Sounds fishy to me
A free employment newsletter I picked up has an "odd" job corner with excerpts from Odd Jobs by Nancy Rice Schiff. This column was about a fish counter. She works from June through October counting fish every ten minutes at Ballard Locks in WA. The most sockeye she has counted in ten minutes was 450.
W.C. Fields was a professional "drowner." At age 14, he worked in New Jersey as a juggler. He supplemented his income by occasionally pretending to drown and being rescued by the lifeguard. Concessionaires would pay him $10 because a good resuce drew a crowd and the throngs of people would buy food and drinks!
Workampers wouldn't go to this length to earn money but some do find odd or different jobs. One couple who volunteered in a national forest canoed out on lakes in the forest, found campsites, both legal and illegal, and took the GPS reading of each and recorded them. They loved to paddle and got a free RV site so they figured they were paid to paddle!
Another couple volunteered for two weeks in a national wildlife refuge. They were given a vehicle to drive out and record everything in a small test circle, which they found using GPS. It was a hands and knees job. It was actually edged with danger since they were fairly close to the Mexican border. They buried one of their water containers in case the vehicle was broken into.
These unusual jobs can add spice to your working on the RV road life. Keep your eyes and ears open and you might just find something really odd! Jaimie
You can find many non-traditional Workamping jobs in Jaimie Hall's recently revised book, Support Your RV LIfestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd ed., see RVBookstore.com.
W.C. Fields was a professional "drowner." At age 14, he worked in New Jersey as a juggler. He supplemented his income by occasionally pretending to drown and being rescued by the lifeguard. Concessionaires would pay him $10 because a good resuce drew a crowd and the throngs of people would buy food and drinks!
Workampers wouldn't go to this length to earn money but some do find odd or different jobs. One couple who volunteered in a national forest canoed out on lakes in the forest, found campsites, both legal and illegal, and took the GPS reading of each and recorded them. They loved to paddle and got a free RV site so they figured they were paid to paddle!
Another couple volunteered for two weeks in a national wildlife refuge. They were given a vehicle to drive out and record everything in a small test circle, which they found using GPS. It was a hands and knees job. It was actually edged with danger since they were fairly close to the Mexican border. They buried one of their water containers in case the vehicle was broken into.
These unusual jobs can add spice to your working on the RV road life. Keep your eyes and ears open and you might just find something really odd! Jaimie
You can find many non-traditional Workamping jobs in Jaimie Hall's recently revised book, Support Your RV LIfestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd ed., see RVBookstore.com.
2 Comments:
I'm sorry you had a bad experience. I'm sure you've learned some things that will help you choose a better match for you the next time. It does pay to investigate a job thoroughly before taking it so you know what compensation it entails and if it is worth your time.
If possible, talk to the person/people who will be your direct supervisor so you can determine if you can work for them. The hiring person may paint a different picture than how the managers actually run it.
Better luck next time. Jaimie
By Jaimie Hall, at September 29, 2007 4:59 PM
My wife and I just came off a work camping job with Recreational Resource Management (RRM) of Phoenix, AZ who contract as a concessionnaire for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Forest Service. No one needs to work for this outfit....they hire management people that are impossible to work for, at below minimum wages when one considers that the work "team" is two people making one minimum wage.
By Don Thomason
By Anonymous, at September 29, 2007 5:10 PM
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