Fitness Instructor Jobs: Landing a Trainer Job in the Industry
Finding a fitness job is harder than it used to be. With unemployment in the double digits across the nation, many are happy to land a part-time job at Starbucks, let alone full-time employment in their chosen fields. But people are still hiring, which means that the jobs are there, if you know where to look. The trick is to think like a hiring manager.
Know What You Want
Whether you’re new to the wellness industry or have years of experience, Step Number One in finding that ideal job is knowing what your ideal job is. You can’t find the job if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Do you want to teach classes? Or do you prefer one-on-one interaction with clients, helping them meet their fitness goals? And if you’re in the latter category, would you rather maintain ongoing, long-term relationships with a small list of clients? Or would you rather act as a mentor for a constantly changing variety of customers, such as you might find in a gym?
Think hard about your skill set and the things you enjoy doing, because each of these types of jobs require a certain list of personal attributes to perform successfully. For instance, teaching fitness classes requires standing in front of a large group of people and talking. Are you comfortable with that? Maintaining long-term relationships requires dealing with the ups and downs of any relationship, and since the other person is a customer, you may have to bow to demands that you might feel are unreasonable, just to maintain that relationship. How are you at relationship management? And providing customer service in a gym means that you always have to wear your “happy face,” even when a customer is disgruntled. Are you the customer service type?
Identify the job that best suits your personality, and go from there.
Where the Fitness Jobs Are
Hiring managers have a million ways to advertise their open positions, but they only have so much money to spend. Depending on the size of the organization, you might find ads hanging on bulletin boards in local fitness centers, you might find want ads in the paper, or you might find positions posted on Internet job portals like Monster.com and Careerbuilder.net. Fortunately, these services cost you, the job seeker, nothing but your time. You can check the boards yourself, read the paper at the library, and browse the Internet listings, all for free. The employer pays the fees for posting the open jobs.
So the source of the postings will depend on the employer’s budget. If you’re looking for a position with a big-name national gym, the Internet portals may be the way to go. If you’re looking for a great fitness instructor job with a smaller business, then you might be more likely to find postings on bulletin boards. This is why it helps to know what you’re looking for before you waste a lot of time running all over town.
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