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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI dunno. I mean, we are talking college athletes who are all going to stop playing the game competitively soon. At this point, I'd rather have the line "Competed/Won an NCAA Title" or something similar on my resume vs. "Played on a crappy team in college, but played a lot" line.
That is the end goal, ultimately. To enhance the resume. At the end of 4 years, if your child lasts that long, that is the reality of all this obsession. Plus how soccer enhanced the college experience (such as got to play a lot,friendship, etc). Not sure if NCAA tournament would impress a potential employer as much as captain or some other personal recognition. They certainly will not know if a team was a soccer powerhouse or crappy team or really care about soccer quality a that point.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThat is the end goal, ultimately. To enhance the resume. At the end of 4 years, if your child lasts that long, that is the reality of all this obsession. Plus how soccer enhanced the college experience (such as got to play a lot,friendship, etc). Not sure if NCAA tournament would impress a potential employer as much as captain or some other personal recognition. They certainly will not know if a team was a soccer powerhouse or crappy team or really care about soccer quality a that point.
But it does say a lot about effective time management and ability to juggle multiple and competing priorities. A full time player who gets great grades tells potential employers even more. Successfully navigating four years of college soccer says a lot about managing interpersonal relationships, goal setting and achievement, blah, blah, blah......
I worked for more than a decade in a firm that recruited actively to get new hires right out of college. I must have interviewed a couple hundred of these kids over the years and I assure you that those with collegiate sports on their resumes tended to show us a lot of attractive hiring attributes that we didn't see as regularly in those who didn't.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThat is the end goal, ultimately. To enhance the resume. At the end of 4 years, if your child lasts that long, that is the reality of all this obsession. Plus how soccer enhanced the college experience (such as got to play a lot,friendship, etc). Not sure if NCAA tournament would impress a potential employer as much as captain or some other personal recognition. They certainly will not know if a team was a soccer powerhouse or crappy team or really care about soccer quality a that point.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostSorry, at face value where all else was equal, i think I would be more likely to offer an interview to a captain from Wesleyan than a bench player at UCLA that just won a championship.
“Yes in fact I was a member of the 2017 NCAA Final Four team”
No need to mention how much you played.
Captain of a crappy team means you’re good at leading a crap organizer who finished crappy.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post“Says here you played in college?”
“Yes in fact I was a member of the 2017 NCAA Final Four team”
No need to mention how much you played.
Captain of a crappy team means you’re good at leading a crap organizer who finished crappy.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is funny. I went very far in NCAA tourney. NEVER came up in an interview. Most people do not care about soccer and probably do not realize there is an NCAA tournament for soccer. I believe school quality, course work and internships are far more important. Maybe if you are applying for a soccer coaching position it would matter but I would guess they would expect you would at least be able to lead your own team before they let you lead theirs.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThis is funny. I went very far in NCAA tourney. NEVER came up in an interview. Most people do not care about soccer and probably do not realize there is an NCAA tournament for soccer. I believe school quality, course work and internships are far more important. Maybe if you are applying for a soccer coaching position it would matter but I would guess they would expect you would at least be able to lead your own team before they let you lead theirs.
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100% agree - playing a college sport is extremely helpful for all those reasons. But you don't need to be at a top D1 or go to NCAA final 8. And being a captain at any level is clearly another positive.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post“Says here you played in college?”
“Yes in fact I was a member of the 2017 NCAA Final Four team”
No need to mention how much you played.
Captain of a crappy team means you’re good at leading a crap organizer who finished crappy.
Yippee
"Final Four, huh? Wow, very nice. What position did you play? Score any goals or get any assists?"
"Well, I generally play outside mid, but I didn't really play that much and I didn't score or get any assists for any of the 4 of my years."
As I dig just a small amount deeper, I may find you are coat-tail rider. Whereas, I might ask the other interviewee that was the captain at Wesleyan:
"How did you guys do last year?"
"Not so great. We struggled to score goals and ended up 6-8-2."
"Do you regret playing?"
"Not a chance. I kept fit, had tons of fun, played college soccer, made a bunch of friends for life, learned to balance work and play, and worked hard with my teammates, and as a captain, to lead this team through a tough season and try to get us back on track; I learned a lot about what it means to lead and feel blessed to have had the opportunity to do it at Wesleyan."
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post100% agree - playing a college sport is extremely helpful for all those reasons. But you don't need to be at a top D1 or go to NCAA final 8. And being a captain at any level is clearly another positive.
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