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athlete program
Working with individuals, teams, and leagues, empowHERed provides professional development and education, mentorship, and career opportunities designed to help female-identifying athletes prepare for and transition to their post-playing careers. Here's how:
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Webinar conversations with former athletes
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Virtual and in-person professional development and leadership workshops
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One-on-one mentorship
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Customized support, including resume and LinkedIn development and career consults
USWNT: Post-Playing Career Pathways panel featuring Julie Foudy, Kristine Lilly, Leslie Osborne, and Sam Mewis.
Black Athlete Experience panel featuring Odessa Jenkins, Fran Harris, Ice Young, and Nicole Smart
workshops
We offer a variety of customizable workshops to our team and league partners (available both virtually and in person).
Personal Branding: Finding your Voice
Learn the art of developing and owning their personal brand.
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​Covers how to navigate a saturated market, leverage your brand, develop an effective resume and LinkedIn page, key interviewing skills, and more.
Financial Literacy 101
Build a solid foundation for your post-playing career.
The course can also be tailored based on athletes' unique goals. General topics include saving, budgeting, maximizing your accounts, and more.
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Presentation about perception and the various methods of giving and receiving feedback to make communication more effective and ensure that it is well received.
Leadership Confidence and Communication
Identify your leadership style and learn how to better communicate in a team setting.
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Helps participants develop into confident and effective leaders by engaging in activities, their natural strengths, and goal setting.
Becoming a Pro at Professional Development
Go through the process of optimizing your LinkedIn profile and learn best practices for leveraging your network and development opportunities.
"As athletes, we are on different career trajectories than our peers. We might need work that is flexible, remote, or just not right now! Connecting with the resources that empowHERed offers not only allowed me to get work that is flexible, but is giving me the tools I need to effectively find a full time job once competition winds down. In that way, it is a resource that serves female athletes at all points in their careers. Furthermore, all of the people in the empowHERed community with whom I have connected understand and value the female athlete experience. It is a great bridge between the athlete part of the sport world and the professional side, it values your experience as an athlete while expanding your toolbox to go wherever you want next."
— Skyler Samuelson Espinoza, Team USA cyclist
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