Hello friends! 👋

Welcome to this ✨  members edition ✨  of the SportsGrad Newsletter. Each week we take a deep dive into ‘how to get a job in sport’.

Before we start, anyone catch Reuben on ‘Dyl & Friends’ this week? Dylan Buckley runs one of the most popular sports podcasts in Australia, and got Reubs on to chat all about ‘How to make the most of your early career’.

Check it out!

Listen on Spotify

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If your New Years goals sound a little bit like this…

“Meet more people in the sports industry”

“Connect with others who will help me land a role in sport”

“Learn new skills to help me develop professionally”

“Be an all-round legend who knows heaps of awesome things, has a killer resume, tons of LinkedIn connection requests plus an epic industry network”

…then keep on reading.

The 2024 Community Events schedule is already looking busy, and we don’t want you to miss out!

Open your calendar, and jot these dates down - links to register for the Member-Only events are down below.

Speed Networking

Did you know that building your network doesn’t always require leaving your house?

Remove the stress of sending cold DMs, dressing up, shouting coffee, and you have SportsGrad Speed Networking nights.

Every fortnight, come along and meet 10+ people in the Community, with discussion prompts, group networking, and one-on-one chats.

Plus, it makes for epic LinkedIn content too 😏

Upcoming Dates:

• December 11th at 7pm AEDT

• January 15th at 7pm AEDT

• January 29th at 7pm AEDT

SportsGrad Meetups

Meetups are a great way to connect with the industry, in a relaxed and fun environment. Last month we had a bit over 300 people attend in Australia!

Who are SportsGrad Meetups for?

1. SportsGrad & SportsGrad Pro Members​​​

2. Professionals working in sport

3. ​​​People looking to work in sport in the future

There’s food, drinks, guest-speakers, and good times to be had.

Click here to check out more about the upcoming meetups

And click here to have a look into what went down at the last meetups!!

Next round of meetups are coming in Feb - Melbourne (Feb 9th), Perth (Feb 13th), Adelaide (Feb 13th), Brisbane (Feb 14th), and Sydney (Feb 15th).

(Jump on it quick, these are hotter than T Swift tix)

Job Fairs + Career Q&As

Almost 80% of the job market is hidden, and these webinars are designed to make it visible to you.

Want to know about available roles you weren’t aware of?

Wish you knew exactly what the hiring manager was looking for in candidates?

Want to ask questions to the people working your dream job?

These webinars are for you.

Over an hour, we deep-dive into a specific topic or sector, with an industry professional or hiring manager who tells all.

Previously, we’ve had webinars and masterclasses on data analytics, e-sports, broadcasting, social media, resume building, goal-setting, job hunting… coming from experts at FIFA Women’s World Cup, the AFL, ICC T20 World Cup, Cricket Australia, Champion Data, KOJO, TLA, Geelong Cats FC and more.

Upcoming, we have the legend Simon Osborne returning on January 18th at 12pm for a masterclass on navigating Imposter Syndrome.

If you take 2 minutes to check out Simon’s LinkedIn profile and the epic work he does, (and tbh probs get massive FOMO if you don’t come along…)

PLUS, Kyle Whittingham is joining us on February 5th at 3pm to chat about working in Marketing for Team USA at SailGP. Set your reminders!

Coffee Catch-Ups

If somewhere sells a caffeinated beverage, SportsGrad members will be there.

Coffee catch-ups are run by Members wherever Members live. You can find one happening most weeks in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, and even London!

There are no specific dates for these, but you can usually bank on someone being keen for a Friday coffee - all you need to do is check the Meetup channels on Discord to see what’s happening, or offer to host one yourself!

Don’t drink coffee? No stress, meetup channels are designed to help you connect over any casual activity you wish - go ahead and ask for company next time you visit the dog beach!

Member, keep on reading below for links to events, and our private job board. Everyone else, this is where was say goodbye for another week, thanks for reading, and stay tuned for the next Member intake in February.

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