LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama uses 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.
“The athletic and coaching staff here at UWA are all very excited about the Podium X platform. Many of us have experienced the same difficulties and roadblocks faced after collegiate sports, and this platform doesn’t hide an athlete’s entire career and life spent in sports – it highlights it,” shares Dylann Swisley, Assistant Director of Compliance & Student Athlete Success. “Now, our student athletes feel more seen and confident heading into this next chapter of their lives. No spam, no fake offers. Just a safe space for real employers to be matched up with the best talent.”
The Podium X platform (www.podiumx.com) takes a fresh approach to the student-athlete experience by offering 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. With the recent addition of an all-encompassing resume parser, athletes can upload and customize resumes with 20 templates, fonts, colors, column spacing, and more.
Podium X is the premier solution for athlete career development, designed by experts in career services, staffing, talent management, and HR. Trusted by over 30,000 athletes, representing more than 500 schools, and formally partnered with more than 50 organizations, Podium X 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.
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