Career Craft Hub Presents

Beyond the Jersey

Student-athlete career readiness for life after competition.

Career Craft Hub partners with university athletic departments to help student-athletes translate athletic experience into employer-ready career materials, including ATS-friendly resumes, storytelling resumes, LinkedIn positioning, cover letters, interview preparation, and online professional portfolios.

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The Opportunity

Student-athletes already have the traits employers want.

Discipline. Leadership. Resilience. Coachability. Time management. Teamwork. Competitive drive. Performance under pressure.

The challenge is that many student-athletes struggle to translate those strengths into professional language that resonates with employers, recruiters, alumni, and hiring managers.

Beyond the Jersey helps bridge that gap.

The program equips student-athletes with practical career assets they can use immediately for internships, full-time roles, graduate school opportunities, networking conversations, and career fairs.

Resumes LinkedIn Cover Letters Interview Stories Portfolios Career Confidence
The Program

A career launch system built specifically for student-athletes.

Beyond the Jersey is designed to supplement existing campus career resources while giving athletic departments a practical, measurable, student-athlete-specific development offering.

1

ATS-Friendly Resume

A clean, scanner-readable resume designed for online applications and applicant tracking systems.

2

Storytelling Resume

A polished resume that turns athletic, academic, leadership, internship, and work experience into a clear professional narrative.

3

LinkedIn Positioning

Professional headline, about section, experience language, skills, and networking direction.

4

Cover Letter Framework

A customizable letter student-athletes can tailor for internships, entry-level roles, graduate programs, and networking opportunities.

5

Online Portfolio

A digital portfolio and QR-code strategy that lets employers view the student-athlete’s resume, story, projects, leadership, and contact details.

6

Interview Story Bank

A set of athlete-specific talking points that help students answer behavioral interview questions with real examples.

Experience → Employer Language

The student-athlete experience becomes a professional advantage.

Beyond the Jersey helps student-athletes stop minimizing their athletic background and start translating it into language employers understand.

Practice schedule → Time management

Balancing academics, training, travel, recovery, and team obligations.

Team captain role → Leadership

Holding peers accountable, modeling standards, communicating expectations, and supporting team culture.

Film study → Preparation

Reviewing performance, identifying patterns, adjusting strategy, and improving execution.

Competition pressure → Composure

Making decisions, communicating clearly, and performing when outcomes matter.

Injury recovery → Resilience

Navigating setbacks, adapting plans, staying disciplined, and returning stronger.

Coach feedback → Coachability

Receiving feedback, applying instruction, and improving through repetition and accountability.

Flexible Formats

Program options for your department’s needs.

Career Readiness Workshop

A live session that helps student-athletes understand how to translate athletic experience into professional value.

Best for: teams, senior groups, leadership academies, and student-athlete development events.

10-Athlete Pilot Program

A focused pilot where selected student-athletes receive completed career assets and individualized support.

Best for: seniors, juniors, captains, and student-athlete leadership groups.

Semester Partnership

A broader program supporting multiple student-athletes across workshops, individual development, and final reporting.

Best for: athletic departments seeking structured, measurable career readiness support.

Recommended Starting Point

Start small. Prove value. Scale from there.

A 10-student-athlete pilot gives the department a low-friction way to test the program, evaluate student feedback, and review completed deliverables before expanding across teams or class years.

Sample 6-Week Pilot Structure

Week 1: Department discovery and student-athlete selection
Week 2: Student-athlete intake and career goals review
Week 3: Resume and LinkedIn development
Week 4: Cover letter, portfolio, and interview story development
Week 5: Final review and student-athlete delivery
Week 6: Department outcome summary and recommendations

Student-Athlete Deliverables

ATS-friendly resume
Storytelling resume
LinkedIn profile recommendations
Customizable cover letter framework
Professional portfolio outline
Interview story bank
30-60-90 day value commitment
Final department outcome report
Why Career Craft Hub

Practical career development from someone close enough to the student experience to connect.

Career Craft Hub was created to help young professionals build stronger career materials, improve their professional presence, and position themselves for better opportunities.

Founder Jared Cox graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, turned a sport-related academic background into a six-figure career path at Bank of America, and advanced to Vice President at age 24.

Built to complement your internal team.

Beyond the Jersey is not designed to replace existing campus career services or student-athlete development staff. It is designed to provide supplemental, student-athlete-specific support that creates tangible deliverables and measurable outcomes.

FAQ

Common questions from athletic departments.

Does this replace our existing career services team?

No. Beyond the Jersey is designed to supplement existing campus resources, not replace them.

Can this be delivered virtually?

Yes. The program can be delivered virtually, in person, or through a hybrid format.

Is this only for student-athletes who want to work in sports?

No. The program helps student-athletes pursue opportunities across business, sales, marketing, finance, operations, healthcare, education, entrepreneurship, graduate school, and more.

What makes this different from a normal resume workshop?

The program is built around the student-athlete experience and focuses on translating athletic identity, leadership, discipline, resilience, coachability, teamwork, and performance under pressure into professional language.

Help your student-athletes prepare for what comes next.

Student-athletes spend years developing discipline, leadership, resilience, and competitive excellence. Beyond the Jersey helps them turn those strengths into a professional story employers can understand.

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Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ and feel free to contact me for an introductory call.

Your Questions, Answered
Contact

    • Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form, email me at jared.cox@careercrafthub.com or call me at 336-414-0392.

    • Explore Pilot options to kick off this partnership with no downpayment or contractual risk.

  • I graduated from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill in 2022 with an Exercise Science - Sport Administration degree. I was forced to think outside of the box to break into my career which is where I began my journey of professional development methodology. Through these methods, I landed a 6-figure paying job at Bank of America right out of college, and advanced to a Vice President at Bank of America at the age of 24. In 2024, I launched Career Craft Hub where I have helped dozens of individuals with professional development and career advancement. I am now 25 years old with an opportunity to showcase these best practices to college students and alumni who can relate to someone near their age who has had success.

    • Short answer - easy! These relationships should be flexible and tailored to the needs of the university career services to add supplemental value.

    • Flexible formats: in-person, virtual, hybrid

    • Short contracting cycles (workshop-based, semester-based)

    • Alignment with existing programming (career fairs, senior weeks, alumni events)

  • Flexible pricing with a tailored approach to meet the needs of the university career services.

Client Testimonials

  • "I can't recommend Jared enough. He set me up for success in my job search. He had countless great ideas and polished up my resume to help me stand out in a tough job market. He helped me through each challenging step in my job search. Within a short period of time, I was hired and am now on the career path I have been dreaming about. I am certain Jared's expertise helped me land this position."

    Daniel C.

  • "I wanted to let you know that I got a very nice compliment for the resume package you put together for me. I applied on LinkedIn for a pharma company as a sales rep and the recruiter told me it really stood out. They offered me a job where I can move to Charlotte and it's a big move up career wise for me. Your design works!!"

    Eddie G

  • "I greatly appreciate your services and i’m very pleased with the outcome of my resume creation! I truly feel like my money was well spent. Thanks again Jared"

    Jada L.

  • "Hi Jared, It was a pleasure working with you to improve my resume, and I can’t recommend you highly enough! From our first conversation, you were attentive and genuinely interested in understanding my career goals. Provided insightful feedback and expertly highlighted my skills and experiences, transforming my resume into a polished and professional document, your attention to detail and ability to tailor my resume for specific roles truly set you apart. Thank you again for all your help and support. Much appreciated! Eduardo E"

    Eduardo E.

  • "Hey Jared!! Wow it looks incredible! So much detail and more tailored for sure! I so appreciate all the hard work you did!! It looks great to me!! Thank you so much!! With gratitude, Michele"

    Michele B.