Reply to College equation has changed for boys

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "College equation has changed for boys"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I am hiring leadership talent, and look at comparable candidates that have similar track records, similar educations and seem to be a good cultural fits - same same - except for one was a college athlete and the other was not - I will take the college athlete every time. (spoiler alert: And so will most other leaders of leaders).

The special treatment of college athletes extends well beyond the institutional walls. [/quote]

Forgot to add, I would not take the marching band, fraternity bro (even if in my fraternity), debate club champ, student paper editor, etc... You even bring that sort of stuff up in a leadership interview or on your CV, and I'm labeling you a weirdo. [/quote]

This is an interesting comment, IMO, and the question I have is when the candidate would have this on their CV. It's one thing when they are first graduating from college and don't have a ton of relative work experience.  It's another when it's 10 years post graduation.  I'd say the same about the college athlete with work experience.  Yes, it's a sacrifice and takes commitment to be a college athlete, but that doesn't automatically make them a great leader of people.  Plus, if they are telling me about their exploits on the field in an interview and it's a ways after graduation, I take that as kinda weird.

When I first graduated from college, I did have stuff like that on my resume.  My time in my fraternity as President was valuable and relevant to my career - it taught me a ton about leadership, working with people, public speaking, etc.  Persuading a group of 40 guys to do what you want isn't easy.

Anyway, yes.  The college recruiting game for boys is super tough.  I've seen it first hand with my nephew who is the only true freshman in his incoming recruiting class - that is a kid right out of a US high school. Meanwhile, everyone on my DD's team that wanted to play has committed and it happened super early when compared to the boys.

Anyway.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics