HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – UAH Athletics has announced a partnership with Podium X to offer student-athletes career development and personal marketing tools. 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.
“Partnering UAH Athletics with Podium X will have an incredible impact on the career development for all of our student-athletes,” UAH Director of Athletics Dr. Cade Smith said. “We want to continue to provide UAH student-athletes with platforms that will boost their personal and professional growth so that they can be successful well beyond their time at UAH. Podium X will be a great asset for our student-athletes and I’m excited to partner with this organization.”
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 sports 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.
“We are really excited to launch Podium X and to provide our student-athletes with additional opportunities for professional growth,” Associate Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Affairs Dr. Jen Cole said.” The Podium X platform offers a simple and modern career development resource that will greatly benefit UAH Student-Athletes in their professional careers.”
Podium X is the premier solution for athlete career development, designed by experts in career services, staffing, talent management, and HR. Trusted by over 10,000 athletes, 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.
UAH’s Compliance and Student-Athlete Development staff will benefit from Podium X as well. The Podium profiles will help them understand the backgrounds, skills, and goals of the student-athletes they work with. The student-athletes will have more confidence in their transferable skills and experiences, and career staff will better be able to personalize their programming and preparation to launch the student-athletes into the right opportunity for them.
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. Founder Rich Thompson said, “We know that student-athletes have many of the qualities employers are looking for in today’s tight labor market. Grit, resilience, teamwork, focus… they’re ideal entry-level employees, and we want to connect them with companies eager to hire fresh, dedicated talent.”
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