Showing: 1-10 of 54 results

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/staff-recruitment-assessing-your-needs-making-connections

Staff Recruitment: Assessing Your Needs and Making Connections

Staff recruitment — whether you call it a plan, process, or task — is an ongoing activity that needs constant attention, documentation, and planning. 

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/ultimate-guide-staffing-your-kitchen

The Ultimate Guide to Staffing Your Kitchen

It’s not you. With a 3:1 ratio of available culinary positions to applicants, the labor shortage for kitchen staff continues to be a harsh reality. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/addressing-elephant-camp-little-pay-creates-big-challenges

Addressing the Elephant in Camp: Little Pay Creates Big Challenges

Amazing growth experiences for young adults entering the workforce should not come at the cost of competitive wages.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/loudly-engaged-training-your-team-beat-burnout

Loudly Engaged: Training Your Team to Beat Burnout

When I first saw the now-famous TikTok explaining the term “quiet quitting” (Leppelin, 2022), it came across to me as laziness masquerading as inspiration. As scenes of July 2022 NYC life flash by...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/how-work-your-boss

How to Work with Your Boss

Working at a summer camp can be challenging, espe­cially if you’re in a year-round position and dealing with a difficult boss.

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/fostering-character-strengths-through-camp-life

Fostering Character Strengths through Camp Life

“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/do-you-know-your-skill-level

Do You Know Your Skill Level?

Congratulations! You are working at camp! Huzzah! Working at camp is a truly unique experience that brings together a variety of skills, life lessons, and resume-building opportunities. Don’t know...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/medical-marijuana-current-issues-camps

Medical Marijuana: Current Issues for Camps

Introduction A call recently came into the American Camp Association (ACA) Crisis Hotline from a member camp: Three adults attended a family camp and brought medical marijuana with them. Upon...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/risk-management-privacy-security-risks

Risk Management: Privacy and Security Risks

The right to privacy is well established in the legal system of the United States. As citizens of the United States, we expect that our right to privacy will be respected. Virtually all businesses...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/campline/aca-camp-crisis-hotline-annual-review-2014

ACA Camp Crisis Hotline Annual Review 2014

These are just some of the actual calls received this year by the American Camp Association (ACA) Camp Crisis Hotline. Since 1985, ACA has been providing crisis support to camps through a...