The Best Jobs are the Ones Nobody is Applying For

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Today's episode is from a speech I gave to a Sports Law Society class at Villanova. I talk about how to get a job in sports, but these lessons can be applied to any field you desire to work in. Text me what you think and let me know what you want to hear next at (949) 298-2905. Key Moments: [0:35] How to figure out where you want to work [1:50] Get your name out of the tall stack of resumes and into the short stack [3:00] Connect with people emotionally and asking for help [4:29] People like to give, allow someone the opportunity to give [5:30] The list of opportunities goes on and on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Any job in sports that you're applying for that you're in the tall stack of resumes is extremely competitive.
0:07.0	Statistically you got a small shot.
0:09.0	This is entrepreneurs, the playbook.
0:11.0	The best jobs are the ones no one's applying for.
0:17.2	Right?
0:17.6	So the people that aren't applying,
0:20.0	they're just a journalist or they're just a salesperson.
0:24.4	They're the one applying into like some huge furniture store
0:29.7	that ends up, oh, they're the title sponsor of the Yankees,
0:32.6	and then they end up.
0:33.6	It goes on and on and on.
0:35.0	If you want to figure out where you want to work,
0:36.7	go to your favorite sport and walk around the arena
0:39.4	and look at all the services solutions and products
0:41.7	that are sold and advertised within the
0:43.4	context of that arena and you will get a list of job offers. They'll be from
0:49.0	weird places. Everbull, Xerox,
0:55.0	some of the cool jobs, my friend
0:56.1	was president of American Express Sports and Entertainment.
0:59.9	All right, but he started at American Express.
1:03.0	That's a killer job.
1:05.4	That's some serious money, serious fun.
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