Sports Science Job Options
Sports Science: Which route for you? So you’re enrolled in a sports science degree and wondering where this exciting subject is going to take you. It is normal at this stage to either; a) have NO idea what sports science…
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My no. 1 interview question for applied sport science jobs
My favourite and, I think my most discriminating sports science practitioner interview question is the plainly simple, “How do you improve performance?” It is deliberately vague, to allow a candidate to flourish or stall; it’s simplicity is both…
Self-awareness in interviewing in applied sports science
An increasing trend in sports science job interview is for the interviewers to ask some questions about you. There are no right of wrong answers here, you have to be your genuine self, because otherwise you will look like…
Clarity, clarity, clarity: Adding structure to your interview answers for applied sport science
“Clarity affords focus.” Thomas Leonard The sports science job interview is fully underway now and your tightrope walking and Y type answers have held the attention and impressed so far. The interview panel will certainly have the…
Touch, Pause and Engage*: What you might expect at the start of an applied sports science interview.
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” Lao Tzu The interviewing begins and the selectors welcome you. There are reams of work written on polite small-talk (“Where are you based?” etc), handshaking (research says avoid…
Making an impressive impression: The importance of the initial contact for interviews in applied sport science
This blog is part of a series about interviewing for applied sport science, if you missed last week’s intro, here it is. “We’re generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.” Daniel Kahneman Woah…
Choosing to be wheat or chaff: A view from interviewing in applied sport science
If you put ‘job interview’ into Google – it will return a google number of articles about some principles or methods of how to ace it (if you put “sports science jobs” in too, you might not get much luck…
Top 10 applications: 6. Training methods
This week’s topic, in my humble opinion, is the most neglected subject area in the Sports Science University education system*. If the evidence that I refer to is indirect I apologise, but in the sports science graduate population I…