Student Profile
Journey to a Job: Grad chronicles career hunt
“The silver lining of this academic year is that we did it together.”
Name: Linae Myhand (’21) Majors: business administration-marketing; economics-business forecasting specialization; sport business minor Extracurriculars: business tutor, athletics marketing intern, president of Marketing Association club and Sport Management Association club, and active in Black Student Union, Economics Association, and CB Alumni Mentorship Program. Goals: “My long-term career goals include growing the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) in order to help the league realize its first net profit and coaching women’s college
October 2020: “I’ve been selected as a participant in the first ever NBA Future Sales Stars Program. This program does not guarantee employment, but rather teaches sport sales skills, among other things.” December 2020: “I’m waiting for sport sales jobs to start opening. I haven’t applied to any jobs, but I keep in contact with a couple sport organizations that I interviewed with previously.” January 2021: “I recently learned about LinkedIn job alerts which has helped with the job hunt. I keep alerts on for the teams I am interested in working for and will apply as they open. At this time, I am spending about an hour per week job hunting. I have been lucky enough to join some amazing programs over the last nine months where we all stay in touch and share opportunities with one another, so that helps with the hunt, too.” March 2021: “In all I have connected with over two dozen teams across the WNBA, NBA, NFL and NHL. I don't know the total number of calls I've had this past month alone, but it's easily over 30 now. Several teams have expressed a lot of interest in me but are still in a hiring freeze and do not anticipate their roles opening until late next month. They've been very verbal about their interest in the meantime, so I plan to stay in contact with them. Most of the other teams I've connected with have expressed interest as well, so I plan to apply as they open in the coming weeks.” April 2021: “I ended up applying for three roles in total. I went through the interview process and ultimately was offered the position for all three! Again, they were all three sport sales roles with professional sport teams: two were within basketball and one in hockey. … After two excruciatingly long and stressful weeks of going back and forth and back and forth, I have accepted an offer for a Ticket Sales Representative position with the Golden State Warriors starting this summer after graduation! Super excited!” June 2021: Myhand graduated magna cum laude. In a heartfelt commencement speech to the class of 2021, she said,"The silver lining of this academic year is that we did it together.”
basketball. In the short-term, I have career aspirations to work in Inside Sales in the WNBA or NBA. After a couple seasons I would like to work my way up into a marketing or data analyst position within either league.” Fears: “My biggest fears are the immediate uncertainty of the sport industry and the large supply of available workers. The sport industry
is already so small, with so many people who want to work in it. As a result of the current pandemic, many hard workers with years of experience were let go which makes the supply of workers even bigger. In fact, that makes the supply of qualified workers with experience larger. I would consider those who have experience as more attractive candidates than I to employers, so entering the job market in this climate seems to have gotten even more difficult.” Resources: “I have attended almost every Career Fair that CWU has had since I stepped foot on campus. I have attended numerous resume, LinkedIn, and other Career Services events and workshops. I’ve utilized the Wildcat Career Network to browse job listings, and practice mock interviews. I have connected with my professors and advisors for advice, additional opportunities, resume assistance, application assistance, any and everything you could think of.”
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