Auburn University and Podium X Announce Partnership
Technology platform helps student-athletes gain notice for careers, internships, grad school, and NIL opportunities.
AUBURN, Al – Auburn University is enhancing its commitment to its student-athletes with the addition of Podium X. The cutting-edge application 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 market themselves for NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) opportunities.
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. It can also create a unique Pitch Profile to be used for presenting themselves to companies for NIL consideration.
“We are looking forward to working with Auburn and supporting the incredible work that Auburn does in positioning their student-athletes to excel on multiple fronts,” says Rich Thompson, Founder and CEO.
Podium X is backed by the power of XPG Recruit Athlete, a division of Jacksonville, Fla. – based XPG Recruit, that has staff who specialize in placing student athletes.
Thompson says, “We know that student-athletes have many of the qualities employers are looking for in today’s challenging labor market. Grit, resilience, teamwork, focus … they’re ideal candidates who ramp quickly and take every opportunity to excel. We want to connect them with companies who recognize those values and are eager to hire natural winners.”
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