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Get set up for success at any camp job
fair by following some simple guidelines:
Choosing the best camp
fair for you!
- Contact the placement office, before
registering, and inquire about: student
involvement/attendance, camp attendance,
and private interview space availability.
And, ask for the names of several directors
from previous job fairs; call them to
learn about their successes at particular colleges
or universities.
- Find out if the camp fair is being
held in conjunction with another. Stand
alone camp job fairs tend to bring in
more students with a particular interest
in camps.
- Lower recruitment costs by attending
several fairs in one area. Often colleges
or universities in one region of the
country will schedule job fairs on consecutive
dates.
- Review your staff over the last several
years. Determine from which schools your
best staff members have come.
- Expand your search. Consider recruiting
community college students. According
to Kenneth C. Green of the Claremont
Graduate School, students today are "unbundling" their
education (e.g., taking classes first
at a community college and then transferring
to a private university).
Prepping for the big
day . . .
- Send camp literature to university
degree programs in advance of the fair.
Students will seek out camps whose programs
and facilities they are familiar with.
- Inform former and current staff that
you will visit their university. Ask
them to bring prospective staff to the
fair.
- Arrive a couple of hours before the
fair begins to set up your display. Be
sure you have job descriptions for positions
available within your camp and brochures
describing your program and facility.
For help with writing job descriptions,
see "It’s
My Job" by Edie Klein, available
from the ACA
bookstore.
Using your time wisely
. . .
- Allow time to interview the most qualified
applicants. You may need to bring a second
staff member with you to help with interviewing.
This person could be a reliable student
on your staff who attends that school.
- Accept mini-applications, with simply
a name, phone number, and why the student
wants to work at camp.
- Take notes to remember individuals
who impressed you or who seemed very
interested in your camp.
Common courtesy
- Avoid talking with a director or staff
member from another camp when it appears
a job seeker is approaching to talk with
that person.
- Never say negative things about another
camp
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