The one week career

I didn't realize it until I spoke to a friend who has been in her new job for about 8 months, but the camp cycle is similar.

I interviewed and had a background check to make sure I was not a murderer, molester or such, and to make sure I was a good candidate. Do you feel that you could do all of this? Yes.

Before you start your job, you get intense training on how to be successful, work with your new team, and campers, and how to properly perform tasks. They call that orientation. Then there is the peer training, where your fellow volunteers scare the crap out of you the night before the campers arrive on what camp is actually going to be like.

So after the first week of the job, you are wondering if you will ever be good at, excel at your job, and if your peers will ever respect you for the job you are doing.

In one week you go from orientation to productivity to performance review. Not much time, but I can honestly say...."I love this job!"

This is MY MS
Doug Lyon