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How Summer Camp in Canada Can Boost Your Future Career
If you’re one of those people, either going to camp for the first time or returning for another piece of the action, you’re making the right decision. Whether you’ve decided to take on the role of camp counsellor or activity specialist. Maybe you want to inspire a group of campers and make sure they have the best summer ever. Or whether you’ve got a hobby you love and want to share your skill with the campers.
Not everyone wants to be front and centre at camp, and that's completely fine. If you're more of a behind-the-scenes person, our Work & Travel Program could be exactly what you're looking for. Support staff are the real unsung heroes of camp, keeping the whole place ticking. Whether you're cooking up a storm in the kitchen, keeping on top of the camp laundry or assisting with general maintenance, the camp couldn't run without you.
Now, if you are a returner, you’ll know all of this already. You’ll also know how amazing it is to come back and tell people all about the experience you’ve had, whether it’s your friends, family or future employers.
In a world where it’s more and more difficult to get a job, we are all focused on how to make ourselves stand out. Working at Summer Camp in Canada is a surefire way to get noticed for so many reasons.
Travelling is More Than Just Sight Seeing
Employers love to see that you’ve travelled so definitely put it on your CV. Not only when you go to camp are you travelling to a different country, you’re doing it solo. It’s going to bring a whole host of skills your way. You’ll be more confident in speaking to new people, making friends and getting involved. You’ll gain independence, knowing you are more than capable of dealing with any challenging situation thrown your way.
Our Work & Travel Program takes it one step further. Rather than heading home when summer ends, you could spend up to two years working your way across Canada. That's not just a summer job on your CV, that's a commitment. One that shows ambition, adaptability and the kind of initiative that employers can't ignore.
Life Skills vs Taught Skills
Camp will teach you, through experience, how to work well as a team, how to keep on top of your time management, how to lead a group, how to communicate and how to be adaptable to different situations. These are all skills you can put an example to after you’ve been to camp. Rather than saying ‘I’m good at communicating’, you can say why and how you’ve demonstrated the skill. You’ll turn a simple sentence into the punch line sentence that could get you the dream job you’ve applied for.
Do What You Love
You know the saying, if you make your job something you love, it’ll never feel like work. Everyone wants to make their hobby a career. If you're passionate enough, you can do it. Working as a camp activity specialist, support staff or camp counsellor in Canada can put your dream within reach. You’ll get to develop, practice and grow in confidence about the hobby or skill you’re so passionate about. It’ll make employers fall for you instantly.
It’s What You Know (but also who you know)
The friendships and bonds you form with people at camp could turn into potential contacts for your next career steps. We aren’t saying this is the only reason to make friends—friendship is so much more than that.
What we mean is, you could hear about a job opening in a company your friend works in. This is especially true if you stay on for our Work & Travel Program. With up to two years in the country, those camp friendships turn into a professional network across Canada.
Kickstart Your Career
If you want to make a career out of working with children, whether it’s in a traditional teaching environment e.g. in a mainstream school or special educational needs school or whether it’s teaching a specific skill e.g. musical instruments, sports, arts and crafts. Camp is going to help you get the experience you need to kick start your career. A camp counsellor or activity role would be perfect for you.
We have different types of camp as well, depending on what field you’re trying to break into. Whatever the experience you want, we can provide it. Whether you’re wanting the traditional experience of summer camp like you’ve seen in films, or whether you want to challenge yourself and really make a difference to a child’s life with camps for low income family backgrounds or children with additional needs.
Gaining Experience in Hospitality
If you're looking to break into the hospitality industry, there's no better place to start than working as support staff at a Canadian summer camp. Whether you're in the general kitchen, food prep, dining hall or on dishwashing duty, you'll be learning how to handle a fast-paced environment and deliver under pressure, exactly what hospitality employers want to see. And if operations or facilities are more your thing, roles in housekeeping, laundry and maintenance give you just as much to take back into your career.
Summer is a season of endless possibilities, and spending it working at summer camp is an opportunity unlike any other. It's more than just a summer job; it's a transformative experience that can shape your future career. Whether you're there for the summer or staying for two years on our Work & Travel Program, your time in Canada could be the start of something extraordinary.
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