During your final year of school (or even earlier), actively pursue employment. Internships and volunteer work are very important means to gain experience and make important contacts while still in school. Most school districts post announcements for teaching positions. The following sites are good places to look for employment:

http://member.aahperd.org/careercenter/
http://www.nakpehe.org/OPERA/Index.html

The following collection of website links is based on a breakout session at the 2004 conference of Oregon physical educators and health professionals at Silver Falls. Facilitator: Bradley J. Cardinal, Ph.D., Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Oregon State University

Several web sites post job vacancies in professional areas related to Exercise and Sport Science. These include internships, graduate assistantships, and actual jobs.

While by no means exhaustive, if you search the following web links on a regular basis you’ll find a number of vacancies that may be of interest to you. At each site you’ll have to “look” for the information on “jobs,” but it is there. Good luck!

http://www.bluefishjobs.com/ (Positions related to recreation and recreational sports)

http://www.fit.com/careers_01.htm (Positions related to worksite health promotion)

http://www.athleticbusiness.com/classifieds/ (Various positions related to sports and fitness)

http://hpcareer.net/professionals.cfm (Various positions related to health and fitness)

http://www.csufresno.edu/kines/programs/opera... (Various positions)

http://www.humankinetics.com/careers/ (Various positions)

http://ncaa.thetask.com/market/ads/index.html (Positions related to all aspects of athletics)

http://www.naia.org/classifieds/index.html (Positions related to all aspects of athletics)

http://chronicle.com/jobs/ (Positions related to college and university careers)

http://www.higheredjobs.com/ (Positions related to college and university careers)

http://www.njcaa.org/ (Athletic positions at 2-year colleges. Use this site to identify specific schools. Once that’s done, you have to go to each specific school’s individual website to determine what, if any vacancies, exist. Cumbersome, yes, but nobody said looking for a job was easy! Besides, a lot of people want bother to look this hard. That gives you an edge.)