got a few years till i retire so its too early to subscribe to workcamper, but how does it work? to u look for help wanted adds and reply, post ur own resume and wait for response??? how easy is it to get a seasonal job??? just curious and any other opinions/suggestions would be nice too
Don, we have used workamper.com for a little over a year. We created a resume using their on-line tools. We got our 1st call within a day. In fact, we have never sent out a resume (although you can, if you wish). Both of the campground managers who have hired us so far have called us from our on-line resume. The first one who hired us didn't particularly care that we didn't have campground experience. She interview us on the phone for about 1/2 hour asking questions about our work history before we retired, our camping experiences and got to know out personalities. At the end of the call she said "Well, would you like to come work for us?"
Good luck when you are ready to retire. We have enjoyed work camping, so far and we intend to continue. We find the work camping more social than "work". I hope it works out for you, too.
Tom & Jan
Fulltimers since April '06 with 3 fur kids (George - mini Aussie, Archie - mini Poodle, Kitty - 20 yo blind cat)
1991 Beaver Contessa towing 2006 Subaru (4 down)
Started workamping Sept '07 - This isn't too bad. Think we'll do it some more.
We have been using Workamper News now for more than eight years. We stick to the volunteer positions but there are many ads for just about every kind of paid or volunteer position you could want in any place you like. Nothing at all to it and you can do any of the methods that you suggest. They have all of them. We just send our resume, as an attachment to emailed inquiries. Nearly all locations will respond, even if they do not need anyone at the time you apply.
We have been volunteering at state and federal facilities for almost five years now. Full hookups (with one exception), no pay (with one minor exception), and minimal hours (again with one exception. The exceptions were all at the same National Park facility). We did one Workamper thing, at a private facility in Wyoming. We now call it a Slavekamper job, 'cuz that is what it was. Long hard hours for hookups in a dirt lot, $7 an hour (with the hookups figured in) for my wife, nothing for me. High school kids hired off the street did the same work my wife did for $12 an hour starting. It will be a long long time before we try a "workamper" thing again, we are gonna stick with the public parks. Our favorite so far are the National Wildlife Refuges. Just spent five months at one, we are going to summer at a WA state park, then go back (to AZ) for the winter at the refuge...
I am just wandering workcamper If it hails in Northern WI. I will tow my TT to a local county or other campground and go to work fixing hail damage on autos, this can last as short as seven days and up tap three months the average being 36 days. Now what I thought a work camper might be is a roofer or sideing speecialist?.Looking for places accross the USA to camp to work.Extended stay at a motel is about $36 dollars a day and WI county camp grounds are two hunderd a month see whewe I am coming from.
Short answer to a fairly complex question. We have only used Workamper as a guide as to some potential employers for us to contact on our own. That is, we see their ad, and we go ahead and contact them with a sort of "feeler e-mail"; giving them a very brief summary about us. If they respond positively, we carry the process on. It has not been difficult at all to get jobs of the type we have worked at(fully paid, 40 hr/week jobs at retail business serving the large western national parks). Once you get a job and live in the area you will also learn of many other jobs.
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