a certain set of skills and characteristics that set you apart from your peers. Consequently, these skills and...

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How to Stand Out in a Sea of Bland Job Seekers

This is the start of a very awkward conversation, but you probably guessed that from the headline. I’ve started this article 100’s of times and yet I always chicken out publishing it because, well,...

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Turning a Passion For Baseball Into a Career

For some people discovering their intended career path is akin to climbing a mountain trail beset with pitfalls, avalanches and thinning oxygen levels. It can be a journey full of frustration and...

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Taking the Steps to Succeed in Sports Business

Hitting a walk off home run, draining a 3-pointer at the buzzer or catching a ‘Hail Mary’ pass in front of thousands of adoring fans may not live anywhere but in your dreams. The truth is, only ½ of 1%...

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What the New NBA TV Deal Means for Sports Jobs

While we all struggle to digest the enormity of the new NBA broadcast rights deal, extending the current contract between the league and both ESPN and Turner Sports for the mind-altering price of $2.66...

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Getting Help With Your Sports Sales Career

Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing former NBA executive and current Founding Director of the Sports and Entertainment Management MBA program at the University of South Florida, Dr. Bill...

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The Changing World for Women in Sports (and how to get ahead of the crowd)

The image of men working with a Scotch and cigarette on the corner of their desk while the big game plays on a TV in the background isn’t reserved for the writers of Mad Men. This has been the...

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How to Handle a Job Interview Panel Without Throwing Up on Yourself

There is a certain excitement when a phone call comes beckoning you to appear face-to-face for a job interview. Hope. Validation. Opportunity. Fear. These are all valid emotional responses to the task...

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Approaching Sports Internships from an Employers Perspective

If a college education was a car, internships would be the keys – because you aren’t getting anywhere without them. So much time is spent extolling the virtues of sports internships, but we so often...

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Why Your Sports Business Isn’t Flourishing

This article is a guest contribution from Tim Ziakis, Founder/CEO of Parkview Sports Group “Why isn’t anyone doing their job around here lately?” Ever feel that way? As the CEO or owner of a company,...

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Why Millennials Are Exactly What We Need More Of In The Workplace

Millennials – commonly referred to in dismissive manner as the “selfie generation” – are the future of all our workplaces. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2030 Millennials will make up...

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The Trick(s) to Networking on Social Media

This isn’t your ordinary night spent in front of the TV, clutching a small glass with ice cubes clinking inside. You aren’t in your comfortable clothes with nowhere to be and no one expecting you to...

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Why You Need to Learn How to Work in Space (Not That Space)

Spend some time listening to NFL and NBA draft analysts and you’ll walk away with a bevy of new buzzwords and catchphrases. Waist Bender. Long Length. Tweener. High Motor. Sometimes the terms seem...

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Job Interview Tips for Sports Careers: Three Things You Should Expect

You’ve nailed your resume. Mastered the techniques of job searching. Studied and prepared for the most likely interview questions. And now you wait. You wait for the phone to ring and the voice on the...

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How to Get a Job in Community Relations With a Professional Sports Team

Fans watch professional athletes and instinctively draw a conclusion on what type of person they are. We all assume that because they appear so confident on the court, they must be that way at all...

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Seven Ways to Gain Sports Industry Experience While Still in College

How is it that job descriptions for entry level sports openings still say “experience required”? Simple, just being in college isn’t enough, the expectation, especially in the sports industry, is that...

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The Most Important Skills for Sports Social Media Jobs

We recently conducted some detailed research indicating social media was the fastest growing of all the various sectors of the sports industry. We broke down the skills necessary to get hired, how to...

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How to Leverage the Pressure on Hiring Managers to Your Advantage

It’s hard being a job seeker, but it’s not easy being the person on the other side of the interview in charge of picking the right person either. Hiring managers are a bit paranoid, knowing if they...

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