Ever watched a footballer take a penalty, and land it in the back of the net whilst 30 000 people are screaming at them to miss? Or looked at the teamwork of the top rugby teams, seamless coherence under pressure? Wondered how sportspeople stay motivated to keep driving their best year on year? Want to bring this resilience, confidence, motivation, teamwork and performance under pressure into your organisation?
This could be a great opportunity to tap into one of the most highly sought-after talent pools in the country, of course – but it’s also a chance for your organisation to give something back to the sports community (and there could be some good PR opportunities in it as well!). You might have wondered how you employ an athlete, once they have retired. Welcome to LAPS!
Sportspeople thrive on expectation, teamwork, targets and feedback. LAPS is the only organisation of its type working in athlete transition and careers after sport, and recognising that elite sportspeople are often searching for very different career paths, we have a number of ways you can get involved.
Here are a few options:
Don’t just listen to us. Listen to people in business about the benefits of recruiting an elite athlete. Get in touch today.
A lot of athletes might take time out once one Olympic cycle finishes, or have time to spare during the week but not want to commit to a job. Work experience is the perfect way to improve your talent pipeline, but also for the athlete to be more informed once he or she starts to apply for roles. Can you offer work experience to ex athletes?
We work closely with a number of organisations to support athlete transition programmes, from small businesses to well known companies such as JP Morgan, Amazon and Bank of America.
Often running alongside military transition initiatives, these programmes often allow the athlete to experience a number of departments or roles within a business with the potential for a permanent role at the end.
Our Ahead of the Game events take place annually in the spring, around the country, and connect athletes with businesses looking to recruit.
We also host athlete-experience days in association with relevant businesses and work with NGBs on transition events and workshops.
Annual Partners get to include their branding within the LAPS Members Area, attend our events, post an unlimited number of jobs and work with our Member Support Manager who will introduce any athletes who are interested in working in your sector to you.
This is a great way of getting involved if you want to raise your company profile in the largest multi-sport athlete community in the UK.
