Connecting Companies And College Athletes For Meaningful Careers
A new kind of connection point between recently graduated college athletes looking to start their careers and businesses looking for proven talent.
About Us
Founder Phil Sweeney, a former college athlete and longtime coach, spent years helping players navigate life after graduation. Each year, he saw the same pattern: skilled, high-character athletes without a clear career path, and businesses looking for quality hires.
He began connecting the two, and the results led to Network38. Based in West Michigan and serving companies and athletes nationwide, we’re now a thriving network where great talent and great companies get connected.
How It Works
Athletes Looking for Careers
1. We get to know you and the role you’re looking for. The best jobs align with your goals, personality, and skills. Getting to know each other is the first step in landing you a role that fits.
2. We review our network of companies hiring and select top roles. Stop the endless scrolling of job boards. We connect you with positions that fit your goals, personality, and skills.
3. We connect you with hiring managers. Hiring managers get 100s if not thousands of resumes. Stand out and get connected with hiring managers directly.
Companies Looking for Talent
1. We connect with you to understand the role you’re looking to fill. We want to get to know you, your company, and the role you’re hiring for so we can make personalized connections with top talent.
2. We eliminate the guesswork and select top talent from our network. Each recommended student-athlete is trusted and personally recommended by those who know them best, their coaches.
3. We connect you with proven talent. We match you with ready-to-start top talent based on your role requirements and their skills.
Why Network38
- Access to early-career talent trained to perform
- Personal recommendations from coaches that go beyond a resume
- Clear communication and tailored recruitment support
- Partnership built on trust and real relationships
- Access to vetted talent, college coach-recommended with proven character
- Better opportunities than posting and applying through job boards
- Candidates with built-in discipline, teamwork, and reliability
- Smooth placement process backed by real insight, not just resumes
- Support for full-time hires and internship roles
- Talent and role matched to team culture, career goals, and work style
- Fair, clear pricing with no costs to candidates
FAQ
Why did you decide to focus on student-athletes?
We saw a clear gap in the hiring process. Student-athletes bring discipline, leadership, and a winning mindset, but those strengths often don’t show up on a resume. As a talent agency, we focus on helping these individuals transition from college athletics into meaningful careers.
Where does your service area cover?
We’re based in West Michigan, but connect businesses and talent from all over the U.S.
How is Network38 different from other recruiting companies?
We’re not just another staffing agency relying on filters and keywords. We work through trusted coach referrals and personal relationships, so the matches we make are based on real character.
What types of roles can you help to fill?
We help businesses fill entry-level full-time positions and internships in sales, logistics, operations, marketing, customer support, and more.
Do you only work with recent graduates?
Our focus is on athletes transitioning into the workforce, but we also work with alumni who are early in their careers and looking for the right opportunity.