NCSA Next College Student Athlete Reviews

Pros

Great team atmosphere and culture! NCSA has created a great compensation structure that allows you to manage your own business all while controlling how much money you make.

Advice to Management

NCSA created a clear career path and allowed me to manage my own opportunities. Management did a great job of laying out goals, expectations and gave me the opportunity for career development. I am a former college athlete and the great environment that NCSA has created here in the Las Vegas office gave me a sense of being part of a team again all while allowing me to still be competitive in a sales atmosphere. In less than 2 years I was promoted to a mentor and as I approach my third year with NCSA I have been promoted to Team Lead here in the Las Vegas office. The company is enthusiastic about continuing to grow the office which will open up a wide variety of opportunities for current and future employees.

Pros

They have a great team and work environment!

Pros

Great energy, work with families to talk about sports everyday, work from home, growth, talk with families all over the country.

Advice to Management

Remember where have come from and that we need to continue to do things well before moving to change too fast.

Pros

The camaraderie of the overall company is very strong. I genuinely enjoy working with the people in my division, and generally look forward to coming to work every day as a result. The company culture is strong, encourages new ideas, and is committed to the overall mission and to the company's core values.
The management team is very receptive to feedback, and is focused on building teammates rather than tearing down. I've always felt that I can go to my immediate supervisor with any concerns, and they will provide immediate and honest feedback without condescension or dismissal. This has felt true to me at each level of the company, right up to the COO and to the Reigning Champs execs.
Hard work is recognized and appreciated, if not as often as might be desired - though that is something the company is continually striving to rectify for the future with new programs and initiatives. (Growth and new ideas spring from all over the company - the teammates here are some of the brightest, most hardworking people I've had the privilege to work with at any job.)
There are numerous perks to working in the main office, including team lunches, free bagels on Friday, team happy hours, etc.
Above all, the company truly believes in its mission and in helping its clients through a challenging time in their lives.

Advice to Management

Continue to be receptive to feedback from all employees, and to encourage growth from both a personal and career-focused perspective. I cannot recommend working for NCSA enough, as helping it grow has been one of the Highlights of my career to date.

Pros

- NCSA has an incredible overall mission. The company genuinely helps a tremendous number of families in the recruiting process. In my position, I have many conversations with families that really make a difference as far as a student-athlete’s scholarship opportunities and providing help in their desire to play sports in college.

- Generally speaking, NCSA has awesome people. Of course every company has their annoying/frustrating individuals, but I genuinely like almost everyone I work with at NCSA. Recruiting managers can be hit or miss, but I personally really like mine. The company also has great social/other events for employees (Turkey Bowl, holiday parties, rec league sports, etc…).

- For student-athletes and families that need the service/help, NCSA truly offers an outstanding product. While the product being sold does have sticker shock (roughly anywhere from $800 to $3,000+ for families), there can be a substantial return on investment considering the scholarship opportunities it can provide. The product is easy to believe in for the students and families it can truly benefit. If I had kids that wanted to play sports in college (and they had the athletic ability), I would sign them up for NCSA’s services in a heartbeat.

- You get to talk about sports all day. Casual/relaxed dress code. Many positions at NCSA have the opportunity to work from home.

- The position CAN be good money if you have been with the company for a long time AND you put in at least 6 days a week. NCSA offers decent and competitive benefits. Top performers in the position make roughly $80-90k/year, a few even hit $100k.

Advice to Management

- The position is definitely one with many pros and cons. Personally, the position hasn’t been the best fit for me due to the redundant job responsibilities. But, I’ve been still been able to find some positives, and there are many to others that have been in the RC position for years and do a great job at it.

- General advice I have for NCSA on the RC position: Allow for more flexible hours for RCs (example: RCs should be able to work whatever hours they want in a week as long as you work at least 40-45 hours/week, at reasonable times, and make any required meetings… This should NOT be an 8-5 job! Be more flexible!). Eaze up on the micromanagement. Improve the company’s ethics (make sure you are properly training RCs to turn kids away that have no shot at playing in college, among other changes). Improving work/life balance (consider giving top performers extra days off). Stop overhiring and trying to grow the company too fast (leads for RCs are bad enough as it is, over hiring and company growth will make this even worse in the near future). Provide RCs with other responsibilities so they do not burn out as quickly (like I did).

Pros

NCSA is a great place to work. The marketing department is a laid back atmosphere with a very "team" feel. Everyone works together and helps each other out for project success. Fun work events are great and monthly team huddles keep company communication and goals transparent. They do a nice job giving employee's recognition. Flexible work at home options. Great people to work with. Love going to work everyday with a mission to help student-athletes.

Pros

Growing Company that is heading in the right direction

Pros

Allow you to work remote. Great culture and a clear vision.

Pros

Sports environment, easy job, can connect with interesting talent (athletes and families)

Pros

Training Trip to Chicago/Work from home/Health Benefits/Talking sports

Advice to Management

If you want a job that consumes every minute of your life and has very little pay, this is the job for you!! I was told I would make $70k+ a year, I made $28k my first and only year. This is a Time Share based sales platform for selling recruiting services to families. Company needs to better qualify meetings set. Majority of families that you will talk to have NO idea that the service costs money. A large portion of families that you will talk to do not speak English. Sales meeting every week cover the same thing over and over, nothing new is ever brought up. There is no support system to help those struggling, the companies answer is alway for you to add more meeting and work 7 days a week. They give you one day off a week, Fridays, however it is not a full day off because you have to prep and make intro calls on Friday for your weekend meetings. EVERY month they have a sale on the last Friday of the month that you are required to work so they can meet their quota for the month. Upper Management always say "Fight for the families! This is going to change their lives!" translation means fight for the sale, they are only interested in sales numbers! They want everyone to be a "used car" salesperson. Follow up sales calls are a joke, the families that go to follow up, NEVER enroll. Telephone system and Online sales demo NEVER work properly. If you do not meet your sales quota of at least $45k a month they will put you on a Performance Improvement Plan for 60 days, if you don't make your minimum in those 60 days they will fire you. Keep in mind your performance is based on the meetings set by the company! Way too much RAH,RAH on how great the company is and how they change high school athletes lives. Think LONG and HARD before you apply and/or take a job with NCSA!!