{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fbc2998d0-a49e-4fc7-bb2e-60481d6486fe","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Should I Take a Job Outside of Sports? Work In Sports Podcast\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/bc2998d0-a49e-4fc7-bb2e-60481d6486fe\"></iframe>","title":"Should I Take a Job Outside of Sports? Work In Sports Podcast","description":"Hey everybody, I\u2019m Brian Clapp, VP of Content and Engaged Learning for <a href=\"http://WorkInSports.com\">WorkInSports.com</a> and this is the Work In Sports podcast.Big week this week!\u00a0Coming up on Wednesday is my interview with <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/raleighanneblank/\">Raleigh Anne Gray</a> -- Raleigh is incredibly impressive -- having worked at ESPN, Twitter, The Players Tribune and currently at Wasserman.Get this -\u00a0 at Wasserman, she is the senior director of athlete exchange -- which means, she works directly with the athletes Wasserman represents to help them build their brand and audience.\u00a0Dream job.<a href=\"https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/qa_cover.png\"></a>And as if that wasn\u2019t enough -- she also launched <a href=\"http://mustlovesports.com\">Must Love Sports</a> a sports company dedicated to helping people in the sports industry connect and learn from one another. During the corona quarantine, she said to herself\u2026 how can I help? She identified students aren\u2019t able to complete their internship requirements to graduate, so she created a virtual internship session, utilizing all of her industry contacts to put together a curriculum and program to help students\u2026 for free.\u00a0355 students enrolled.\u00a0Can you tell I\u2019m a big fan of Raliegh\u2026 stay tuned for that on Wednesday.\u00a0Also, later today I\u2019m interviewing Mlissa Silberman, Director of Partnership Activation for the Atlanta Hawks, and leter this week I\u2019m bringing back returning champion Joan Lynch from Working nation to discuss how sportsindustry employment will change in the near future.For those of you who are long time listeners, Joan was on the show last year and was one of our most popular guests. She knows employment, and as one of the main people behind the 30 for 30 series on ESPN, she knows sports.\u00a0I\u2019ve also booked some other really cool guests in the coming weeks so make sure to stay tuned, subscribe, all that good stuff.\u00a0Also, if you are a professor listening, it\u2019s time for you to check out our sports career game plan -- we have an online curriculum that will knock your socks off. Perfect for the online world we are migrating towards. 120 pages of carer changing content, over 3 hours of videos, downloadable worksheets and checklists, quizzes, assignments and more.\u00a0It is a living textbook - growing with your students and preparing them to enter the sports world. If I just piqued your interest\u2026 email me, bclapp@workinsports.com and I\u2019ll show you the goods.And for the rest of you who aren\u2019t professors\u2026 tell your professors about it.\u00a0And for the rest of you that aren\u2019t in school -- well, tell someone.\u00a0Alright let\u2019s get into today\u2019s question -- Oh one quick note, every once in a while Apple podcasts will send me all the most recent reviews of the show. Thankfully, we have 194 ratings and a 4.9 average --\u00a0 so you guys and gals like the content -- thank you.But I found one review quite funny -- Headline: A Not Annoying Podcast\u00a0\u201cBrian has great information, great guests and a great show. He also speaks at a normal speed which is so much better than those slow-talking podcasters speaking in soft tones. I want good info given to me in a normal conversational tone and speed.\u201d\u00a0Cheers to fast talking!Alright today\u2019s question comes from Nick S who it looks like just finished getting his MBA at Jacksonville State University -- Congrats Nick:Nick writes in --Hey Brian!Just finished the newest Gap Year episode. I took my gap year before grad school, and just graduated in May with my MBA. Perfect timing right? I obviously want to work in sports, but I feel the need to get a job as soon as possible. Do you think that it would be viable to accept a position in a business, and be able to switch to the sports industry down the road? I have no idea what to do if I were to receive, say, a marketing offer from a business company rather than a sports team.\u00a0Great question Nick -- let\u2019s get into it.\u00a0I obviously have feelings on this and I will share t...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/0bd0a57e-dc64-4aa5-84e0-414d54365176/wispod-cover.png"}