Thinking about your future
My recent work experience has all revolved around business and marketing. I've worked in a sports performance company, a fitness club and with youth at a community center and now at Champion Schools. I know that in the future I want to stay in business and as much as possible I would like to stay in a field that is related to sports. I can see myself 3 months from now as a full time employee at Champion Schools but right now my goals are much further than that. I don't feel like my full set of skills are best suited for working at a school. The coaching and supervision of children is something that I am completely capable of doing but it's not what I want to do for a living after I get my degree. Sports marketing is what I want to do and what I think I would excel at immediately. I've learned more about budgets, marketing plans and time frames since working at Champion Schools. The construction schedule for our new campus will play a big part in whether or not I have returning as a high option come January. The professional skills I've learned and developed, including my work on the blogs and marketing coordination efforts are becoming valuable to my repertoire. It wasn't until just last week at a flag football game that I pictured myself working full time as a coach/teacher like most of the coaches back at my high school in Hawaii. Again, right now I want to focus on business and I would like to work for a professional team or a sports marketing group in the near future. I can see myself in 10-15 years moving home to coach and teach at my alma mater in football or basketball. I never envisioned an opportunity like this until recently because I'm finally beginning to realize my athletic background and knowledge as a senior playing division I football. It's also only been a couple of years working with kids everyday.
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Hi Brian,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like although your position at Champion may not be your end goal, things are going well and you are gaining some good experience in marketing, but also in teaching and coaching. Sports marketing in general is a really hard field to break into and there seems to be a lot of students here at ASU who have similar career goals. I think that the advantage that you have is that you yourself are an athlete and that you also have coaching and teaching possibilities.
I think you have set yourself up for many different avenues and opportunities to decide from when it comes to your career. As long as you have an idea pertaining to what you want to do in the future will give you a clearer and complete picture about your choices. Someone once said “if you find a job you love you will never work a day in your life.” I think that is true in your case, you passion for sports and helping others is going to be your strongest motivator and asset you attain. As long as you stay hungry and keep on improving on all of your skills day in and day out your future will hold many promises. Do you think the availability of jobs back home in Hawaii will enable you to find an occupation right away? Will coaching/teaching be something that you would want to get involved with right away? Or is it something you want to be able to fall back on after your experiences in the business world? What do you think will be your Best Avenue for success?
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