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Career Planning process consists of self-assessment, education, research, gain experience, job search, and professional development. SELF-ASSESSMENT Self-assessment is exploring and discovering your VIPS. VIPS stands for values, interests, personality, and skills. Values are things that are important to you. Examples of values are creativity, growth, acceptance, etc. Interests are things you like doing. Examples of interests are music, painting, writing, etc. Personality traits are who you are. Examples of personality traits are ENFJ- People Visionary, ISFP- Everyday Artist, ENTJ- Hardworking Visionary, etc. Skills are things you are you good. Some examples of skills are drawing, problem solving, analyze data, etc. The way to find out what your VIPS are to take career assessment. There are several career assessment tests available online. For high school student-athletes check with your guidance counselor, college student-athletes talk with your academic advisor or someone in career services. For professional athletes check with your Players association. There are no wrong or right answers with career assessment. RESEARCH Make a list of careers of interest. Research each one. Here is a list od career research resources: Occupational Outlook handbook, Glassdoor, How to become, Indeed, The Balance Careers, just to name a few. Research information such as job responsibilities/description, work environment, education/training/certification, career path, examples of job positions, and salary. EDUCATION Learn as much as possible. Don’t just get a degree, get an education, GAIN EXPERIENCE TYPES OF GAIN EXPEREINCES: Where to find internships Handshake, LinkedIn, Indeed , Internships.com, professional organizations, or company websites JOB SEARCH Create a job criteria. An Example: POSITION: Human Resources Specilaist LOCATION: Houston area TYPES OF ORGANIZATION: Medium size CAREER AREA: Compensation WORK ENVIRONMENT: Remote or Hyrid TRAVEL: A little TYPES OF BENEFITS: 401(k), Health, Life , Dental and Vision Insurance, Disability Insurance, Paid Vacation, Maximize your resources and your network. CAREER MANAGEMENT Personalize your plan. One thing you can do is keeping learning.

@The players associations missions are to protect, advocate, and support their past, current and future members. HERE IS A LIST OF THINGS THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATIONS OFFER AND DO: - Negotiate the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) - Prosecute grievances on players behalf - Counsel players on benefits and educational opportunities - They certified sports agents. - Help with salary arbitration -Offer professional development opportunities - Improve working conditions and safety for players - Manage the group licensing program - Help players with their Community initiative * The terms and conditions vary per league. It is very important that read what is in the CBA so you can know what the players association is doing on your behalf whether you agree or not. Who is eligible for membership in the Association? Any players on the roster but some players associations extend membership to coaches, trainers, etc. .CHALLENGE Look at the CBA table of content and read one selection. If you don’t understand or want a better of understand on what is being offered, ask your team player representative or contact the player association. The Player Assoication advocates on behalf of the best interest of all players.

Networking is an opportunity to interact and build relationships with people, exchange information and ideas. Every opportunity to interact with people is a networking opportunity. BENEFITS OF NETWORKING Networking can be formal and informal but mostly informal social setting. Determine what you want to learn. Networking opportunities may occur at trade shows, seminars, conferences, career fairs, alumni events, etc. Research shows that people with stronger networks end up with higher salaries and promoted more. Networking also happens on online, LinkedIn is the largest professional social media platform. They have over 1 billion members. It provides opportunities for people to engage with other professionals, join groups, post, and share information. An elevator pitch is a short (30-60 second) professional introduction. You can have more than one elevator pitch for different setting. Elevator Pitch should consist of your name, what you are doing now, what you are seeking, what you have done in the past, what you have to offer, what you are desiring to accomplish in the future, what make you unique and what do you want a person to remember about you. TIPS: CHALLENGES: Make a list of everyone you know. write their name, email address, phone numbers, your relationship (classmates, co-worker/teammate, neighbors, church members, etc.) what they do for a living,

The Federal Student Aid is the larger provider of student financial aid in the US. Filling out the FAFSA form will qualify you for grants, scholarships, work-study and loans. Set up an account to receive your FSA ID. In order to complete the form you will need: You must apply for aid every year. To fill out the form go to https://studentaid.gov. Check with your school/university to find out the deadlines for the federal, state and school. You can list up to 20 schools on your form.

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BENEFITS OF MENTORSHIP Benefits of the Mentor 1. Commitment to professional development of self and mentees. 2. Help mentees in avoiding common professional pitfalls. Benefits of the Mentee 1. Opportunity to ask questions and get advices from professional about career. 2. Learn from mentor pitfalls. 3. Watch your mentor achieve their goals. 4. Access to a professional network. QUALITIES OF A GOOD MENTOR ROLE OF A MENTOR WHERE CAN YOU FIND A MENTOR?

EIGHT STEPS TO FINDING THE BEST CAREER FIT FOR YOU: CAREER ASSESSMENT: Take at least one 1. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 2. Strong Interest Inventory 3. StrengthQuest 4. MAPP Test 5. MyPlan.com 6. MyNextMove 7. Holland Code 8. Focus 2 WHERE TO SEARCH: Occupational Outlook HandbookCandidCareer.comCareerOneStopLearn How To BecomeWHAT TO SEARCH:

Welcome to the Sporting Toward Success podcast Pre-launch episode. This program will discuss the purpose of the Sporting Toward Success podcast and give a preview of what type of information will be discussed on future shows.