Developing a Professional Identity

Developing a professional identity
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Table of Contents
2. Blog on working in sports industry.............................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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2. Blog on working in sports industry
INTRODUCTION
In recent times sports industry is rapidly growing. There are various types of sports events
that is being organised. Also, it has led to rise in sports event tourism as well. The events
occurring in sports industry are local ones. So, this industry is growing and in future it is
expected that a lot of job opportunity and high revenue will be generated from it. There are many
people working in sports industry at varied roles. So, there will be change in things as well and
new trends can emerge in employment. This blog will describe about working in sports industry
and what type of roles are available in it. besides that, what skills and qualification are required
is also discussed in it (Armitage-Chan. and May, 2018).
MAIN BODY
Sports industry consists of different types of sports events to be organised in it. There are
many students who want to build their career in this event. But due to lack of opportunity or
roles they are not able to do so. Other than this, sometimes it requires high experience and skills
as well in order to make career in this sector. Also, due to covid 19 many sports events are
cancelled and it has led to laying off of jobs in it. According to Hinkle, and Drew, 2020, covid
19 has highly impacted on entire world economy. Due to that each sector is impacted adversely.
Moreover, many sports events are delayed or postponed due to this pandemic. So, in future there
will be numerous events which will be organised. Thus, there will be high requirement of job
opportunity in these events. Alongside there will be many new roles as well which will emerge
in this sector. Besides that,, there lies vast number of other employment opportunity as well in
coming years. So, an individual can easily make a successful career in sport industry. Also, those
who are having interest in sports can enter in this field. For examples- sports event such as IPL,
big bash, Uefa nations league, and many types of event are been organised. It has resulted in
emerging of new roles for youngsters and graduates. As UK is large country and there are
different types of sports being played by people. Moreover, many organisation also conduct
event with support from government.
As said by Jackson, 2017, there are many companies and start ups which are emerging in
this field. They are based in new ideas and concepts and also approved by government. Here,
many start ups are based on betting concept where it allows people to bet. So, for that it requires
to develop App, need analysts, do marketing, and various other things. Therefore, it has
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