| With all this Olympic fever in the air, you can't help | | | | everything from ticket marketing managers to |
| but ask yourself how you can get involved. If you | | | | athletic services directors. |
| haven't perfected your triple salchow yet, working at | | | | The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is in charge of |
| the Olympics might be the perfect alternative. Having | | | | developing the venues and infrastructure for the |
| an Olympic job would be a once-in-a-lifetime | | | | Games, such as the hockey rink and basketball arena. |
| experience, a resume booster, and a chance to | | | | Jobs 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 the | | | | resume 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 of | | | | it faster and easier for Non-Russians to work with |
| other working professionals who contribute to the | | | | the Sochi Organizing Committee before and during |
| entire Olympic experience. They do everything--from | | | | the games. Watch their website for job listings. |
| building venues to producing merchandise to arranging | | | | Jobs 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, the | | | | founded in 1894, it was charged with the task of |
| work for the next round of Summer and Winter | | | | reviving the ancient Olympic Games. Today, it |
| Olympics is just getting started. Read on to find out | | | | oversees the entire Olympic movement, which |
| how you can make your next career move an | | | | includes international sports federations, national |
| Olympic one. | | | | Olympic committees, athletes, and other sports |
| Jobs at the 2012 London Olympics | | | | officials. Together, these constituencies work to build |
| Now's a great time to find a position working for the | | | | a better world through sports education and fair play. |
| 2012 London Olympic Games. There are two primary | | | | If 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 Olympic | | | | environmental problems, and helping developing |
| Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) is the | | | | countries, visit their website. |
| organization who is preparing for and staging the | | | | Jobs with the U.S. |
| games. As they gear up, they're in need of | | | | |