Olympic Jobs in 2012, 2014 and Beyond

With all this Olympic fever in the air, you can't helpeverything from ticket marketing managers to
but ask yourself how you can get involved. If youathletic services directors.
haven't perfected your triple salchow yet, working atThe Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is in charge of
the Olympics might be the perfect alternative. Havingdeveloping the venues and infrastructure for the
an Olympic job would be a once-in-a-lifetimeGames, such as the hockey rink and basketball arena.
experience, a resume booster, and a chance toJobs at the 2014 Sochi Olympics
travel and live abroad all rolled into one.There's 1,484 days until the Sochi Winter Olympics
The good news is you don't have to be an athlete,kick off, which is plenty of time to dust off your
coach or sports professional to participate. Behind theresume and start practicing your Russian. The Russian
sporting events, there are project managers,government is even making it easy for you-in
engineers, marketers, advertisers, vendors,October 2008, they announced a decree that makes
restaurant managers, distributors and a whole lot ofit faster and easier for Non-Russians to work with
other working professionals who contribute to thethe Sochi Organizing Committee before and during
entire Olympic experience. They do everything--fromthe games. Watch their website for job listings.
building venues to producing merchandise to arrangingJobs with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
food service--that makes the Games a success.When the International Olympic Committee was
While it might be too late to head to Vancouver, thefounded in 1894, it was charged with the task of
work for the next round of Summer and Winterreviving the ancient Olympic Games. Today, it
Olympics is just getting started. Read on to find outoversees the entire Olympic movement, which
how you can make your next career move anincludes international sports federations, national
Olympic one.Olympic committees, athletes, and other sports
Jobs at the 2012 London Olympicsofficials. Together, these constituencies work to build
Now's a great time to find a position working for thea better world through sports education and fair play.
2012 London Olympic Games. There are two primaryIf you're interested in helping bring sports to athletes
organizations you can work for:of all groups and demographics, raising awareness for
The London Organizing Committee of the Olympicenvironmental problems, and helping developing
Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is thecountries, visit their website.
organization who is preparing for and staging theJobs with the U.S.
games. As they gear up, they're in need of