Athletic Training Career Essay

I attended the career fair event in the Carson Center with the intent to talk to people willing to employ Athletic Trainers. I had been looking forward to it, and soon realized it was not what I thought it would be. I had previously looked into a few of the participant’s companies and found a few that might be worth talking to. However, this number was few and far between for only Athletic Training jobs. Some of the people I talked to were more interested in me if I had a Pre-Physical Therapy track rather than just Athletic Training, such as Common Wealth Health Corporation, Wabash Christian Therapy, and Pro Rehab. Considering I have not yet decided if I wanted to just go into Physical Therapy or just Athletic Training yet. Meeting these people felt like I was almost incompetent with my future degree since I am leaning towards a Master’s in Athletic Training. As the interaction at the event continued, I felt more and more uncomfortable with my surroundings, simply because it seemed like my degree just simply did not fit with the event. I did not feel as obligated to talk to people because I knew they only saw that I was an Athletic Training major as of now, rather than someone looking into a doctorate in the
I need to think about who was more interested in my major and who actually took me seriously before concluding on who I will and will not contact. I do not have a wide range of choices that I would have had if I was a for-sure Physical Therapy major. Considering that I am not leaning towards it, I do not think I will be contacting most of the people I talked to. I might just wait until next year’s event to determine if anyone is worth contacting. I already have outside sources who weren’t at the event that I plan to contact, and I may just stick with them. They are direct leads into the Professional leagues, and that seems like a much better use of my time than what happened at the