CareerBall: The Sport Athletes Play When They're Through Playing Sports

CareerBall is the #1 career and life transition guide for competitive athletes at the high school, college and elite level. CareerBall presents a step-by-step guide for leveraging the athlete DNA in the workplace and navigating today's job market. At any given time, over 400,000 young men and women actively participate in collegiate athletics, or at the elite international or professional level in the United States. Millions more are active in high school sports. Each of these athletes will ultimately make the transition from the structured life of high school, college, and competitive athletics to jobs and careers that will fulfill their life’s potential. For many, this transitional period will be navigated gracefully and without incident; for many others it will be a confusing and frustrating experience. To help these athletes get started, the contents of CareerBall are presented in a ‘keep it simple’ format. It’s part lecture, part how-to manual, and with many different chapters to allow you to cherry-pick the knowledge within depending upon where you are in your own career development. Inside each chapter resides some of the most important tried-and-true, up-to-date gems of career advice that you can use to insure a happy path when you have concluded full-time athletics.