Career Planning --- This course provides small group and one-on-one career coaching to SM students as they conduct internship and full-time job searches or apply to graduate programs. Assignments are individually catered to meet students' individual needs and goals. We will discuss all elements of a job search: preparing job application materials; promoting personal brand; networking and maintaining communication / building relationships with industry professionals; communicating with industry professionals in person, via email and social media; preparing for, executing, and following-up on interviews; accepting and declining job offers; negotiating salary; and managing a budget in the first year as a professional. Students update job search materials, including their e-portfolios; create a tiered database of industry contacts and/or potential graduate schools; and conduct two targeted informational interviews. Students also complete an activity to manage their budgets in the first year and a presentation on a specific industry's operations/organizational chart. Michigan Sport Management alumni and industry professionals participate as guest speakers by joining us in person in class or via Skype.

This elective counts towards both concentrations.