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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/blog/why-working-camp-premed-student-one-best-decisions-i-have-ever-made

Why Working at Camp as a Premed Student Is One of the Best Decisions I Have Ever Made

"Camp has provided me with deeply meaningful friendships, many networking opportunities, valuable people skills, and it has had an enormous positive impact on my mental health."

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/staff-recruitment-digital-world-harnessing-power-camp-staff-influencers

Staff Recruitment in a Digital World: Harnessing the Power of Camp Staff Influencers

Camp Manito-wish YMCA recently implemented a camp staff influencer initiative in order to recruit more summer camp staff.

https://www.acacamps.org/resources/criminal-background-checks-issues-resources-camps

Criminal Background Checks - Issues and Resources for Camps

ACA believes that camps should utilize multifaceted screening and hiring programs and support practices appropriate to the clientele, staffing, supervision, and program consideration of each camp.

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/power-engaging-diversity-hiring-international-exchange-visitors

The Power of Engaging Diversity by Hiring International Exchange Visitors

The world has 206 sovereign states — are you maximizing the opportunities for diversity at your camp?

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/next-summers-staff-recruitment-starts-today

Next Summer's Staff Recruitment Starts Today

Research suggests college-aged students are already thinking ahead to employment plans for next summer, so it's important to have conversations about the future with staff you'd like to return to...

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/resources/international-staff-best-practices-j-1-participants

International Staff - Best Practices for J-1 Participants

Get information about BridgeUSA J-1 Visa Camp Counselor and Summer Work Travel Programs, as well best practices and resources for international camp staff and camp cultural exchange.

https://www.acacamps.org/news/press-release/breakthrough-study-outlines-benefits-camp-experience

Breakthrough Study from American Camp Association Outlines the Benefits of Camp Experience

Camp provides a unique and important setting that supports mental health, while creating time away from technology, building key skills like resilience and confidence in youth and young adults. To...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/engaging-investing-staff-campers-arrive

Engaging and Investing in Staff Before Campers Arrive

In support of Project Real Job, one camp shares what staff engagement techniques have worked for them.