Sports/Athletics/Recreation

Best Resources

Adventure/Action Tours/Outdoor Recreation and Vacations - Many of these sites offer links to hundreds of employers where you can check for jobs.

•1st Class Adventures: lists hundreds of adventure tours and links to the firms.
•Action Trips: directory of 287 tour operators and over 15,000 adventure trips.
•Adventure Jobs
•Adventure Network: search for adventure firms by state.
•Camps, Ranches and Resort Jobs
•Outdoor Industry Association: has a job listings section.
•Outdoor Jobs: jobs in the great outdoors.
•Project Adventure: has internship listings.
•Resort and Hospitality Jobs
Snow and Winter Sport Industry Resources

Golf
•GolfSurfin.com: golf industry jobs.
Online Golf Resources: lists a variety of golf-oriented job search services.
•PGA Employment Center: search for golf industry and golf course jobs.
•PGA Golf Professional: for those considering a career in professional golf.
P.J. Boatwright, Jr. Internship Program of the USGA: available in every state.
•U.S. Golf Teachers Federation: information about teaching golf professionally.

Tennis
•Daily Tennis: job listings.
•Tennis.com: click on 'Resources' at their site to see a list of professional organizations involved in the tennis industry.

Sports
•Colorado.net: jobs at mountain resorts.
•Jobs in Motorsports
•Outdoor Industry Association: has a career section.
•Ski Resort Jobs
•Ski Jobs: lists full-time career positions and seasonal positions at Vail Resorts.
•Sporting Goods Manufacturing Assn: trade association with job listings.
•Sporting Goods Stores
Sports Industry Career Profiles: read over 50 profiles of high level people to see how they got where they are today.
•Sports Careers: review the useful (and free) job profiles and industry overviews listed at the bottom of this link.
•Teamwork Online.com: jobs and internships with sports organizations.

Sports Marketing
Bonham Group: outstanding series of newspaper columns about the sports/entertainment marketing industry in Colorado.
National Sports Marketing Network: professional trade organization serving the needs of sports business professionals. With 5,000+ members, NSMN organizes monthly networking events/educational programs and assists with career development and job placement. There is a Denver chapter and student membership is $50/year.
•Sports Business Journal: weekly trade magazine geared to mid/senior executives in sports marketing. The magazine "provides the news and information sports industry leaders need to compete, negotiate and succeed." The magazine offers a free, four-week trial subscription and discounted student subscription rates.
•Sports Business Daily: daily news on the business of sports published by the same firm that publishes Sports Business Journal. The firm offers a free, two week trial subscription.

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