Start working in sport
THIS year.
94 days for the avg. Member to get a role in sport
600+ roles in sport landed by Members at these organisations
Join the next intake in May 2024 👇
What’s in store?
Get 10 new connections in 45 minutes
Become a Member on Tuesday, May 14 to join
‘New Member Speed Networking’
To celebrate a fresh intake of Members, we host a Speed Networking Zoom call to connect everyone quickly. Expect to meet 10+ people in less than an hour, and watch your LinkedIn connection requests blow up.
New Member Virtual Speed Networking
📆 Date: Tuesday, May 14
🕖 Time: 7pm - 7:45pm AEST
💻 Join: See welcome email for a Zoom link to join
Mark this in your calendar.
🧡 What happens when I get a job?
The SportsGrad Community is kind of like your training ground.
What we really want is for you to be working in the sports industry.
So, once you land a full-time job in sport, we’ve got a special place for you to make a fast start in your new job and and impress your boss - the SportsGrad ‘Pro’ Community.
To join, first you have to apply and we’ll check you’re a good fit.
If you’re successful, there’s no new payment, we’ll simply add you to this new space where you can connect with an elite group of Members working in sport, driven to tick off some lofty goals.
📈 Annual Membership
If you’ve been thinking about a monthly Membership, well… it’s no longer available.
Yes, we know it might be annoying, and requires you to dig a bit deeper. But let us explain…
Our mission is to fill the sports industry with the next wave of exceptional leaders.
This is why the SportsGrad Community is suited to motivated people who are genuinely interested in changing their careers, their lives and their favourite sports.
But growing a successful career is an infinite game of learning and networking.
It doesn’t stop when you get a job, it’s essential for your first promotion, your first solo project, your first step into Management.
The members who understand this are the ones we see achieve the biggest results and are now Members of SportsGrad Pro with other Full-Time Professionals.
So if you’re the committed type who understands the value of growing a network for life to help you realise your far-fetched dreams, then we want to help you make that happen.
But if you’re just looking to dip your toe in for a month and see what it’s like, from what we’ve seen, you’re not going to do yourself any favours.
We see people jump in half-heartedly and not get any results.
We’d rather you just keep your $30 and come back when you’re ready.
If you’re worried about if the cost is worth it, check our guarantee below.
But if you’re ready to take your career to the moon, we’re pumped for you and can’t wait to help you inside.
Lewis Fitter, Member since 2020
Currently Fan Experience Coordinator at the Collingwood Football Club
Our Guarantee.
If you don’t add 5 new people to your network within a fortnight we will introduce you to Members of the Community until you do. AND… If you don’t add at least one new volunteer, internship, casual, part-time, or full-time position within 90 days we will work 1:1 with you to correct your resume, cover letter, and interview techniques (valued at $499).
To claim this you must have:
Proof that you’ve used the SportsGrad resume & cover letter to apply
Proof that you’ve applied to 10 roles, including at least 5 volunteer or casual roles
Attended at least 1 speed networking event
Reached out to connect with at least 5 people
Let’s get started.
So, if you’re ready to really start moving and shaking, don’t miss out on the chance to become a SportsGrad Member.
Gates to the Community open again in February 2024!
Trusted by over 700+ Members
Sam Hickson, promoted by Football Australia
Nathan Perrone, hired by Western United FC
Maddie Reith, hired by Brisbane Broncos
Stella Xie, hired by
ICC T20 World Cup
Chris Burgess, hired by Tennis Australia
Ethan Wren, hired by
Cricket Australia
Chasing a dream to work in sport?
We know how tough it is 🫠
You're lost for direction so you apply for any job.
You get rejected but don’t receive any feedback.
You’ve got no industry connections who can help you.
You spend wayyy too long writing cold LinkedIn DMs
You get left on ‘seen’ and lose motivation quickly
You’re blind to hidden opportunities and miss your dream job.
If it were easy, everyone would work in sport.
Imagine a place you could turn to for connections, feedback, resources, and unadvertised jobs… 💭
Reuben & Ryan here 👋
We left our jobs at Cricket Australia (well, Reuben’s was made redundant - thanks covid!) to start SportsGrad because we understand how it feels to love sport but be completely lost as to how you get a job in it!
Going after a career you love shouldn’t be this hard.
We jumped through all the hoops the Sports industry requires you to:
Volunteer, network, post LinkedIn content, and sell yourself.
And after trying to get in for 5 years and then working in the industry for another 5, we created the SportsGrad Community, as a one-stop shop resource and network to help you break-in, quickly.
The kind we wished we had when we were trying to get a foot in the door.
In fact, if we had a dollar for every time an Exec in sports says…
“I wish SportsGrad was around when I was a student!”
…we’d be off sipping Margaritas.
Chances are there’s a Marg in our hand anyway, but we’re still pouring all our energy into creating the most helpful Community possible so you can reach your dream job.
Because people bold enough to chase their dream and make an impact in sport, deserve a leg up.
“Joining the community has been a tremendous uplift because of the work Reuben and Ryan have been doing in helping students and recent graduates break into the sporting industry which presents many curveballs.”
- Juri Bilicic, Sports Journalism Graduate
Helped Members land over 600+ roles in sport
Billy Bolch, Membership Consultant at Hawthorn FC
”A young footballer may look up to Sam Kerr or a basketballer may look up to Lebron James. Through the SportsGrad community, I found people I could look up to (that I could also reach out to) including Nathan Perrone (WUFC), Bianca Litchfield (Collingwood FC), Blair Crouch (Melbourne Stars) and Sam Hickson (Football Australia).”
10x your network in less than 30 days.
In sport it’s all about who you know.
Learn from 700+ like-minded Members.
Share experiences and open up opportunities.
Meet people in other countries before you travel.
Chat with inspiring Members in the Sports industry who understand what you’re going through.
When you’ve got a strong network, it’s like steroids for your career.
Dan Simons, Director - People & Culture, Victorian Institute of Sport
”When I view applications and can see on LinkedIn they are a SportsGrad Member, the quality in their application is noticeable.”
Cut our the competition with an exclusive job board
80% of jobs never get advertised.
That’s because companies don’t want to waste days sifting through 600+ resumes… (you might have applied to one)
We’re saving them time and money when they share it with the SportsGrad Community.
Less sifting and better candidates for them, more opportunities and less competition for you.
That’s right, inside you get an exclusive Member-only job board filled with hidden opportunities.
This means you’ll be more aware of the large majority of jobs in sport that go unadvertised and get more interviews.
Make yourself well known and you might just get headhunted - yep we’re recruiting for some orgs.
Clayton Henderson, Commercial Partnerships Coordinator at Golf Australia
”I wish I didn’t wait until the end of uni to become a Member. It took me 12 months to find a full-time job in sport, joining whilst I was in 1st or 2nd year would have sped up the process”
Chat to recruiters on Virtual Job Fairs
Organisations want to talk to SportsGrad Members about filling their jobs.
Get the inside word on how to smash your application.
Kimberlee Furness, GM - People & Culture, Netball Australia
”Traditional Recruitment takes anywhere from 4-6 weeks. This process weeds out the undesirable candidates in market and is fast, effective and such a breath of fresh air!”
Access Premium Resources
Choose from over 50+ hours of Q&As and Masterclasses to help you upskill, improve your presence on LinkedIn, and discover your career direction.
(It’s like Netflix for the sports industry)
When is the right time to join?
The best time to join was yesterday, the second best time is today.
When you start chasing your dream job with the support of the SportsGrad Community, it’s like putting a Formula 1 engine in your secondhand car…
That’s a pretty quick VW Golf!
Where would your career be
if you joined 3 months ago?
94 days for the avg. Member to get a new role in sport
600+ roles in sport landed by Members at elite organisations
Do yourself a favour.
Stop stalling, get out of your own way, and take action before your dream in sports is dead, buried and you fall into any ordinary job.
Join 700+ Members who land dream jobs at these elite organisations
Less rejections, more connections
Jump in to accelerate your career
“Being a member helped me solve most if not all my problems. It also helped me find opportunities that I may not have found otherwise.”
- Anantveer Singhania, Masters Student hired by 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
94 days for the avg. Member to get a role in sport.