Summary: <br> Hey everybody, I’m Brian Clapp, VP of Content and Engaged Learning at WorkInSports.com and this is the Work In Sports podcast…<br> <br> <br> <br> Look this is going to be a stressful week, election week is important in our country and I can’t stress to you enough, young, old, and somewhere in the middle like me, get out and vote. <br> <br> <br> <br> When you vote, you shape not just your world today, and next month and next year -- decisions like these impact your entire future. <br> <br> <br> <br> Democracy works when everyone votes, so get out there. This is not the time to be sitting on the sidelines.<br> <br> <br> <br> Ok, let’s look at the Stat line, get a picture of our sports industry -- <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> OK, three stats to help you better understand the health of the sports industry.<br> <br> <br> <br> On WorkInSports.com the number one job board for the sports industry, we currently feature 17,226 active sports jobs!<br> <br> <br> <br> 1715 new jobs added this week -- down a little bit from last week…<br> <br> <br> <br> But that is still an average of 245 new jobs posted every day...<br> <br> <br> <br> Now trend analysis -- lots of internships posted this past week, which makes sense, this is the time of year you start to see companies post their spring internships. If you are a college student making your plans for spring - check out last week’s podcast, some really good info in there on internship prep.<br> <br> <br> <br> OK -- three fresh jobs on the job board the really caught my eye -- <br> <br> <br> <br> Job #1 -- Associate Manager of Social Marketing for Athleta -- now, this is a great example of a category of job that has been growing -- retail/lifestyle - you’ve heard me talk about this in the past, but brands like Athleta, Puma, Nike, Adidas are doing quite well right now, and are hiring for a lot of roles. If you are into sports marketing or social media, don’t limit yourself to teams -- look to the big brands too!<br> <br> <br> <br> Job #2 -- Sr. Editor, NHL at The Athletic -- senior role contributing to comprehensive editorial oversight of our NHL coverage, using data analytics to optimize performance, and partner with stakeholders across the editorial organization and business teams on a range of initiatives. Interesting that it’s not a strictly journalism role, using data to optimize performance -- keep that in mind all you journalism types, it takes more than just sports knowledge and writing skills to elevate in today’s sports media.<br> <br> <br> <br> And job #3 -- Athletic Director at the College of Saint Benedict -- here’s why this job stood out to me -- The College of Saint Benedict is a women’s college with 11 intercollegiate (varsity) teams and 8 competitive club sport teams. The program seeks to reinforce the college mission of preparing women to think critically, lead courageously, and advocate passionately through sport.<br> <br> <br> <br> I like that mission a lot -- sounds like a great stepping stone role for someone who wants a lead role in college athletics.<br> <br> <br> <br> Alright -- that is the stat line!<br> <br> <br> <br> Ok, before we get into today’s question -- I got called out by a fan last week, and i want to address what they brought up. Just to remind everyone, I like it when you call me out, I have zero problems with it. And I have already spoken with this person directly… BUT if they are thinking it, you may be too, so let’s talk about it. <br> <br> <br> <br> I’m all for transparency, <br> <br> <br> <br> Got an email last week that said <br> <br> <br> <br> “Hey Brian, I’ve heard you rant and rave about how all internships should be paid, and that it is unfair to create a system that requires experience ot get jobs,
