Athlete Career Program Overview

For many elite athletes, beginning a job search outside of sport may seem like a daunting task. Beyond the emotional impact, you may have questions such as:

• What do I want to do after my sporting career is finished?
• What do I need to do to get the right job?
• Where do I start searching for employment?
• What skills do I have?

  Or if you are still playing elite level sport;

• What job will complement my training schedule?
• What work experience can I get that will help me when I retire from sport?

The Adecco Athlete Career Program will help you find answers to these questions. You will learn information and techniques to make the transition from the sporting world to the work-place and be taught career management skills you can use throughout your work-place career.

The Adecco Athlete Career Program is fully flexible in relation to services offered and can be tailored specifically to meet the needs of different athletes with varied backgrounds, competition requirements and training schedules.

Adecco understands the importance for athletes to feel comfortable with their workplace skills and ability to interact within a business environment. Accordingly the Athlete Career Program covers key requirements for athletes including:

1. Career Planning
2. Computer skill orientation and training
3. Communication Strategies
4. Presentation Skills
5. Self Promotion workshops
6. Job Search Tools
7. Job placement
8. Transition into a new position

Through Adecco’s alliance with group company and career transition specialist Lee Hecht Harrison, (LHH) Adecco can provide a unique program that addresses the emotional side of transitioning from a sporting career to a work place career and assist athletes to manage the key activities required to enjoy job security.

The program is supported by the Lee Hecht Harrison on-line ‘Career Resource Network’ (CRN), an invaluable tool for managing a career search project and provides free access to athletes via a private, password protected web site.

While Adecco’s Athlete Career Program is generally open to all elite athletes, a set criteria for target group athletes has been agreed upon between Adecco Australia and individual sporting organisations. Athletes can check their eligibility by contacting their national or state sporting organisation/ federation or appropriate players association.

The Athlete Career Program is free of charge for athletes, sporting organisations and clubs and is part of the Adecco Groups Corporate Social Responsibility Program.