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June 5th, 2009 - byI happened to be in the office of the Area Manager for a major Midwest Construction Company this week. Chris, the Manager, said this: “Charlie, I was just talking with my Supervisor about how we need to emphasize hiring former College Athletes more. They are more competitive. When they go for a bid on a project, they can’t tolerate losing. With some people in Sales, if they lose a bid they go, “Oh, well.” Not with College Athletes. They are so determined.”
The new book “Athletes Wanted” does a tremendous job exploring this breaking subject of companies going after College Athletes.
When I delivered “College Recruiting Simplified” at Debartolo Sports University in Youngstown, Ohio this past weekend, I talked about this in my presentation. Afterwards, a company recruiter came up to me and confirmed the message.
“Charlie, as a recruiter for my company, I target former College Athletes and distinguished Military first, and then the regular College student with great grades.”
I will explore this subject more in future blogs, but I can’t emphasize enough how important it is for young people and families to know this as they go through the recruiting process. Companies are looking to bring in people who have the fire within. College athletes, ESPECIALLY those with high GPA’s, are their targets.
