Up next in our announcements of the Most Attractive Employers in Sports 2024: Sports Leagues
This year’s Top 20 list includes leagues from eight different sports. Football appears with nine different leagues, including some of the most popular like the Bundesliga from Germany, the Premier League from England, LaLiga from Spain and Ligue 1 from France. Worth noting is the NWSL, the National Women’s Soccer League from the United States, currently experiencing massive growth in popularity, accounts for one of the nine football leagues. Basketball leagues take four spots in the Top 20 with the Euroleague, NBA, WNBA and the Basketball Champions League. Both the men’s and women’s tennis leagues - the ATP and the WTA - also appear in the Top 20. Check out the full Top 20 list below.
The list is the result of a study conducted by iWorkinSport, which surveyed more than 1,600 people from 83 countries representing all continents, with the majority already working in sport, and asked them a simple question: “If you could choose to work anywhere in sport, where would that be?”
At first, the respondents chose organisations divided into ten categories and, at the end, they indicated one single preferred choice, overall – the “Employer of their Dreams”.
The final rankings of the iWorkinSport Most Attractive Employers 2024 will be announced at an Awards ceremony at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, on June 4th, at a VIP dinner offered to recruiters and academic partners of the iWorkinSport Job Fair, which will take place the following day in Lausanne.
In the category Sports Leagues, the 20 most-voted leagues were, in alphabetical order:
ATP (Tennis, Global)
Basketball Champions League (Europe)
Bundesliga (Football, GER)
EFL (Football, ENG)
Euroleague (Basketball, Europe)
Formula 1 (Motorsport, Global)
LaLiga (Football, ESP)
Liga Portugal (Football, POR)
Ligue 1 (Football, FRA)
MLS (Football, USA)
National Women's Soccer League (Football, USA)
NBA (Basketball, USA)
NFL (American Football, USA)
NHL (Ice Hockey, USA)
PGA Tour (Golf, USA)
Premier League (Football, ENG)
Serie A (Football, ITA)
UFC (Martial Arts, USA)
WNBA (Basketball, USA)
WTA (Tennis, Global)
The iWorkinSport Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2024 Report will be released on June 5th, 2024. The report will also feature insightful sports job market trends analysis and interviews. To ensure you receive a copy of the report, pre-order your free copy HERE.
Over the coming weeks, the shortlists in each category will be announced. To find out which companies are shortlisted, follow iWorkinSport’s professional and social media channels: LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (or X)and iworkinsport.com.
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More about The Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2024
The survey was conducted from 16 January to 17 March 2023 and counted 1,619 respondents, from 101 nationalities, living in 83 countries, with 84% having at least a bachelor degree and 52% with postgraduate education, while 87% already work in sport. Detailed demographics data will be available in the report.
Disclaimer: As the name suggests, the Most Attractive Employers in Sport survey doesn’t necessarily measure employees’ satisfaction but rather the companies’ Employer Branding - as it is open to anyone with a desire to work in sport to participate.
About iWorkinSport
iWorkinSport is the Global Hub for all things career, recruitment and education in sport.
The company connects and provides solutions and opportunities to all stakeholders in the field of career development in sport - be it candidates, employers, employees, students, academic programmes, HR professionals, recruitment agencies, consultants, career coaches, etc. It also produces, aggregates and curates content and knowledge relevant to careers in sport.
iWorkinSport was created in 2017 with the aim to organise the first truly international career fair focused on the sports industry. It enables some of the most renowned organisations to meet, interview and recruit students and alumni from the most prestigious sport management programmes in the world.
World-class sports organisations have been in attendance, recruiting at the event. The next iWorkinSport Job Fair will happen in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 5th. For more information and to register, go to www.iworkinsport.com/jobfair.
Contact: For more information, contact info@iworkinsport.com.