The Work in Sports Podcast - Insider Advice for Sports Careers

As our name suggests, we offer sports career advice to help people find jobs in the sports industry. However, the sports industry is broad and has opportunities for a variety of specialized roles within it, so finding your niche is important. That’s the spot Layne from Cleveland finds himself in with his question for the WorkInSports Podcast: “Hi Brian, you came and spoke in my college classroom a...

Becoming a sports reporter combines two of the most competitive career paths: the sports business and broadcast journalism. It mashes them together for an incredibly narrow job that takes dogged determination, skill, and luck to break into. The field requires a compelling on-camera presence, behind-the-scenes technical skills, an ability to form a connection with various public-facing figures, and...

Networking is a critical component to success in your sports career, and one of the best ways to make connections in the early stages of your search is through sports internships. Of course, that's internships plural as jobs in the sports industry are competitive and having multiple sports internships to put on your resume is a great way to stand out when you are applying for jobs. Kyle Davidson w...

Sports broadcasts are available in abundance. Whether using traditional cable or online streaming services, fans can access hundreds of broadcasts across several leagues worldwide. If you've ever considered a career working behind the scenes of live sports production or wondered how to get into sports broadcasting, this episode of the WorkInSports Podcast is for you. Felisa Israel has brought live...

You should tailor your resume to each job you apply for, but how do you use job descriptions to get the information you need? The WorkInSports Podcast explains. Every job posting is unique, so every application you submit should be as well. Of course, looking through the job description is the best way to determine what information is the most important to highlight on your resume, but how do you...

Nearly 20 years since Moneyball hit bookshelves, almost every team in professional sports has a sports analytics department. For example, the Tampa Bay Rays used principles from Moneyball to hold great success, making three-straight playoff appearances from 2019-21 (including a 2020 World Series berth), despite payrolls in MLB’s bottom five. Today's guest on the WorkInSports Podcast is Troy Brazel...

Fundraisers are a reality of life for parents of active kids. Whether it is a sports team selling magazines, scouts selling cookies (Tagalongs FTW), or schools selling candy bars, the chances are good that you have encountered (and contributed to) a fundraiser or two. As a father of three, VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp is familiar with these fundraisers, along with the reality tha...

Looking for a job is difficult, even in today’s candidate-driven market created by the Great Resignation has created. Neil from Chicago shares his frustration with the WorkInSports Podcast: "Brian, super straight-forward question this week – my job search has been really, really frustrating. I keep hearing about the opportunities that have come up due to the Great Resignation, but I'm not feeling...

"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable … Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As we celebrate Black History Month and the struggles that Black citizens experienced to get a seat at the table in American society, it is important to remember...

We’re a month into the 2022 calendar year, and we are seeing a trend with our listener questions on the WorkInSports Podcast. For the third time in the past four weeks, we’re dispensing job interview tips. That’s a good sign of where our audience is at in their job search -- they have applied the show’s sports career advice and are consistently getting deep into the process. This question comes fr...

Every industry has to make money. It sounds obvious, but because of the prestige of working in sports, it is easy to forget that real time, effort, and strategy are essential to generating revenue. While selling tickets, signing television deals, and obtaining sponsors remain a key component of bringing in money, especially at the professional and collegiate levels, the methods of creating revenue...

Before we get to our topic, we have a quick plug of our newest social channel: TikTok! We are utilizing TikTok as a space to offer short-form sports career advice, so please give us a follow as we help you get where you want to be in the sports industry. We spend a lot of time dispensing job interview tips on the WorkInSports Podcast because interviews are a fact of life when searching for a new j...

One of the main purposes of the WorkInSports Podcast is to illustrate the many different career paths you can take within the sports industry. VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp has interviewed experts throughout the field in areas such as sports ownership, sports business strategy, and sports marketing. Our guest for this episode is the Golden State Warriors’ Drew Friedman, who serves...

Over the past year, millions of workers voluntarily left their positions in search of greener pastures amidst the “Great Resignation.” The top reason employees cited for leaving (or considering leaving) in iHire’s 2021 Talent Retention Report was unsatisfactory pay. With compensation playing such an important role in this worker movement, learning how to negotiate a salary offer is critical. The W...

The WorkInSports Podcast highlights the multitude of roles that organizations of all sizes need to fill , such as marketing, sports science, and sponsorships. Another area that we have regularly explored is content creation, and that is the area we dive into today. Sports has been called the great equalizer for its ability to build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fierc...

Every week, the WorkInSports Podcast brings on a guest in the sports industry to share their story, experience, and sports career advice. WorkInSports Podcast host and VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp prides himself on representing many potential career paths in the field. Clapp has interviewed experts in 22 distinct industries under the sports umbrella on the podcast alone, includin...

Job interviews are nerve-wracking and stressful, and we cover them extensively on the WorkInSports Podcast. VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp has plenty of job interview advice ranging from overcoming nerves to asking great questions at the end, but this question from Eliza in Chicago brings up another angle of the interview process: “Hey Brian, I’m interviewing for an entry-level job...

With a new year upon us, people are early in their quests to make good on their resolutions. The gyms are more crowded, books collecting dust are being flipped through, ingredients we never buy are being purchased to make meals we never heard of, and we are working hard to build new habits. That last part is where the WorkInSports Podcast comes in, but as VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian C...

Happy 2022 everyone! We closed 2021 by revisiting some of the best sports career advice of the year, but a new year means new episodes of the WorkInSports Podcast. VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp dives right into this question from Tasha in California: "First, I want to say how much I look up to you and truly love your podcast. You have brought so much value into my, and I am sure m...

The WorkInSports Podcast had 41 industry experts join VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp on the show in 2021. As the year ends, we’re sharing some of our best sports career advice of the year while also looking back at our top guest appearances, such as former Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment CEO Scott O’Neil, Baltimore Ravens’ Senior VP of Ravens Media Michelle Andres, and Snap...

Enjoy this flashback to our chat with SnapBack Sports’ Jack Settleman, and be sure to subscribe to the WorkInSports Podcast wherever you listen! As we are less than a week away from closing the book on 2021, the WorkInSports Podcast is looking back to some of the best sports career advice of the year to propel you into 2022. In addition to sports industry tips from VP of Content and Engaged Learni...

We are down to single-digit days left in 2021, and to close out this year, the WorkInSports Podcast is looking back at its top expert guests of the show over the past 12 months. We started this look back with former Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment Scott O’Neil, who touched on the value of being your authentic self in everything you do. Today’s flashback features the Baltimore Ravens’ Miche...

WorkInSports Podcast host and VP of Content and Engaged Learning Brian Clapp is ending the year on an introspective note, and this question from Tasha Getten fits that theme: “What are three things you do in your free time that you believe have helped advance you in your career?” For Brian, the three things he did during downtime early in his career that taught him how to work in sports were: Read...

2021 is ending, and it’s been a fun year for the WorkInSports Podcast. So as we gear up for more sports career advice to spring into action for 2022, we’re revisiting some of the most impactful of our 41 guests from the past 12 months for inspiration wherever you are on your career path. Our first look back is with Scott O’Neil, who was the CEO of Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment (which own...

Breaking into the sports industry is difficult. There is a supply and demand issue of several candidates competing for a few positions. One of the traditional ways to stand out in any job market has been obtaining a college degree, but is that enough? Jack from Ann Arbor, Michigan, asks the WorkInSports Podcast: "Hi Brian, I'm in my sophomore year of college, and I like to think and plan ahead. Ma...