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Future Endeavors

Grounded in career development theory and industry leading practice the F.L.I is committed to preparing student-athletes as career ready and facilitate the building of their professional network that will support their future endeavors after sport. The F.L.I. will provide programs in direct alignment of career theory, that will support individual Flame development throughout their career phases.

PROGRAMS

Starting with the first transition of our freshmen student-athletes, we provide a program that instills the Flames family culture and reinforcement of Flames Athletics core values, while also setting foundational knowledge and self-awareness in career and leadership.
Freshmen mentoring is facilitated by a senior student-athlete and staff member that oversee a cohort of student-athletes from a variety of teams.
Setting the foundation in career knowledge and exploration, Second semester focuses on self-exploration and awareness: starting to understand who they are versus who they want to be in their sport, in the classroom, in life.
Partnering with the career services center on campus and former UIC alumni, the F.L.I. provided skill developmental workshops for our sophomore through senior Flames.
Sophomores
A panel of young student-athlete alumni visited with UIC sophomore student-athletes for a discussion titled “What I Wish I Would Have Known Then.” Panelists included Flo Beshiri (Women’s Soccer, 2016), Lexi (Brown) Betcher (Women’s Gymnastics, 2015; 2017), Kyle Hamman (Men’s Soccer, 2017) and Mitch Schulewitz (Baseball, 2017). The group provided several key takeaways and reminders for the current student-athletes including:
Be bold and put yourself out there
Reach out to professionals in fields, jobs, or industries you are interested in. Cold calling and social media can be effective tools
Don’t worrying about feeling confused because everyone is trying to figure something out
Get out of the athletic bubble and figure out who you are without sport

Juniors
UIC junior student-athletes received a presentation from Sandy Le of UIC Career Services with advice on how to build an eye-catching resume, the importance of transferable skills and the best methods to properly answer interview questions. The group also worked together to answer a few mock interview questions and received immediate feedback from Le and other full-time UIC Athletics staff members.
Seniors
Total package workshop
UIC senior student-athletes received a presentation from Carol Coston and Jamie Vasquez of UIC Career Services to be able to identify their athletic transferable career skills and how to find and prepare for the virtual interview.

PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT