How to Include Your Athletic Career in Your Professional Resume
A well-written resume can mean the difference between not getting a second glance by a potential employer and scoring the job. Resumes are meant to show how valuable you are to an employer, so that they are enticed to contact you for an interview. If you are a former student-athlete seeking a professional career, there are a few things you can do to highlight your intercollegiate athletic career on your resume to make it stand out amongst other job candidates.
First, create a section on your resume entitled INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS and include your athletic participation in this section. Include the sport you played, your school’s name, the time you devoted to training, any athletic awards that you received, accomplishments both personally and as a team (if applicable), any scholarships you received, and any leadership positions you fulfilled (such as team captain). As part of this section, you may want to mention your accompanying success in your academic career by saying something like “Devoted 20 hours per week to athletics while carrying a full course load”.
Next, use action words to describe the transferrable skills you learned in your sport that can prove beneficial in any professional career (leadership skills, teamwork, time management, communication skills, commitment, etc.). For example, you can describe how you worked together with your teammates to bring the championship title to your school for the first time in 10 years. Or, perhaps you can describe how your actions increased team morale.
At Athlete Connections, we are dedicated to helping student-athletes find jobs and transition into a career outside of sports. We offer many resources available to student-athletes searching for employment such as interview tips, mentoring, an online database of available jobs, and even networking events to bring employers and student-athletes together. To start your job search, upload your resume to Athlete Connections for free and gain access to jobs posted by employers looking to hire former student-athletes.
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