An internship should be used for more than a “marketing” tool on your Résumé. -TSR Staff

The services and products of TSR are designed to help all Sports Industry candidates secure an INTERVIEW with an employer (Students, Mid-level, Executive candidates). Many job openings require some type of experience. Such experience is gained through either former employment positions or internships.

Working as an intern can be a very rewarding experience. You receive a first-hand look at the various operations of an organization.

COLLEGE STUDENTS:

When seeking an internship with a Sports-Industry employer, use the opportunity as the 1st step in developing your “career” and not just as a Marketing tool, showing some type of temporary connection with an employer.

When interviewing, ask the employer whether the position has the potential for a permanent position (Upon Graduation). Has this internship led to permanent placement in the past?

POST-INTERVIEW:

Learn what types of Benchmarks and Achievements would represent a “successful” employee at the position. Try to establish some types of Benchmarks during the Internship term. Ask for additional responsibilities, and more important, management feedback.

Many employers attempt to use interns for the lower-level responsibilities (Ex. Administrative duties, etc….). You want to do more than greet people and deliver documents. Keep a journal of your daily tasks. Display any format of “growth” leading from day-to-day. At the end of the term, create a graph with the information. The graph (or chart) would display forward-moving progress within a certain time period. You would then transfer this information to your Résumé.

Get everything you can out of your internship opportunity. -George, TSR writer

INTERNSHIP: BigTen Network (Marketing)

“Job descriptions are virtually the same. A Software Tester for Microsoft has the same duties and responsibilities as a Software Tester for Google, APPLE, Oracle, etc………..”

TSR Staff

Attention Sports-Industry Job seekers: 

There are virtually no available employment opportunities that have not been around for a while (Exception: Mobile Application Developer). This means that the position you are applying for and the one you currently have are not new to the labor market. We say this so that as a candidate you recognize the need for more on your Resume/CV to distinguish you from the competition.

For example as a hypothetical, TeamWorkOnline.com has a position listed for a Director of Sales position for the Washington Redskins. There are 4 candidates who intend to apply. Each candidate is also the Director of Sales for their current employer. In viewing their Resume/CV any Hiring Manager would expect to see the following job duties and responsibilities: Managed a team of ” ” Sales Representatives, Responsible for the ” ” territory, Provided training and coaching, etc…… The point we are making is that nothing listed above would distinguish them.

However, the fortunate candidate to get the position will be the one who provides more detail. This individual will include the specific dollar amount of sales his team generated, the % of increase in sales from a prior quarter, top performance/performer accolades, new business generated, amount of his/her responsible budget, etc….

These additional characteristics will distinguish the successful candidate from his competitors. 

Many people look at the Resume/CV as a document used for making a “normal” job description sound the more articulate. This is the wrong attitude to take when conducting a job search. The job description for any position listed on your Resume/CV should be no more than 2 sentences. The description will then be followed by as many bullet points to reflect “specific” Results and Accomplishments. This information is critical and may be the determining factor if you are one who has received no callbacks or inquiries from recruiters where your Resume/CV is located on an online Sports Employment site.