Career Application Essay

I have always wanted to work within sports because of my passion for fitness and athletics. My major was first Fitness and Health Promotions before I transferred to the University of Alabama, but I decided to change my major to public relations so I could work within the business aspect of sports. Working in a fast paced environment with a great deal of interaction between various other positions is the perfect career for me and public relations is exactly that. Public relations is defined as a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their publics (PRSA). After researching various sports related careers, the description for a Director of Player Personnel instantly grabbed my attention. It is a more specific public relations career involving direct contact with the team’s athletes as week as working with the team’s office management and coaches to ensure the individual players are

From playing, to watching, to talking about them, sports have always been a passion of mine. Playing sports for as long as I can remember. From soccer to baseball, basketball to football. I´ve grown a deep passion for sports throughout my life. My passion has been so strong pursuing a career in this field just made good sense. I have a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and my courses based upon on sports business, journalism fundamentals, technical writing and the function that multimedia plays in sports journalism. While I attended Michigan State University I broadcasted the school's radio

Communication is primarily an exchange of information, ideas, or thoughts. This paper will focus on the process of verbal and nonverbal communication as well as the components of each. It outline the formal and informal channels of criminal channels. This paper will also list the different barriers to effective communication within a criminal justice organization. Finally it will cover strategies that can be implemented to overcome communication barriers within criminal justice organizations.

My uncle, Pat Principe, graduated from the School of Communications at Ithaca College in 1976. He began his broadcasting career during his junior year at Ithaca where he was selected to be the sports director for his college radio station. His senior year of college he was deemed Sportscaster of the Year. Though the Sport Media Major was not available when he attended, he is happy with his general degree in communications, but urges those attending the School of Communications to major in Sport Media if they believe they would be interested in this type of career. He found classes relating to Sports Media made him realize this was his passion.

While I have never worked for a public relations firm, I do have experience working on a public relations team for a university. I believe that my variety of experience allows me to see how to be the best team player in a public relations firm, because I also see the sides of working for a newspaper or television station.

Jayla Slaughter Career APRN - When I get older I would like to be An Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). A APRN is a nurse with postgraduate education in nursing. APRNs are prepared with advanced clinical education, knowledge, skills, and scope of practice in nursing. Advance Practice Registered Nurses in the United States take home an average $87K annually.

Allison Maloney is a public relation major currently but it has not been a direct path for her to come to her major and future career goal. She didn’t enter higher education with public relations in mind. When she started college she attended East Stroudsburg University as a Hospitality Major. She then went to Bergen Community College, first as a business major than as general studies. She then graduated from Bergin with her associate's degree.

Another way to be an effective communicator is listening to the client and answering any questions they may have. In an antenatal ward, the clients will have a variation of questions to ask about their unborn child, their pregnancy and complications in labour. Being an effective communicator means that the professional will be able to answer these questions confidently, reliably, and truthfully. Answering the clients’ questions will make them feel more confident and relaxed about their illness and their baby. Effective communication will also be dependent on whether the client is communicating well back.

The major of Sports management has always been intriguing to me; I have always wanted to be apart of sports whether it is in the communications field or in the sports management field. This assignment allowed me to look at the different jobs that are available to sports management majors. The research I conducted involved sports agents, Equipment managers, Directors of sports marketing, professional scouts, and athletic directors. I felt these five areas were the most intriguing and gave me different spectrums of the business that is sports.

For the past three years, I have actively been a member of Future Business Leaders of America at my high school. When I had the opportunity my freshman year to take on my first leadership role for the organization, it was then when I realized how much I enjoyed the business field and wanted to go into marketing and public relations. With high school graduation approaching in less than a year, I want to be sure that this is something I really want to do. I decided to interview Macey Cleary to get some information on the field. With her substantial amount of involvement, experiences, and skill level at such an early stage of her career, I knew that there was something that she could contribute to me that would better equip me for this competitive and steadily growing profession.

A lifelong passion for sports has helped shape Davis’s dreams and aspirations. Renzelmann strives to work hard every day, and hopes to reach his goals in becoming a PR Director for a profession sports team. His love for sports and writing will turn his dream into a passion, instead of just a job.

I have experience managing social media accounts and websites for my volunteer organizations, and my work in journalism classes has prepared me to consume and process a vast amount of news in a short period of time. Helping to be a part the product and add to the sports programming would be a great opportunity and one that I would be excited to

Emma MacDonald, the focus of my interview, graduated from Emerson College in May of 2014. She received a degree in Communications accompanied by a Minor in Marketing. Currently, she holds the position of Communications Specialist with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Massachusetts Division. She began employment with this company in December 2014, and her initial job title was Communications Consultant. Due to her exemplary performance, her position was elevated to Communication Specialist as of August 2015. Writing, as well as presenting marketing material to the health care workers belonging to the union makes up the large portion of her responsibilities. I found her real-world experience creating and editing marketing material invaluable, and the description of her daily responsibilities to be in line with this assignments requirement.

     For my career research paper I have chosen to delve into the world of the sportswriter, and take a closer look at what that occupation may hold for myself. I have chosen to research this form of journalism because I consider myself to be a sports fanatic, and would very much enjoy spending the rest of my working days writing about the conditions in the world of sports. During the last year or so I have taken a period of time everyday to relax and read over sports articles from baseball and football at some of my favorite websites, such as espn.com or nesn.com, or to sit down and watch Sports Center on ESPN. I also seem to have an ability to remember statistics and rosters of players and

Career progression is the aim for most workers, but career development is not something most of us think regularly. But without proper understanding of what we want from our career and how we can achieve our goals quicker, we can quickly end up dissatisfied with our jobs.