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WHAT Can Collegiate ATHLETES Do in the Workforce? Student-athletes are rarely satisfied with being mediocre and always looking to better themselves. Once collegiate athletes hang-up their cleats, they shift their attention to the workforce using the same principles that made them successful as a student-athlete. Athletes seldom lose the passion of always trying to improve themselves to get to the next level. Most people want to get to the next level, but do nothing to get there. That is what makes athletes truly elite, because they know what it takes to the top.
Student-athletes have a tradition of training to achieve the best personal and/or team performance throughout a four-year college career. Their tenacity and determination complement their will to succeed by performing the absolute best on an everyday basis. This noteworthy training and performance provide the scholar athlete an opportunity to identify areas for improvement and learn new skills. We believe as organizations do, these individuals make a difference in the outcome of achievable goals against quality driven results.
Student-athletes have competed at the college level and beyond, learning what it takes to have success in the professional setting. Teamwork development and hands-on practice complete those nonacademic skills as a supplement to the academic aptitude they earn in the classroom. Utilizing a strong work ethic and mental toughness, focused student-athletes develop well-polished traits desired by organizations nationwide. Student-athletes have an ultimate desire for success in the work force by fulfilling the need to challenge, compete and win!
Student-athletes are rarely satisfied with being mediocre and always looking to better themselves. Once collegiate athletes hang-up their cleats, they shift their attention to the workforce using the same principles that made them successful as a student-athlete. Athletes seldom lose the passion of always trying to improve themselves to get to the next level. Most people want to get to the next level, but do nothing to get there. That is what makes athletes truly elite, because they know what it takes to the top.Student-athletes have a tradition of training to achieve the best personal and/or team performance throughout a four-year college career. Their tenacity and determination complement their will to succeed by performing the absolute best on an everyday basis. This noteworthy training and performance provide the scholar athlete an opportunity to identify areas for improvement and learn new skills. We believe as organizations do, these individuals make a difference in the outcome of achievable goals against quality driven results.Student-athletes have competed at the college level and beyond, learning what it takes to have success in the professional setting. Teamwork development and hands-on practice complete those nonacademic skills as a supplement to the academic aptitude they earn in the classroom. Utilizing a strong work ethic and mental toughness, focused student-athletes develop well-polished traits desired by organizations nationwide. Student-athletes have an ultimate desire for success in the work force by fulfilling the need to challenge, compete and win! Whether it is athletic participation that allows athletes to develop the traits and skills that make them successful, or if it is simply that people who participate in athletics inherently possess these traits, is debatable. Regardless of the outcome of that debate, at the end of the day, ATHLETES KNOW HOW TO WIN! And in the world of business, it's the winners that stay in business.
Two studies have documented that athletes, on average, achieve greater success in the workplace than the general student population:
"Athletic participation produces personal traits or behavior patterns that enhance labor market productivity, and athletes acquire reputations that increase employer demand for their services off the playing field." Long and Caudill (1991) Review of Economics and Statistics
"Athletes earn between a 1.5, and 9% average wage premium in business, manual labor, and military careers." Henderson et al. (2006) The Journal of Human Resources
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