Continuing with the Most Attractive Employers in Sport survey results, today we bring to you the fifth of eleven categories - the Top 20 Most Attractive Sports Leagues.
As the world's most popular sport, football leagues from around the world are a mainstay on the list of the Most Attractive Sports Leagues. The main European domestic leagues - Premiere League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A and Premeira Liga all appear on the list. The rapidly growing MLS league in the United States as well as the second-tier EFL in England are also on the list. Other major leagues in the USA - NFL, NBA and NHL - all made the list. The MLB was noticeably missing on the list while the WNBA - the women's professional basketball league - made the top 20. Other notable appearances include all three major motorsports - Formula 1, Formula E and MotoGP, as well as the ATP and WTA - the men’s and women’s global tennis leagues.
The list is the result of a study conducted by iWorkinSport, which surveyed more than 1,500 people from 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 2023 will be announced at an Awards ceremony at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, on June 1st, 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 teams were, in alphabetical order:
ATP
Bundesliga
EFL
Euroleague
Formula 1
Formula E
Indian Premier League
La Liga
Ligue 1
MLS
MotoGP
NBA
NFL
NHL
Premier League
Primeira Liga
Serie A
UFC
WNBA
WTA
The iWorkinSport Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2023 Report will be released shortly after the awards ceremony. The report will also feature insightful sports job market trends analysis and interviews.
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 and iworkinsport.com.
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More about The Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2023
The survey was conducted from 16 January to 17 March 2023 and had more than 1,500 respondents, from 73 countries, with 95% having at least a bachelor degree and 61% with postgraduate education, while 78% already work in sport. Detailed demographics data will be available in the report.
About iWorkinSport
iWorkinSport is the Global Hub for everything on 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 such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA, UEFA, FIBA, Adidas, Puma, Juventus FC, Manchester City FC, Infront, IMG, TEAM Marketing, the NBA, Eurovision, Soccerex, the World Football Summit and many others have been in attendance, recruiting at the event. The next iWorkinSport Job Fair will happen in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 2nd. For more information and to register, go to www.iworkinsport.com/jobfair .
In addition to the traditional Job Fair, iWorkinSport organises two online events: the Education Virtual Expo and the Virtual Job Fair.
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