A growing body of literature is emerging on the topic of career transition in sport. With regard to student-athlete, how to transit successfully from sport to work has been a critical issue. Professional athletes spend most of the time on training instead of on learning other skills and knowledge, which limits the options of their future employment. The objective of this paper is to discuss about the practicable directions of helping student-athletes with successful career transition. In order to reach this purpose, this paper is organized into three sections: introduction of the stages of career development, examining what skills can transfer from sport to work, and the principles of consulting the career plan for student-athletes. By reviewing the studies from some international and domestic scholars, we hope that this paper provides a greater understanding of the transition experience itself, an understanding that may maximize young athletes' information in order to achieve optimal transitions.