The Worst Interview Technique Ever – And Why It Could Happen To You
Editor’s Note: While helping a job seeker with some advice I was dumbfounded to discover a interview technique they had just endured that I personally find disheartening and if it starts a trend,...
View ArticleJob Opening at WFAN Sports Radio (Hopefully Soon)
The loudest voices in the loudest city are making waves as only sports radio hosts can do, manufacturing unnecessary controversy when in reality, there is nothing to see here. WFAN sports radio host...
View ArticleFirst Annual Bay Area Sports Career Fair
Spring is in the air and in the world of job seeking that means career fair season is upon us. And we have a new one on the schedule, the first annual Bay Area Sports and Entertainment Career Fair,...
View ArticleAdvance Your Sports Career with an Online Education
There is an elitist stigma associated with an online education- the feeling of many is that they aren’t as challenging or thorough as a traditional face-to-face experience. Fact or Fiction? As Sara...
View ArticleThe Intersection of Sports and the Military
Memorial day is much more than an excuse to get off work and BBQ – although that is a wonderful side benefit – it’s a collective moment of silence to appreciate those who have served and died for our...
View ArticlePushing Past Limitations – The Bonner Paddock Story
Kilimanjaro. 40,000 people per year seek to climb the world’s highest free standing mountain, nestled in the northeastern corner of Tanzania, just a glance away from Kenya. At 19,340 feet above sea...
View ArticleIf You Can Beat Me – You Win! (But I Don’t Think You Can)
In the United States we believe the Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event there is, and with good reason. Over 125 million people worldwide sat in awe of the destruction of Peyton Manning and the...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Sports Social Media Job Could Be Yours
Sports and social media were made for one another. During Super Bowl XLVIII 24.9 million tweets were sent about the game with a high of 381,605 during Percy Harvin’s kickoff return for a touchdown in...
View ArticleWhy ESPN Still Stands Alone in Sports Broadcasting
I am as critical as anyone for the journalistic sidestepping that ESPN has become more and more guilty of over the years – chasing the marketing, rather than the stories (Hello Tebow!). But they have...
View ArticleWhat the New NBA TV Deal Means for Sports Jobs
While we all struggle to digest the enormity of the new NBA broadcast rights deal, extending the current contract between the league and both ESPN and Turner Sports for the mind-altering price of $2.66...
View ArticleWhat Happens When News People Try To Cover Sports Stories
This is what happens when news people don’t ask for help when covering a sports story on local TV: Peyton Manning becomes Gary Payton. True, this awkward mishap happened in Seattle where Gary Payton is...
View ArticleGetting Help With Your Sports Sales Career
Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing former NBA executive and current Founding Director of the Sports and Entertainment Management MBA program at the University of South Florida, Dr. Bill...
View ArticleWhen Athletes Use Their Voice
I started my journalism career working in sports, not only because of a love of the action, but because the idea of covering real tragedies and politics seemed like a heavy burden I didn’t want to...
View ArticleEnter “The Conversation” on Work in Sports
Since we launched our blog back in June of 2013, thousands of you have commented on our articles and engaged in thought provoking dialogue about the sports industry with me, your humble scribe. Which...
View ArticlePreparing for Death: The Most Difficult Task in Television
Within moments of Hannah Storm announcing to the SportsCenter watching audience that longtime ESPN host Stuart Scott had passed away at age 49 after a prolonged battle with cancer, a 14 minute and 52...
View ArticleThe Trick(s) to Networking on Social Media
This isn’t your ordinary night spent in front of the TV, clutching a small glass with ice cubes clinking inside. You aren’t in your comfortable clothes with nowhere to be and no one expecting you to...
View ArticleSocial Media is No Longer a Safe Haven For Idiots
The headline may be a tad misleading since social media will always be infested with a loud minority of morons carrying their keyboard beer muscles, willing to express hate at 56 WPM. But not on Curt...
View ArticleHow to Develop the Skills Sports Industry Employers Want
Due to the entertainment value of sports many outsiders consider those that work in the industry to be nothing more than super fans, surrounding a widescreen TV for 8 hours a day while updating their...
View ArticleBeing Snubbed: The Media Creation That is Ruining Perspective
The day after any subjective decision-making process, especially in sports, there is the inevitable onslaught of media coverage regarding “who got snubbed.” Headlines after determining the NCAA...
View ArticleA Can’t-Miss Opportunity for Women Who Want to Work in Sports Broadcasting
Women who aspire to greatness in sports broadcasting start out with a negative before they have a chance to show their positives. There are 30 frames per second on television and in just 1 frame –...
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