City Football Group – owners of Manchester City FC – confirmed presence at the innovative sports-focused career fair, which will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 18 May.
Lausanne, 9 April 2018
City Football Group (CFG) is the owner of a number of football related businesses with global relevance. These include high profile professional football clubs, academies, technical support and marketing companies. CFG’s majority-owned clubs include Premier League Manchester City FC, Melbourne City FC of the A-League and MLS Franchise New York City Football Club.
CFG’s other club investments comprise Yokohama F. Marinos of the J-League, Club Atlético Torque in the Primera Division of the Uruguayan league and, the most recent addition to City Football Group, FC Girona of La Liga. The common aim across all clubs is to provide the best possible experience and an unmatched opportunity for fans and communities to participate in, and benefit from, football at both a local and global level. The Group’s support companies – Global Football and City Football Marketing – operate from a number of offices around the world in support of the Group’s clubs, associate organisations and customer organisations. Global Football shares footballing IP and “know-how” to recruit, develop, train and win. City Football Marketing creates media, marketing and fan engagement properties to support the commercial development of clubs and their partners.
City Football Group will be joining a stellar list of world-class organisations recruiting at the event, such as International Olympic Committee (IOC), FIFA, UEFA, adidas, IMG, Infront Sports & Media, CAA Eleven, Nielsen Sports, Soccerex, mycujoo, Freeride World Tour and others.
The JOB FAIR
The iWorkinSport Job Fair debuted last year as the first international career fair focused on the sports industry, enabling some of the most renowned organisations in the marketplace to meet, interview and recruit students and alumni from the most prestigious sports management courses in Europe. The 2nd edition will take place once again at the SwissTech Convention Center, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 18 May.
iWorkinSport is more than just a recruitment platform!
The career fair is the perfect place for recruiters and HR professionals to exchange knowledge and promote “what it’s like to work at their companies” to a qualified audience. As an important addition to this year’s programme, the recruiters from various companies will now be invited to take part in a special Recruiters Workshop & Networking Session, on the evening of the 17th May, which will be followed by a dinner with the representatives of the Academic Partners.
Students and alumni from the following post-graduate courses in sports management will attend and will be looking for opportunities in the sports industry: AISTS, CIES’s FIFA Master, Coventry University, EU Business School, IESE Business School – University of Navarra, Johan Cruyff Institute, The FBA – Football Business Academy, University of Liverpool.
iWorkinSport Job Fair is co-organised by ENGAGE Sport & Entertainment, a Swiss-based events company, and the sports innovation network ThinkSport. The 2018 edition of the event has the support of the International Centre for Sports Studies – CIES (Gold Partner), mycujoo (Sponsor), WORKS Ltd (Design Partner), Wiz-Team (Event Registration Partner), Japan Sports Council (Supporter) and of the local hosts, City of Lausanne and the State of Vaud.
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