Alternative names
The name that is name known often as agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes. They are also commonly known as agents or representatives based on where live. The location has a lot to do with how you call them because in a place like Europe they'll most likely be known as representatives and in other places they'll be given the name as agents.
ProsTheir are plenty of upsides to being in this form of business. You can gain several amounts of experience from this particular career that can be placed into different types of careers that involve business. The hands on experience can benefit to gain great amounts of one on one interaction skills for any other career that can be pursued because the great way that you can work with people and how it becomes second nature. The amount of patience that is required for this career can help you too better your opportunity in having a higher level entertainer or athlete because it shows that you can manage time perfectly and be able to give them time to make decisions that will benefit them. Having experience with this career can help to lead to other careers such as a general manager of a sports team, a president of operations or a representative for a huge corporation that deals with having a huge name in the media represent your brand.
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ConsThe cons do tend to be less of a problem when compared to the pros. The cons tend to deal with more of how much stress you will receive and how hectic it can be to be an agent. Also if you have a family it will be difficult to spend a lot of time with them because of all the traveling that you'll have to do with the person you're representing. Its a tough way to manage the traveling that you'll have to do and the long hours you'll have to work to maintain everyone happy and be able to get them what they all want. Sometimes you'll have to deal with someone who gives you a difficult time and doesn't understand that you try to do or fix. They'll be difficult to deal with and will want to do everything their own way rather than make decisions that can help their future rather than just for now.
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Career Aspects
The career of a sports agent, or as its official name, Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes. This career mainly involves with the involvement in the careers of artist, performers and athletes. The way that these form of agents make their money comes from commission of a contract they help their entertainer sign. They receive a 10% commission of the contract that they sign, meaning that the total contract worth, the agent will receive 10% of that. You can as well become a better agent from what you are by going to law school. What can you get from law school by being an agent ? You can learn how to break down contracts and dissect them to know every last detail of it and as well to earn skills that can get you to become more linguistic and communicative. In Cal State Fullerton they offer the degree in Entertainment and Tourism management which is the closest to become and agent. The cost to go to school at Fullerton will be tuition of $6,196. The annual income of an agent in California is an average of $127,930 while making an average salary of $61.51 per hour.
Agents have to deal interactively with several performers and athletes daily. They have to develop great people skills to persuade, who they want to sign, into they're company. Its a great skill to develop but as well it can hurt them if they don't develop them as well as others do. With these skills they can help not only athletes and performers to trust them with their careers, but as well they can use these skills to persuade the person who is giving them the contract to give them more that they can benefit from. Like stated previously, some can have this skill better than the others, which comes as an advantage to many when it comes down to who they sign with.
The agent also has to have good time management skills as well patience. If they do not have these do not have patience they wont be able to thrive in the industry due to how hectic things can be. They have to have be very interactive with people and build relationships with others to be able to sign performer, keep performers, and help these performers thrive in the long run when their career is near to ending. They will be demolished in this industry if they do not learn these skills. They don't have to be learned immediately, but they should be to strengthened over time to become successful and have a career that can eventually lead to starting up a agency business of your own.