Gain Exclusive Access to Diverse Female Talent
Her Competitive Advantage (HCA) provides direct access to current and former collegiate female athletes (CFAs), a demographic known for their business success and skills beyond traditional resumes, providing organizations with a competitive advantage. Through our searchable resume database, HCA eliminates systemic barriers and reduces hiring costs associated with finding and hiring top female talent.​
94%
of female executives played competitive sports
Why You Might Be Struggling to Hire Current and Former Collegiate Female Athletes
Systemic barriers and high costs prevent organizations from easily connecting with and hiring highly-talented women known for their proven business success and skills that go beyond traditional resumes - current and former collegiate female athletes (CFAs).
Geographical Constraints
Organizations focus on local recruiting, overlooking the fact that most collegiate female athletes have different geographical preferences than the university they are attending.
Career Services
Relying on athletic career services departments to recruit top talent, despite universities not having any tracking for their female athletes majors, interests, or geographical preferences.
Timing
Organizations connect with collegiate female athletes at athletic career fairs, which are typically held in the fall and spring, and may not align with hiring cycles or open positions.
Where potential meets opportunity.
HCA is a female owned business, working with companies and thought leaders to leverage sports to drive gender equity and pay parity across all industries.
12
%
Less than
of C-Suite positions are held by women.
Women remain underrepresented across the corporate ladder. The pipeline narrows and the gap widens at every increasing level, with the largest gap happening in the C-suite.
* Statistics based on 2021 Equilar analysis
"Success in the business world demands a level of intensity and competition that is uniquely learned through sports."
21%
15%
PRODUCTIVITY
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Organizations that prioritize diversity and inclusion in leadership experience a 15% boost in employee engagement and productivity.
PROFITABILITY
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Having gender diversity at the executive level is linked to a 21% increase in profitability.
* Source: Market Splash