We also come to play

We are currently in Paw Paw, West Virginia for a few days. This is beautiful country with lots of outdoor recreation in the area: bicycling, paddling, hiking. The C&O Canal, beginning in Washington, D.C. and terminating in Cumberland, MD, is great for biking, walking and history. Allegany County, right over the line in Maryland from Paw Paw, would be a wonderful place to work if you enjoyed these activities. It has thousands of acres of public land. It's only two hours plus to Baltimore and Washington, D.C. and Cumberland, the county seat, has a Super Wal-Mart, a mall and a new Martin's Supermarket that has about everything.

So, if you decided you'd like to work here, how would you find a position? You might spot an ad in Workamper News or post on a working forum for ideas. One of the campground directories might provide RV parks that could hire Workampers.

Your best bet would be to do some research about Allegany County and find potential employers using the listings from the Chamber of Commerce and travel planners. One site listed three larger campgrounds that are possibilities.

Zeroing in on an area and then finding an employer means you must be proactive; search out employers and contact them even if they are not advertising. If you focus on your goal and apply everywhere you can find in your chosen area, there's an excellent chance you'll end up with a job. Jaimie

For more ideas on finding jobs in places you want to work, see Jaimie Hall's recently revised book, Support Your RV LIfestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd ed., at RVBookstore.com.