Sports Management Career Analysis

Throughout the course of my college career I have constantly given thought towards my future career goals. I have always been around athletics and participated in athletics, so I knew I wanted my career to somehow involve the management of athletics. Sports management is one field that has caught my attention due to the amount of critical thinking and organization required to be successful within it. Sports management is a field that focuses on the business attributes of sports. Individuals working in the sports management industry will be concerned with the planning, organizing, managing, budgeting, and hiring aspects of a department or organization whose main purpose is related to sports or physical activities. According to Sports Management

Making sure the right hire is being made is a long and challenging process, but for good reason. Making a bad hire is expensive, time consuming, and can have a negative impact on the surrounding work culture. Thus, using assessment tools is crucial in order to be confident that the recruit will fit both into the vacant position, and into the organization as a whole. Prior to the hiring process, I would first develop a qualitative rubric in order to best score the quality of the recruit’s personality and the performance of his/her interview. For example, I would create five scorable dimensions onto my qualitative rubric while interviewing the recruit. I would score their body language, voice tone, body gestures, level of confidence, and background experience. In addition to these five dimensions, I would brainstorm ideas for the behaviors representative of what I am trying to achieve. Utilizing a quality assessment tool such as a qualitative rubric would give me a deeper understanding of the applicant's motivations, strengths, and areas for development relating to their professional

In addition to using a qualitative rubric during the assessment process, I would also utilize a holistic recruitment process using independent evaluations of the applicants. According to Skills Recognition, holistic assessments “focus on the assessment of whole work activities rather than specific elements.” Holistic assessment can reduce the time for assessment, and can promote greater equity in the assessment process. To conduct a holistic assessment, I would develop an image or picture of how a competent applicant would perform the activity. For example, I may require the applicant to show and explain to me how, as the athletic director within the organization, they would handle an “angry parent situation” regarding their child’s playing time. I would then identify the types of evidence needed to show competence and the techniques that would be used to gather that