{"id":497,"date":"2012-08-03T13:55:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scqa.hult.edu\/en\/news\/blogs\/2012\/august\/olympic-dreams\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T09:03:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T09:03:42","slug":"olympic-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/olympic-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this post the Olympics are taking part in London and, watching it, it\u2019s clear that the number of people involved alongside the athletes, on both a paid and voluntary basis, is quite extraordinary. I gained an insight to this when I had the chance to visit the offices of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.london2012.com\/about-us\/the-people-delivering-the-games\/locog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOGOC)<\/a> in February to hear them talk about the job opportunities at the Games.<\/p>\n<p>At that time LOGOC had 2,500 staff working for them and were bringing on board a further 100 staff per week in the run up to the Games, with the expectation that they would have 7,000 staff by the Games. This is in addition to the 100,000 staff needed for short term contract work and the 60,000-70,000 volunteers helping out during the Games. Astounding numbers.<\/p>\n<p>So if the Olympics have got you thinking about a career that involves sport in some way what options do you have? Most organisations will have the regular functional roles (e.g. marketing, HR, operations, etc) so if you know what your skill set is then it\u2019s about focusing on the organisations available to you.<\/p>\n<p>Look for organisations who provide hospitality at the premier sporting events, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetsetsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Set Sports<\/a> or sports marketing agencies, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sportsmark<\/a>, or even sports promotional companies. In addition to these there will be opportunities stakeholders of major sporting events, such as:<br \/>\n\u2022 Sponsors, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadbury.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadbury<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcdonalds.co.uk\/ukhome.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McDonalds<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coca-cola.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coca Cola<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adidas.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adidas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sainsburys.co.uk\/sol\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sainsbury\u2019s<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 Specialised event agencies, such as<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iluka.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> iLUKA <\/a>who provide strategies, planning and operational fulfilment for sponsors and other stakeholders at global events<br \/>\n\u2022 International federations, e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fina.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINA<\/a> \u2013 the swimming international federation<br \/>\n\u2022 Country specific bodies, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uksport.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Sport and British Athletics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested working in these areas? Please comment below.<\/p>\n<p>Kickstart your career in Europe&#8217;s biggest startup cluster by studying at Hult&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/en\/locations\/london\/\">London business school<\/a>. To find out more, take a look at our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/virtual-tour-of-hult-london\/\">Take a tour of Hult life in London<\/a>. Download a brochure or get in touch today to find out how Hult can help you to learn about the business world, the future, and yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I write this post the Olympics are taking part in London and, watching it, it\u2019s clear that the number of people involved alongside the athletes, on both a paid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Olympic dreams | Hult International Business School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As I write this post the Olympics are taking part in London and, watching it, it\u2019s clear that the number of people involved alongside the athletes, on both a paid and voluntary basis, is quite 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