Still Looking for a Job in the Sports Industry?
Are you still looking for a job within the sports world? Whether you’re trying to break into the industry, or move up, the sports field is competitive and you need to be at your best. If you’re struggling to get a job, you need to analyze where you’re getting stuck in the process, and adjust what you’re doing.
There are five stages to the job search process. These include:
- Assessment Stage
- Preparation Stage
- Connection Stage
- Interviewing Stage
- Follow-up Stage
Which stage or stages are you struggling with? You need to identify where you’re struggling and then educate yourself as to the best practices in career development. The problem for many people is that they believe they already know all of the best strategies and techniques. But the savvy person will analyze where they are struggling and then learn all they can about overcoming their deficiencies.
For example, if you don’t know the exact type of job you want, then you’ll need to begin at the assessment stage. You will also begin at the assessment stage if you can’t succinctly communicate your strengths, weaknesses, skills, or abilities. However, if you know what type of job you want and you’re qualified for this type of position, and you also know your strengths, skills and abilities, but you still can’t get an interview, then you need to place your focus in both the preparation stage and connection stage. These stages will help you to prepare your marketing materials and how to conduct an effective job search campaign. Finally, if you are getting interviews but can’t land the job, you will then need to place the bulk of your focus on the interviewing stage and the follow-up stage. These stages will help you to become a great interviewer.
The key to getting your next job in the sports industry is for you to get to know the basic fundamental skills of each stage of the job search process and be able to effectively perform these skills. In all you do, you will want to EXECUTE FOR SUCCESS!
Howard Gauthier is an Associate Professor of Athletic Administration at Idaho State University. He is a former collegiate athletic director and collegiate basketball coach. He is also an author of 9 books. Check out his book, Getting Hired In College Sports – 2ndEdition at www.sportscareersinstitute.com or his new book Execute for Success at www.ThePositiveLeader.org.
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