Southeastern Community College Partners with Podium X

West Burlington, Iowa –Southeastern Community College (SCC) Athletics is the first community college to use Podium X to offer career development and personal marketing tools to its student-athletes. Podium X changes the way student-athletes prepare and apply for jobs and internships, as well as market themselves for NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) prospects. 

“We at Southeastern are proud to partner with Podium X for the coming school year. We believe Podium X provides great value for our student athletes on an athletic, as well as a professional level,” says Joe O’Brien, Director of Athletics at Southeastern Community College. “We have been very impressed with Podium X’s onboarding process, and we look forward to the advantages our athletes will see from this platform.” 

The Podium X platform (www.podiumx.com) 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. This Podium Profile serves as an enhanced resume listing business, athletic, leadership, and educational experience, even media clips about their spots careers.  Students can create traditional resume PDFs with one click, apply to jobs within the platform or externally with AI assistance to create cover letters, thank you notes, interview prep and resume optimization.    

“With the addition of SCC to our outstanding list of partner schools, we now have participation from all sizes of colleges and universities,” says Ann Schulz, President of Podium X.  “This demonstrates the ability of Podium X to be of value to any athlete seeking a career post athletics.” 

Podium X is the premier solution for athlete career development, designed by experts in career services, staffing, talent management, and HR. Trusted by over 13,000 athletes from more than 424 colleges and univeristies, it offers a comprehensive set of tools to support athletes throughout the career development and recruitment process as well as enhancing personal branding and marketing for sponsorship opportunities. 

“My father (John Schulz) is a graduate of SCC, which was the first step for him in a long and successful career,” Schulz says. “I recognize the value of the education SCC provides and their practical approach to enhancing opportunities for their students.  That’s what Podium X is all about as well – a practical solution that elevates the opportunities for athletes entering the workforce or continuing their education. “