#309: How I landed a dream job at Cricket Australia | Reuben Williams, Founder of SportsGrad

It’s about time I reintroduced myself! Today I’m going to share with you my journey in sport. Before diving headfirst into SportsGrad I experienced the unrelenting grind and overwhelming relief of breaking into sport.

We’re talking failed exams, fired from jobs, dropping out of uni, internships in France, a dream job at Cricket Australia, travelling the country with international teams, and much more.

If you’re wondering who is this Reuben guy behind SportsGrad, well this episode reveals all.

Enjoy!

We cover:

06:27 – Dropping out and struggling through uni

10:18 – Landing an internship that sent me to France

13:21 – Meeting my mentor Wayne Oswald

17:32 – Building the resume that landed me a dream job

19:08 – Building the relationship that landed me a dream job

20:34 – Answering 'what experience are you most proud of?'

23:05 – What it was like to work at Cricket Australia as your first job

25:01 – What it was like dealing with a sexual assault (let alone the ball-tampering scandal)

27:40 – Leading a marketing campaign for the Women’s T20 World Cup

30:44 – Working with the New Zealand Women’s Cricket Team as a Team Liaison Officer

34:09 – Being made redundant and doubling my salary in the process

35:44 – Working at the Men's T20 World Cup with the UAE Team as a Team Liaison Officer

42:02 – Getting stranded in Dubai and being rescued by cricket connections

45:30 – The joys of working in sport

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If you like this ep, give these a go next:

#297: Reuben in Paris (what it was actually like to attend the Olympic Games)

#308: How to land a job in 2025

#255: Transformative Goal Setting - The Career Operating System that changed my life

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Big thanks to Deakin University for making this episode possible. Check out their Master of Sport Management, ranked #1 in Australia.

Thanks for listening, much love!

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