profile updated Dec 29, 2008, 12:44 PM
Career Athletes is, however, the place for companies wanting to hire college athletes for more typical jobs, such as in sales, marketing, engineering, and the like. It is the product of the 2008 merger between Career Athletes and Athletes4hire.com
Career Athletes LLC operates a job board, a search firm and provides locally labeled networking sites to college athletic departments for their students and alums.
The focus of the branded networking-oriented sites is on community, and a site might include alums of a particular sport mentoring current athletes, college sports news and similar types of content. There's also a job board, supplemented by a resume-like database of the college's athletes, which, over time, grows to be quite extensive.
What sets Career Athletes apart is the company's campus-based orientation for the athletes. "We've done over 800 on-campus presentations," company CEO Chris Smith says. "We are hands-on with the athletic department." These presentations, made to the athletes, include on-the-spot sign-ups for the site, ensuring their participation and availability to recruiters.
Thus the white-labeled networking sites for college athletic departments and the support of college coaches and athletic directors helps ensure participation from a school's student athletes.
Jobs are posted to the individual college sites and to a nationally available job board. Only registered users get to search the job board.
The business model is a blend of typical self-service postings (must register to get pricing) and sponsorships and branding programs. Career Athletes encourages an employer's holistic approach to the college athlete market, offering sponsorships of one or more college white-labeled community sites, presence at college job fairs, exclusive access to the resumes and other services. These are not delineated on the site, but are discussed in the posted company brochure.
The company also operates a search firm placing entry-level and especially athlete-alums with companies seeking employees with the sense of teamwork, competitiveness and results that marks competitive sports.
Competitive Resources Group recruits, polishes and mentors college athletes for placement with client firms.
News & Updates 
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Career Athletes Launches National Media Campaign (www.careerathletes.com)
Career Athletes, a career education and resource provider for graduating and alumni collegiate athletes, is launching its first television and digital media campaign this fall.
Coinciding with the height of the college football season, Career Athletes is targeting former and current college athletes via an integrated media campaign, including television, digital and social media extensions.
Oct 31, 2009, 12:38 PM -
Career Athletes Helping Athletes With A Career After Football (Sporting News)
Sporting News reports on the efforts of college athletic departments to prepare their players for a career other than professional football. Career Athletes is cited for its career seminars, networking and job matching. Jun 17, 2009, 9:33 AM -
Former NBA Forward Joins Career Athletes Board (www.careerathletes.com)
Former Orlando Magic forward Pat Garrity has joined the advisory board of Career Athletes.
Garrity retired last year after nine seasons in Orlando.
Apr 15, 2009, 5:19 PM -
Career Athletes Names Fromer MRI Franchisee To Management Team (Company)
Bart Heres has joined Career Athletes as vice president of executive search and business development.
Prior to joining Career Athletes, Heres was a franchise owner with Management Recruiters International. He also served as corporate office general manager, and leader of the national supply chain practice. His team was named MRI Business Unit of the Year for three consecutive years.
Apr 6, 2009, 12:38 PM -
NAIA and Career Athletes Sign Exclusive Agreement (PR Web)
NAIA student-athletes have a new teammate when it comes to preparing for life after athletics. Career Athletes, LLC, a career education and resource organization for collegiate athletic departments and current and alumni student-athletes, is now the exclusive provider of career education for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and its 291 member based institutions.The NAIA is the governing body for small school athletics in the U.S. Jan 26, 2009, 10:10 AM -
Former Kansas City Chief Joins Career Athletes (PRWeb)
Former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marc Boerigter has been hired as a business development representative for Career Athletes at its headquarters outside Kansas City. Boerigter will be responsible for promoting all aspects of Career Athlete's branding and recruitment services to hiring organizations. Dec 29, 2008, 12:44 PM
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Products & Services
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Job Posting
Postings require company registration in order to obtain pricing information. Single job for 60 days is $150. Featured job is $200 and gets higher visibility, including home page positioning. 4 job pack is $480. Featured employer branding available for $250. No other packages or bundles are listed on the site. -
Sponsorships
A variety of programs are available that include sponsoring one or more private labeled career and community sites in the Career Athletes network. Sponsorship includes resume access, job posting and branding positions on the sponsored sites. -
Contingent Search
Emphasis is on candidates with a college competitive athletics background. Services are provided by Career Athletes division, Competitive Resources Group, which is based in Georgia.