Cool Jobs: NCAA Tournament Edition
The NCAA basketball tournament begins this week and as athletes across the country are sharpening their game skills, it’s a great time to do the same with your job hunting tactics. March is a key time for hiring, according to the Huffington Post . Become a part of the madness and excitement in sports careers by working directly with athletes and playing a key part in their championship endeavors.
This week, we are sharing 10 of the coolest jobs from cool companies hiring in sports careers.
1.) Sports Travel Agent – Worldtek Travel & Event Management (Park City, Utah): Provide unsurpassed service in planning travel for athletes at Worldtek Travel & Event Management as Sports Travel Agent.
2.) Sports Trainer – Absolut of Dunkirk (Dunkirk, N.Y.): Evaluate & provide therapy to patients as Sports Trainer at Absolut of Dunkirk.
3.) Entry-Level Sports-Minded Marketing – Revolution Rapport (Florence, S.C.): Join Revolution Rapport’s Sports Marketing team in Florence, SC.
4.) Sports Coordinator – City of Oxford (Oxford, Ohio): Plan & organize events as Sports Coordinator at City of Oxford.
5.) Athletic Trainer – Boston University (Boston): Work with student athletes as Athletic Trainer at Boston University.
6.) Head Boys’ Basketball Coach – Crawford Central School District (Erie, Penn.): Become a basketball coach for Crawford Central School District in Erie, Penn.
7.) Basketball Coach – Oak Park Unified (Oak Park, Calif.): Coach the girls’ Junior Varsity team at the Oak Park Unified school district.
8.) Industrial Athletic Trainer – The Industrial Athlete, Inc (Vernon Hills, Ill.): Provide services to athletes as Athletic Trainer at The Industrial Athlete, Inc.
9.) Grounds Athletic Field Specialist – North Orange County Community College District (Anaheim, Calif.): Maintain athletic areas North Orange County Community College District as Grounds Athletic Field Specialist.
10.) Certified Athletic Trainer – Take Care Health Systems (Georgetown, Ky.): Develop & implement Occupational Injury Prevention Programs at Take Care Health Systems as Certified Athletic Trainer.
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5 for Friday: Professional Networking Edition
Professional networking, both online and in person, is a great way to make contacts that can mentor you, aid in your job search or become clients for your business. It does take skill, however, to do it properly. This week’s five for Friday offers a few ideas and suggestions.
- Top 7 Career Benefits of a Strong Network . Undercover Recruiter: “Let your network be your secret weapon when it comes to your career. It’s never too late to begin building a vast network of beneficial relationships.”
- Network the Hell Out of People: 6 Expert Tips . Inc.com: “There are a lot of people out there who can help you, but they won’t just ring the doorbell. You need to find those relationships, and then cultivate and nourish them, to keep them alive and healthy.”
- A How To Guide: Networking to Expand Your Sphere of Influence . The Savvy Intern: “’Always be the worst musician in the band.’ This quote is attributed to musician Pat Metheny, but the metaphor crosses all industries and career choices. Simply put: if you find you are the smartest, most dynamic, most entrepreneurial, or the best blogger in your current circle of colleagues – expand your circle, now. By meeting new contacts with fresh ideas and thought processes, your sphere of influence – both in terms of quantity and quality – will grow rapidly.”
- Networking to Find a Job . The New Agenda: “Soon your network will go viral. People will begin to let you know when they hear about jobs. It’s amazing. When you get your job, remember to let everyone in chain know. They will appreciate knowing they were part of your success!”
- “You’re Creeping Me Out!” The Dark Side of Social Networking . {grow}, A Blog from Schaefer Marketing Solutions: “Nothing says “I’m using you” like friending me, then immediately asking how you should go about getting my close friend, Mr. New Media Celeb, to endorse your forthcoming project.”
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Why reduced volume, increased quality and the end of the ‘Recruitment Lottery’ is in sight (for everyone)
For Matt Berry, Director or Resourcing at Centrica, the daily challenge of his team is that around half of all candidates are already customers of British Gas. The other half are potential customers. “There can’t be too many people in that scenario, and it certainly focuses the mind in terms of the way that you communicate with actual and potential applicants.”
It is unlikely, considering such a scenario, that applicants to Centrica fall within the one third of candidates captured within research for the inaugural UK Candidate Experience Awards (www.thecandes.org) who report that they have experienced receiving no response whatsoever – not even an acknowledgement – to an application. The ramifications of shoddy candidate experience for consumer brands such as British Gas, House of Fraser, 02 Telefonica or Barclays are obvious. The wake-up call that continuing economic challenges have only served to delay is that these same ramifications apply to all organisations – and the £25 billion recruitment industry that seeks to serve UK plc.
Time invested by candidates in presenting their credentials for your consideration has become a new ‘currency’ – and, increasingly, they will expect a return on their investment. News of anything ranging from no response at all to an automated email from ‘The Recruitment Team’ – often shockingly stating that no further communication within a given time period means that you’re unsuccessful – is already being shared on the wires. What is also becoming apparent, and is being shared, is that ‘success’ – aka progressing to the next sifting stage – is being determined by machine rather than man/woman. It should be no surprise, therefore, that the very best candidates don’t want to play this game anymore.
The good and exciting news is that we have probably reached the apex of the worst impact that digital technology has brought to bear on the world of resourcing – unprecedented and, often, uncontrollable volume. It was in absolutely no-one’s interest that a planet’s worth of vacancies/needs were made visible to all without, at the same time, installing the mechanisms to determine that only the most qualified and available apply. We are currently living with our failure to do this, coupled with the voluminous noise of those offering their niche expertise to help to solve a problem that many were instrumental in creating. Where were all of those experts previously hiding..?
Hot on the heels of the depersonalisation that the initial misuse of technology created, however, is technological intervention to create the polar opposite. The automated pinpointing of a singular individual’s capabilities through the examination of social ether – the footprint that you continue to lay down on the social and digital wires – is a heartbeat away from becoming mainstream. Sounds familiar? Sounds like a return to proper recruitment – knowing candidates intimately and matching one of them to needs that you know just as intimately.
And the key capability that hirers are looking for in this lean and competitive era? They are looking for proof that a candidate is able to deliver their required outcome – guaranteeing a return on theirinvestment.
Armed with information about who matches the criteria that a hirer is looking for to perform a task (increasingly, rather than a role), hirers – and intermediaries who understand the true value of prequalifying candidates – will have the ability to return to making a personal approach to known individuals. This will be a healthy and welcome move away from the wasted time and money spent by hirers, recruiters and candidates playing the automated, blind recruitment lottery over the last decade. What was once a niche human capability of a few will have become an automated capability for the masses, however, so those who seek to deliver a paid-for service in the world of resourcing will have to give serious consideration to what true ‘added value’ means
Belinda Johnson, Founder and Owner of Work lab, is the author of ‘Recruitment 2022 – the Effect of Technology and Social Media on the Future Recruitment’ – published by the Recruitment and Employment confederation (REC). The publication is available (free to REC members) via rec.uk.com
Cool Jobs: Austin Jobs Edition
They say everything is bigger in Texas, and job growth is no exception. In particular, HackCollege ranked Austin — host of the massive SXSW festival this week — as one of the best cities for good jobs. If you’re loving the vibe at the conference and find yourself scanning the #whyaustin hashtag on Twitter looking for an excuse to move there … well, your opportunity to find better may just be right around the corner!
This week, we are featuring 10 of the coolest Austin jobs from cool companies.
1.) eCommerce Technical Support Ninja – Bigcommerce (Austin): Are you web savvy and ready to work work with a talented team? Join BigCommerce as eCommerce Technical Support Ninja.
2.) Brand Manager – Driggs Search International (Austin): Are you resourceful, direct, and energizing at Driggs Search International as Brand Manager.
3.) Chemistry Technician – Hospira (Austin): Aspire to save others’ lives, while shaping your own at Hospira as Chemistry Technician.
4.) Video Systems Software Engineer – LifeSize Communications (Austin): Deliver the ultimate communication experience at LifeSize Communications as Video Systems Software Engineer.
5.) Petroleum Supply Specialist – Army National Guard (Austin): Take your life to the next level? Join at National Guard as a Petroleum Supply Specialist.
6.) Production Color Field Service Engineer – Ricoh (Austin): Imagine change at Ricoh as Production Color Field Service Engineer.
7.) Sr. Staff QA Engineer – VISA (Austin): Seize an opportunity for growth and personal challenge at Visa as Sr. Staff QA Engineer.
8.) Assistant Scientist – Asuragen (Austin): Better work, better life as Assistant Scientist at Asuragen.
9.) Online Writer and Blogger – HubPages (Austin): Are you a passionate write at HubPages searching for Online Writer and Blogger.
10.) Marketing Copywriter – Greenleaf Book Group (Austin): Refresh your career as Marketing Copywriter at Greenleaf Book Group.
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