In the wake of the huge success following the Fifa 2010 World Cup, South Africa is ready to take on bigger and better things, and are talking about putting in a bid for the 2020 Olympic Games. Gideon Sam, the president of the South Africa Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee confirmed that South Africa would be bidding on either the 2020 or the 2024 Olympic Games. This would also be the first time that these historic games would be held on the African Continent.
According to Sam, the International Olympic Committee is very eager to give developing countries the opportunity to host the Olympic Games. “I can’t say that we will be going for 2020 or 2024, but we will be guided by the sporting movement in this country as to what we are going to do,” he concluded.
IOC president, Jacques Rogge, stated that with the “outstanding success” of the World Cup, that they would welcome a bid by South Africa. Deputy Sports Minister, Gert Oosthuizen, also mentioned that the SA government had already expressed interest in bidding for the Olympics, and that discussions with Sascoc were going to take place shortly.
Since the end of the World Cup, people were beginning to worry about losing their jobs and that the unemployment rate in the country would increase once more. If South Africa were to get the Olympic Games, employment will be secured from now until the Games in 2020 or 2024. These jobs are sports jobs at the stadiums, construction jobs, marketing jobs and much more.
If you want to get involved in sports jobs of any kind, whether it is sports marketing jobs, sports agent jobs, sports branding and product sales jobs, or any other kind of career in the sporting industry South Africa might just be the place to go. There are plenty of different kinds of jobs that you can get and some that will require some form of tertiary education. To find out more about this and all the sports jobs that you can get no matter where you want to work in the world, check out Sports Career Finder.
You will get to sign up as a member and have access to in depth information regarding all the different kinds of sports jobs you can get. You will also be able to find out more about writing a great resume and learn about how to fill in the best application form for the jobs that you apply for. There are plenty of sports jobs available on the website in the Job Center, so all you have to do is keep checking back every few days to see the latest posts for available jobs.
You can also learn about the different sports agencies and organizations that you can get jobs through, and discover how to contact them. Once you have seen what kinds of jobs there are in the sporting industry for those who are not professional athletes, you will see that sports is still a great place to be to earn good money and be involved in the games you love.
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