Plan Your Career: Articles, Tips, Advice
College Sports Information Directors of America
Plan Your Career: Articles, Tips, Advice
CoSIDA Job Seekers Primer – PDF – PDF
What’s Included: Prepared by members of the CoSIDA Job Seekers Committee, you'll find information and advice on resume and interview preparation, interview techniques, networking, analysis of the skils needed for athletic communications professionals today, preparing your career path, and much more.
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Resume Building
- Do I Sound Pushy: A Cover Letter Philosophy
- Why Your Resume Isn't Getting You Interviews (fortune.com)
- How to Ask for a Recommendation (chronicle.com)
- Best and Worst Fonts to Use on Your Resume (bloomberg.com)
- Resumes: Tips You Need To Know To Maximize Yours (commpro.biz)
- Crafting a Perfect Modern Resume (lifehack.org)
- Resume & Cover Letter Tips (prsa.org)
- 5 Tips for Media and Communications Resumes (blueskyresumes.com)
Career Advancement/Job Hunting/Interviewing
- 3 Reasons You're Not Getting Promoted (And How To Fix Them) (forbes.com)
- Things To Do After A Job Interview (usatoday.com)
- Use Your Job Interview To FInd Out About Workplace Culture (usatoday.com)
- How to Style your Skype Interview (chroniclevitae.com)
- Seven Insights for Working in Intercollegiate Athletics (athleticbusiness.com)
- Tips on Working in Intercollegiate Athletics (kristidosh.com)
- Infographic: Top Communications/PR Job Hunting Mistakes to Avoid (prnewsonline.com)
- How to Get a Job in College Athletics (sportsmanagementdegreehub.com)
- Five Traits Every New PR/Communications Professional Needs (spinsucks.com)
Helping Student-Athletes Prepare for Jobs
- Sports Jobs Q&A: Transitioing from Student-Athlete to Employee (workinsports.com)
- NCAA Student-Athlete Career Development (NCAA.org)
- NCAA After the Game (NCAA)
- Gallup Study Measures Long-Term Life Outcomes of Former Student-Athletes (NCAA.org)
Networking and Building Your Personal Brand
- How Job Seekers Are Curating Their Social Media Presence (socialmediatoday.com) – 8/21/2019
- How to Distinguish Your Personal From Your Professional Brand Online (entrepreneur.com)
- How to Network: 5 Methods By Top Experts (bakadesuyo.com)
- Five LinkedIn Strategies You Haven't Thought of Before (forbes.com)
- Personal Branding: 5 Components to Help You Land a Job (prdaily.com)
The Interview Process
- The 4 Essential Interview Questions for the PR Professional (smartrecruiters.com)
- Master These 14 Typical Interview Questions (hermoney.com)
- Making it Past the First Round (chronicle.com)
- How Not to Blow an Interview (chronicle.com)
- 5 Questions to ask PR/communications Job Candidates (prnewsonline.com)
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