{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F03a4f4dd-2836-4b22-94fe-504aa378667c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"How to Get a Job When Unemployment Rates Are High \u2013 Work In Sports Podcast","description":"Hey everybody, I\u2019m Brian Clapp VP of Content and Engaged Learning at Workinsports.com and this is another special edition of the Work In Sports podcast\u2026For the last month and a half, we\u2019ve gone to 3 episodes a week so that we could keep supplying you with the most up-to-date industry-relevant information and guidance. We\u2019ve added a ton of new listeners so thanks to all of you for either tuning in for the first time, or continually listening.If you are a new listener, I want you to know that all of our content is evergreen. Meaning, it is still just as relevant as the day we posted it. So if you go back through our archives, and see that I interviewed super agents like Nicole Lynn, Leigh Steinberg or Jack Mills\u2026\u00a0 or James Kimball from the UFC, or Kara Walker from the Boston Celtics...or any of our other incredible guests\u2026 know this...we don\u2019t talk about last night\u2019s game or specific plays or events tied to that moment in time.\u00a0We talk about their career, how they got where they are and what guidance they have for you, in our audience.\u00a0So go back, listen to any of our episodes, and you\u2019ll get incredible sports career advice.Alright, last note before I get into today\u2019s episode\u2026\u00a0On Wednesday I interviewed Leah Clayton, who is the Director of Marketing for the athletic department at Lenoir Rhyne. Many, many, many of you have asked me to interview people in smaller athletic departments, or to get people earlier in their career -- well, Leah is both, she\u2019s just a few ears into her sports career, and she\u2019s really making a mark at Lenoir-Rhyne.She is also wildly charismatic, and I had a really really good time interviewing her. Smart and funny\u2026.plus she called me out for mispronouncing her alma mater, which I loved. I absolutely love it when someone is confident enough to call me out.OK, so what do we want to talk about today?This question from Ben in Washington stood out to me\u2026\u201cHey Brian, love the podcast, I\u2019m a pretty new listener but I\u2019ve gone back and listened to 5 of your previous episodes and really enjoyed the content.\u00a0 My favorite so far was Celia Bouza from ESPN Next - you and her had a really strong rapport, and I loved that chemistry.I\u2019m a college senior, so my world has been turned a bit upside down. For the last decade we\u2019ve had pretty low unemployment numbers, people were getting jobs. Now, unemployment is going to go through the roof. You\u2019ve lived through this more than most of us\u2026 what is it really like when unemployment is high?\u201dBen -- welcome to the community, and thanks for listening. Celia is one of my favorites too -- glad you enjoyed that one and YES, I am old enough to remember when unemployment was high.\u00a0I\u2019m old enough to remember how scary it was with the financial crash of 2007-2008. And I\u2019m old enough to remember 9/11 and the fears that came after that. I was working at CNN during 9/11 and that was a scary, scary time.\u00a0But rather than focus on what it was like to live through those moments, let\u2019s focus on the job market during high unemployment.\u00a01: Employers get really, really frustrated.\u00a0They have roles to fill, but because unemployment is high, they get more and more unqualified people applying for their jobs,","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f5fad606-62c8-4137-851c-078668737ee7/wispod-cover.png"}