SPOR TS RECRUIT MENT &C AREER DE VEL OPMENT


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Kevin Charles discusses how technology is changing the face of recruitment and career development in sport.


he faceo sport has forever nresponse e offsporthas changed riin response to three inextricably


linked trends that have defined the indus- try over the past decade or so.


The first is its increasingly international


nature, dramatically illustrated by deci- sions to take the FIFAWorld CuptoQatar, the Olympic Games to Sochi and Riode Janeiro, the introduction of new events in Formula 1, and the rise to international prominenceofeventssuch as the Indian Premier League. Thesecond is sport’semergenceasa


serious business sector; with oneAmerican expertestimating thatglobal sportisnow worth more than a trillion dollars a year. Andthirdly,sportisalso gaining in


importanceonasocial level as ameans of promoting activityand good health and social cohesion. Consequently govern- ments around the worldare investing heavily in community sports programmes. It is a very different world to that which


existed little morethan ageneration ago. Then sport was largely run by amateur offi- cials and unpaid volunteers whose com- mitmentmay have been admirable but whose level of skill and knowledge would simply not have been fit forpurpose in today’ssophisticated, competitiveand technical sports sector.


Online Sports Recruitment


& Career Development According to Will Lloyd, founder of the fast-growing online sports recruitment and career developmentdestination,


SPR IN G 20 11 PA NS TA DI A 17 2 GlobalSportsJobs,,people people are the ethe vital


ingredient to spor sabilitytomain its current growth trajectory.


ttosport’s ability to maintain “Itisabout people and talent—not


just thatonthe pitch, court, or track,but among the people who designfacilities, plan events,sell rights,run clubs,leagues, and federations,orcarry out one of the manyother roles which underpin this growing international business,”he said. It’s asubjectonwhich Lloyd is an


acknowledged expert. After an early career as an agentfor many of the UK’s leading Olympic athletes,hedeveloped an in- depth understanding of the business and of the importance of suitably talented and committed people to the futureofthe industry. Hisresponse wastobecome a founder of the UK’s first specialist recruit- mentconsultancyfor the sports sector, matching employers to candidatesacross the wide spectrum of jobs in sport. But in a continually changing, increas-


ingly demanding world, old-style consul- tancyservices began to look alittle restrictiveand Lloyd began to consider other approaches that would deliver addi- tional benefits to employers and candi- dates alike.


GlobalSportsJobs Lloyd’s response wasGlobalSportsJobs,


which harnesses the power of digital tech- nology to provide an online destination offering access to jobs,information, news, careers advice and a massive social net- work.


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