Translating Your Experience
21st Century Skills
The decision to work as a summer camp staff member says a lot about you. No matter the role you will play at camp, ultimately you will want to make sure that your resume reflects the experience in such a way that will be meaningful to future employers.
Your resume should follow a few rules:
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Resumes should be one page.
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Always send in PDF format.
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Use more bullets points to share most relevant experiences.
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Stay away from personal pronouns (I, me, my).
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Use active language such as: advise, analyze, collaborate, communicate, facilitate, lead, manage, resolve, supervise, train.
Core Qualifications
Select language that best represents your responsibilities, as well as ties your capabilities to 21st-century job skills sought by today’s employers
Learning Skills
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Collaboration
Communication
Problem Solving
Knowledge Skills
Business specific skills
Media
Technology
Wilderness/Outdoors
Activity-specific abilities/certifications
Program Administration
Life Skills
Leadership
Initiative
Social Skills
Productivity
Flexibility
Sportsmanship
Counseling
Example Summer Staff Descriptions For Resume:
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Use creative thinking skills to design and lead Summer Camp programs that complement and affirm the camp’s overall mission.
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Strive to maintain a positive, fun and professional atmosphere.
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Evaluate current summer camp programs for effectiveness. Re-design, improve, or eliminate programs as needed as well as create, design, and implement new programs.
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Ensure that camp operations comply with American Camp Association standards.
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Implement problem solving skills and flexibility to ensure guest and camper satisfaction and program quality.
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Facilitate groups in team-building exercises to help identify areas of growth and collaboration.
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Think critically to ensure participants safety in high risk activities such as high ropes, zipline, adventure trips, horseback riding and swimming.
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Collaborate with staff to design and implement programs and lead participants in daily activities.
Summer Staff Applications are now open!
Questions about working at Chestnut Ridge? E-mail adam@campchestnutridge.org
Resume information adapted from American Camping Association's Project Real Job