THE CHALLENGE: A former professional baseball player needed help finding job leads and openings in his area of interest and within 50 miles of his home. He was not computer literate, and was basically limited to the want ads in the paper, and his small circle of family and friends as contacts. He knew there was more out there, but did not know how to get started. He had also heard about the hidden job market, but did not know what that was, or how to access it.

OUR SPI RESPONSE: We met with the player to understand his career area of interest and qualifications. We coached the player on what he could reasonably expect given his current education and limited job experience.

We gave the player one on one technical job search and research skills on his family’s home computer. Within several hours he was excited about the new possibilities the internet and a few targeted industry web searches produced. We turned this player on to over 30 websites that he could access for potential job leads. After just one month of working with the former player, he was connected to over 78 potential companies of interest, and given over 12 solid job leads. After three months of working with the player, he was hired.
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