Information For Employers
- Why companies need our help
- How we help companies recruit better talent
- What We Can Do For Your Company
- a2b Career Coach
- Resources Available To You
Why companies need our help
There are two major roadblocks companies face when recruiting student-athletes. First, college athletic departments are extremely protected environments. They demand their athletes to be totally focused on their academics and athletics without distractions from the outside. Companies eager to recruit athletes are a distraction and unwelcome in the halls of the department.
Second, student-athletes maintain a rigorous daily schedule. Early morning stretching and weight training, classes throughout the day, afternoon practice and competetition and evening study halls and film study comprise a full day. That leaves student-athletes no time to participate in traditional on campus recruitng activities like career fairs and campus interviews. Simply put, when your on campus recruiting, athletes aren’t and so everybody loses.
How we help companies recruit better talent
Athletes to Business works directly inside the Athletic Departments of America’s finest universities. Our Career Coaches volunteer their time spending endless hours on campus helping prepare the school’s student-athletes for “life after sports”. Many of those we touch are eager to join the business world. We then connect those interested and qualified for your open positions directly to your hiring managers.
Athletes to Business act as an “extension” of your recruiting team. In a sense, we become your full time “eyes” and “ears” in the Athletic Department. If you’re looking for the most cost effective and time efficient way to build a better workforce, Athletes to Business is your answer. We’ll provide you with a continuous flow of qualified applicants that will significantly reduce your screening and fill time, and best of all insure you reach your hiring goals.
What We Can Do For Your Company
In today’s business climate, most companies are stretched extremely thin when it comes to recruiting resources. That makes it a major challenge to devote the time and personnel necessary to effectively recruit these prize candidates. Smart companies are seeking new and better ways to source the best talent as traditional methods like job fairs , campus interviews and information sessions produce minimal results. Even companies with highly developed College Recruiting Programs have virtually no success connecting with student-athletes.
Athletes to Business solves the problem. Because of the tremendous value we bring to the Athletic Department we have been granted the privlege of meeting their student-athletes. Through our hands on coaching and mentoring we determine which student-athletes are interested and qualified to meet your hiring staff.
a2b Career Coach
Our Athletes to Business Career Coach is the key ingredient to insure your recruiting success. Our “hand picked” coaches, all former student-athletes, meet every student-athlete one-on-one to determine if they fit your hiring profile. Those that do are required to research your company and learn about your organization and opportunity. This allows us to forward only those qualified and interested to your hiring team, saving you hours of sourcing and qualifying time. It’s just as if you had your own full-time recruiter inside the Athletic Department!
Resources Available To You
Athletes to Business provides you with a variety of valuable resources designed to help you attract and hire the best talent for your team. Our Draftroom (link) offers you the opportunity to introduce your company’s opportunities to qualified student-athletes looking for their next team. Or, join us at one of our Connect Direct Hiring Conferences (link) where you’ll visit a campus to interview a talented and qualified group of student-athletes on their “home court” inside the school’s Athletic Department. Add to that the Interview Connection (link) which brings together student-athletes from multiple schools and companies eager to interview great talent - all in one place, all in one day.