Podium X Partners with CareerShift

JACKSONVILLE, Fla- Podium X is excited to partner with CareerShift to provide student-athletes with a combination of powerful tools for job search and career success with Podium X’s proprietary athlete profile. Athletes will gain increased visibility and access to millions of companies, employers, business professionals and jobs in the U.S. and globally.

CareerShift believes recognizing who you know is critical, and many job seekers need more networks. CareerShift’s mission is to level the job playing field and provide equitable access to job opportunities.

Supported by over 300 institutions and tens of thousands of students and alumni, CareerShift’s proactive career management provides dynamic job, contact and employer search, targeted results, and organizational tools to tap into the hidden job market. Research shows that 70% of all jobs are not published publicly on job sites, and as much as 80% of jobs are filled through personal and professional connections. With the inclusion of CareerShift’s cultivated database, Podium X athletes will have increased visibility and access to an employer database of companies in the U.S. and globally across 31M+ employers, contact information including emails and direct dial phone numbers to over 144M+ business professionals globally, and over 16M+ jobs in the U.S. and globally.

“While CareerShift has been used by hundreds of universities, the opportunity to partner with Podium X raises the bar for athlete career development.” Says Valerie Matta, Managing Director of CareerShift. “The combination of a strong job search networking platform coupled with the top-notch creative personal touch of Podium X will undoubtedly be a game changer for college athletes across the nation.”

The Podium X platform allows creation of an online profile that is specially designed for athletes to highlight their unique journey and valuable soft skills often developed through athletics. Student-athletes can represent themselves digitally or create traditional resume PDFs or NIL Pitch Profiles with a click and be matched to hundreds of national job openings. Employers post job openings and can view student profiles that match the skills they need.

About: Podium X was developed by experts in career services with extensive experience in staffing and recruiting, training/development, talent management, and human resources. It is backed by the power of XPG Recruit Athlete, a division of Jacksonville, Florida-based XPG Recruit, with an experienced team that specializes in placing graduated athletes into career opportunities.