Are you looking for a new coaching position? If so make time during the convention to take advantage of the complimentary career services offered to AVCA Convention attendees:
- Meet one-on-one with career counselors to discuss tips for resume writing, improving interview skills/mock interviews, identifying networking opportunities, legal issues/coaching contracts, building your personal brand, how to search for jobs, and more.
- Review Salary Survey results organized by division and by conference.
- Post open positions on your staff. Those who have an open position are encouraged to bring the job description to the convention or e-mail the description in advance to Becca Just at becca.just@avca.org.
- Search open positions and post your resume.
- Conduct an interview onsite in one the designated meeting rooms in the convention center.
Coaches seeking assistance with resume writing & resume critique should schedule an appointment with Elizabeth Shultz. Coaches seeking assistance on sports industry specific career topics or would like to do a mock interview should schedule an appointment with Jona Braden. Division I and Division II coaches seeking assistance with legal issues and contract negotiation should schedule an appointment with Garry Rosenfield. Please see the counselor biographical information below.
Career counseling times are as follows (all Career Center activities are located in Hall ABC of the Kentucky International Convention Center):
Thursday, Dec. 19
Elizabeth Shultz
Counseling: 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Jona Braden
Counseling: 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Garry Rosenfield
Counseling: 2 – 3:30 p.m. (additional appointment times are available as needed)
Friday, Dec. 20
Garry Rosenfield
Counseling: 12:30 – 3 p.m. (additional appointment times are available as needed)
Elizabeth Shultz
Counseling: 1 – 6 p.m.
Jona Braden
Counseling: 1 – 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 21
Elizabeth Shultz
Counseling: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Jona Braden
Counseling: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Jona Braden
Elizabeth Shultz
Career Counselors:
Jona Braden
Jona Braden is currently an Assistant Volleyball Coach and Physical Education Instructor at 2018 Division III national champion Emory University. Prior to her position at Emory, Braden served as the Head Volleyball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director at the Westminster Schools in Atlanta. Collegiately, she served as the Head Volleyball Coach at the University of Kentucky from 1998 – 2004 and at Butler University from 1983 – 1990. Jona has been an athletics administrator for seventeen years including three years as an Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator and two years as a Senior Associate Athletics Director at Butler. Among her duties as an athletics administrator Jona was responsible for assessing and hiring head coaches along with mentoring and helping in the employment process of assistant coaches. In addition, Jona wrote one of the chapters in “The Volleyball Coaching Bible, Coaching Principles & Priorities: The Ups & Downs of a Season.”
Garry Rosenfield
Garry Rosenfield began working with Coaches Inc. in June 2012. Garry is a 2013 graduate of the Quinnipiac University School of Law, and also brings experience in sports communications. He attended law school immediately after his undergraduate work at the University of Connecticut was completed in 2010, and is from Upton, Massachusetts – a small town outside of Worcester. Garry plays a role in all legal work pertaining to client representation including contract advisement and negotiation.
Elizabeth Shultz
Elizabeth Shultz is a Certified Résumé Writer and Vocational Expert with over 15 years’ experience in career counseling, conducting assessments, interview coaching, and resume writing. As a career counselor, Mrs. Shultz provides effective job search strategy to clients increasing career satisfaction and maximizing earning potential. Mrs. Shultz has a master’s degree in Education, concentration in Rehabilitation Counseling from Auburn University. She has earned professional certifications from the Professional Association of Résumé Writers and Career Coaches as a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW). She is a member of the Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals Association and the International Association of Rehabilitation.
