{"id":11490,"date":"2019-07-10T11:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/?p=11490"},"modified":"2024-01-17T18:56:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T01:56:01","slug":"you-have-a-cool-job-episode-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/you-have-a-cool-job-episode-36\/","title":{"rendered":"You Have a Cool Job: College Athletics Recruiter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You Have a Cool Job: College Athletics Recruiter\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pA2y9i-nSwM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>On this week\u2019s episode<\/b><\/h2>\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__content\">\n<div class=\"sc-type-small\">\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"truncatedAudioInfo__content\">\n<div class=\"sc-type-small\">\n<ul>\n<li>We all know and love college sports, but do we know what goes on behind the scenes? On this week\u2019s episode of You Have a Cool Job, we talk to Jason Smith, an independent college athletics recruiter. Jason is the Director of Recruiting Services for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsasports.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCSA, Next College Student Athlete<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Jason starts by explaining his personal story as a high school and college athlete. He worked for years as a college baseball coach at each NCAA level, before landing at NCSA.<\/li>\n<li>Jason shared the admittedly tough transition he experienced before finding his groove as an athletics recruiter and coach to students and their families, and now &#8220;coaches the coaches&#8221; as he says. He talks about the misconceptions in his field, and gives advice for student athletes and their families.<\/li>\n<li><em>*Note: NCSA is a Peterson&#8217;s partner.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><b style=\"color: #131315;\">About the show<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You Have a Cool Job<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a podcast hosted by Taylor Sienkiewicz from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peterson\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The show highlights professionals who have <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a unique, interesting, uncommon, or otherwise cool job<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our goal is to motivate you and show how interesting, fulfilling, and anything-but-average your career can be, and we\u2019ll do this by talking with people who took a path less traveled. We ask these fascinating individuals how they got to where they are in their career based on their education, experience, and influences; why they love their job; and lots more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Jason&#8217;s work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsasports.org\/ncsa-staff\/jason-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a nomination for the show? Drop a line <\/span><a href=\"mailto:taylor.sienkiewicz@petersons.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11491\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11491\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10104119\/063973_004v2.jpg\" alt=\"Athlete recruiters talk to student athletes\" width=\"710\" height=\"473\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NCSA recruiters meet with student athletes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11504\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11504\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10144802\/NIU-Coaching-Staff.png.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"475\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason, #37, as a coach at Northern Illinois University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11492\" style=\"width: 4132px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.petersons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/10104153\/98U4693.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4132\" height=\"2755\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NCSA recruitment event.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week\u2019s episode We all know and love college sports, but do we know what goes on behind the scenes? 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