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Upcoming Events & Opportunities - Spring 2022
Upcoming Events & Opportunities - Spring 2022
Alumni in Sports
Alumni in Sports
There is no shortage of BC Alumni in Sports. Check out the Alumni Contacts page for a few ideas of who to reach out to. BC login required.
On-Campus Student Organizations & Opportunities:
Student Org's
The great thing about sports is that any kind of involvement can demonstrate interest in the field; playing intramurals or Club team athletics, running sports-related activities in a youth summer camp or during the academic year through student organizations, being a student manager for a BC Division I team to being a member of Sports Business Society.
For a list of Student Organizations - some may be on pause with Covid if organization directly interacts with youth - Click HERE to see OSI's list of registered groups:
Student Jobs with BC Athletics
Finding employment in any one of the departments in BC Athletics can be another great avenue (student manager roles with teams, analytics, football recruiting student staff, tutors for student athletes through SAAS, Athletics Marketing and Media opportunities, and hands-on pre-game and game-day). Keep an eye on the Student Employment page.
Explore & Learn - Career Options
Explore & Learn - Career Options
What are possible Career Options in Sports? Learn about options here
https://work.chron.com/list-careers-sports-8588.html
Did you know there are more than 6 million professionals working in sports? Take a look at all the possibilities; finance, marketing, analytics, journalism, athlete representation to direct work with the teams.
https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/career-resource-center/careers-in-sports/#type
Resources for Finding Opportunities
Resources for Finding Opportunities
Below is a list of sites helpful for finding jobs and internships:
jobsinsports (some content is paid)
Opportunities - Categories of Career Tracks
Opportunities - Categories of Career Tracks
Start off by taking a look at this site which lists a wealth of ways you can find a fitting track in sports.
Talking with other BC students can give you ideas and help breaking into a competitive field. Look at the CSOM Seniors spreadsheet of volunteers and the Career Center's Summer Student Experience Database. (*to access both, make sure you are logged into your BC email)
Non-Profits & Community Relations
Non-Profits & Community Relations
There are multiple opportunities in this area from working in community relations on the team side to working for a sports-related foundation to being a staff member of the non-profit itself. It's a perfect match for those with a passion for sports and bringing that to a community in need. With the competitive nature of sports and the availability of only so many roles, interning for a non-profit is a great way to go!
If you are a first year or sophomore, the Pulse Program has several sites that combine athletics and youth for mentorship and growth.
For lists, check out Rookie Road and Idealist.org is a national search engine for non-profit opportunities and TeamWorkOnline allows you to search for foundations.
Non-Profits in the Boston area with opportunities include the Red Sox Foundation, Team Impact, Good Sports, Special Olympics, Adaptive Sports New England and PlayBall Foundation and Women Sports Foundation out of NYC.
Sports & Venue Management
Sports & Venue Management
In the Boston area one of the major management groups is Fenway Sports Management operating out of Fenway Park and their entry-level rotational Associates Program.
Venues can be another source of opportunities such as TD Garden and Madison Square Garden.
Media & Marketing
Media & Marketing
Read this Heights article interviewing Norby Williamson, Senior VP of Production at ESPN from just a few years ago talking about ways he broke into the field. For ESPN roles, click here.
Into Sports Talk and Radio? Get involved with WZBC Sports Radio! Take a look at other broadcasting groups local to your geographic preferences, such as NESN, which covers the Red Sox and Bruins. To be fair to Yankees fans, make sure to follow opportunities at YES Network.
Sales roles (FT and internship) can be a great way to break in from the Celtics Tickets Sales internships to the Red Sox Sales Academy. A similar role can be working directly with fans through engagement/fan interaction internships such as this one with indoor football league, the Pirates in Worcester, MA.
Analytics & Gaming
Analytics & Gaming
ANALYTICS
How are analytics important in the industry? This site from TechGuide as well as this blog post from Northeastern gives a round-up of how data and analytics are used in all capacities of sports. This video produced by Syracuse's Sports Analytics program gives an excellent view of how analytics has changed the sports world and will give you ideas of areas in which to look.
A quick search on Indeed.com yields a wide variety of roles from media to teams to product/devices which collect player data.
Sponsored by MLB and Rawlings, the SABR Annual Analytics Conference is open to students and typically hosted in March.
GAMING
One obvious player is Draft Kings in this space. Before going into an interview with DK, make sure to do extensive research on their unique cases on probability using statistical principles. Glassdoor is a good bet as well as students who have interned with DK.
Keeping tabs on upcoming start-ups in this space can be done through Builtin.com and VentureFizz.
Apparel & Product
Apparel & Product
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