NATA Career Center at the 2008 Annual Meeting
Career Center website comes to life!
2008 Annual Meeting: NATA Career Center
St. Louis, June 18-20, 2008
**IMPORTANT NOTICE**
To all Employers who currently have a
listing on the
Career Center and will be utilizing the Career Center
at the Annual Meeting
| Career Center Hours | For Employers: Frequently Asked Questions | Procedures for Candidates |
If you need to find an athletic training job or fill a job vacancy, the 2008 Annual Meeting is the perfect place for you! One of the most valuable resources offered at the weeklong conference will be a Career Center designed to help athletic training employers and employees unite under one roof.
From June 18-20, the popular Career Center website will transform from virtual to literal, facilitating meetings and face-to-face interviews between employers and job seekers. The Career Center will be a one-stop shop at the Annual Meeting for everything involved in finding a career in athletic training.
The Annual Meeting’s Career Center office will have bulletin boards featuring all the current job postings for job-seekers to review. The office will serve as a liaison between prospective employees and employers. Job hunters can respond to postings by attaching an interview card to their resume and giving it to the Career Center office, being sure to include the job number. The documents are given to the employers to review. If the employer wishes to interview a candidate, Career Center staff will confirm the candidate’s availability and help set up an interview, which will be conducted on-site in one of the designated booths.
Basically, the Career Center will do all the work while the prospective employees and employers reap the benefits! Make plans now to get the most out of your Annual Meeting experience by utilizing the Career Center.
More Career Center perks
Hall of Fame advisors
Interviewing for a new job is intimidating, especially if you have several
interviews on the same day. To ease your stress and help you have the
best interviewing experience possible, the Career Center has asked experienced
athletic training employers to offer their valuable advice.
The 2008 Career Center will have hiring experts on hand, including NATA Hall of Fame members, to answer any questions you may have. Whatever your question, from how to dress appropriately or how to answer a tough question, our experts will counsel you.
Make plans to arrive early for your interview so you have time to visit the table of advisors. You’ll go into your interview feeling confident and prepared. Who knows, you just might walk out with a new job!
Expert insight
The athletic training profession is a career with many different fields, and these differences should be considered when job hunting. Perhaps you have experience in a secondary school setting but are interested in switching to an industrial or corporate environment. Or maybe you worked as a graduate assistant and now want to try out a clinical setting.
If this describes you, chances are you have many questions. The Career Center has brought in experts in specialized fields to answer any questions you may have. A schedule of speakers will be posted in the Career Center, including times and locations. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the various fields and pick which one is best for you!
Tuesday, June 17 Noon- 4:00 p.m. (Employers only)
Wednesday, June 18 8:00 a.m.- noon (Employers only)
Noon- 4:00 p.m. (Career Center opens)
Thursday, June 19 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Friday, June 20 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 21 Closed
For Employers: Frequently Asked Questions
1. “I have a job listing on the NATA website. How do I conduct interviews?”
Go to the Career Center office to request an interview booth. You will
be assigned booth space and a job number. This number will be assigned
to the printout on the bulletin board and to an envelope where the Career
Center staff will put resumes of potential candidates responding to
the advertisement.
The staff will also help you determine hours/days in which to conduct
interviews and input your information into our booth scheduling application
software. You will be reminded to check back periodically to see if
anyone has submitted resumes for interview request.
2. “I don’t have a job listing on the NATA website. How do I conduct interviews?”
You need to post a job listing on the NATA website. The cost is $250. For your convenience, there will be computers in the Career Center for you to post your job listing online.
After you have posted your job listing, go to the Career Center office to request an interview booth. You will be assigned booth space and a job number. This number will be assigned to the printout on the bulletin board and to an envelope where the Career Center staff will put resumes of potential candidates responding to the advertisement.
The staff will also help you determine hours/days in which to conduct interviews and input your information into our booth scheduling application software. You will be reminded to check back periodically to see if anyone has submitted resumes for interview request.
3. “I have a job listing on the NATA website. I don’t want to conduct interviews, but I do want to collect resumes. How do I do this?”
Go to the Career Center office to request to collect resumes. You will
be assigned a job number. This number will be assigned to an envelope
where the Career Center staff will store resumes of potential candidates
responding to the advertisement.
You will be reminded to check back periodically to see if anyone has
submitted resumes for your job listing.
4. “I don’t have a job listing on the NATA website. I don’t want to conduct interviews but I do want to collect resumes. How do I do this?”
You do need to post a job listing on the NATA website, which costs
$250. For your convenience, there will be computers in the Career Center
that you will be able to use to post your job listing online.
You will be assigned a job number. This number will be assigned to an
envelope in which Career Center staff will store resumes of potential
candidates responding to the advertisement.
You will receive periodic reminders to check back occasionally to see
if anyone has submitted resumes for your listing.
Click
here for the procedure for posting a position in the
In the Career Center, we’ve collected all of the job listings
currently posted on the NATA Career Center Web site. We’ve sorted
these listings by job setting and then further sorted them by District.
If you see a job listing that interests you, there are three ways you
can apply for that job.
1. If the listing states that a representative from the facility is on-site and conducting interviews, you can fill out an interview card located on several tables in the Career Center area. Be sure to put the job number on the interview card. The job number is located at the top of each job listing. Attach your resume to the interview card and turn it in to the Career Center office. The on-site representative will be collecting and reviewing resumes. If the representative desires to schedule you for an interview, s/he will note the time and the booth number on your interview card and return that card to the Career Center office. It is your responsibility to check back periodically at the Career Center office to see if any of your interview cards have been returned showing times for you to interviews.
2. If the listing states that a representative from the facility is on-site but only collecting resumes, then make a note of the job number on your resume and turn your resume in to the Career Center office. You will be contacted by the employer at a later times.
3. If the listing doesn’t state they are conducting interviews or collecting resumes at the Career Center area, simply apply for the job based on the procedure outlined in the job listing.