Florida State and Podium X Announce Partnership
Technology platform helps student-athletes gain notice for careers, internships, grad school, and NIL opportunities.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. and JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida State Athletics is enhancing its commitment to its student-athletes with the addition of Podium X to its student-athlete programming. Podium X is a digital solution developed by experts in career services with extensive experience in staffing and recruiting, training/development, talent management, and human resources. The application changes the way athletes prepare and apply for jobs and internships, as well as build their personal brand.
The Podium X platform allows creation of an online profile specially designed for athletes to highlight their unique journey and valuable soft skills often developed through athletics. The profile serves as an enhanced resume listing business and athletic experience, leadership, and educational experience, even media clips about their sports careers. Students can create traditional resume PDFs with one click and be matched to job openings. Employers post job openings and can view student profiles that match the skills they need. It also creates a Pitch Profile that can be sent to prospective employers and business partners.
Podium X is backed by the power of XPG Recruit Athlete, a division of Jacksonville, Fla – based XPG Recruit, with an experienced team that specializes in placing student-athletes.
Founder Rich Thompson says, “Most platforms like LinkedIn focus on traditional work experience, which is often difficult for student-athletes who have little time beyond school and athletics. With Podium X, and XPG Recruit Athlete, we want to show how athletic experience is every bit as valuable as traditional work and demonstrate how those skills learned through athletics are transferable to the workplace.”
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