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WhoareWorkampers®?

•Varietyofages•EverykindofRV•Family,solo,couples,friends•Maybeapart-timeorfull-timeRVer•Hugerangeofexperiences,wants,financialneeds,etc.



WhatdoWorkamperslookforinagoodemployer?

WhatWorkamperslookfor:• Respect• Understand&appreciatethevaluetheycanbring

• Managementthatisflexible• Clearoutlineofexpectations• Betruthfulandcommunicative• Anunderstandingthattheoverallexperienceiswhatthey’reinitfor



HowdoIfindWorkampers?

RecruitingWorkampers

• RunanadinourmagazineorourHotlineemail/websitesystem

• RequestthatyourformerWorkampersshareabouttheirexperienceviaWKNtools

TheyCometoYou:



RecruitingWorkampers

• AwesomeApplicantsResumeDatabase

• SituationsWantedAds– Online&Print

YouGotoThem:

WhenshouldIadvertise?



Whentoadvertise:• AlotofWorkampersareplanners.

• Lookingforsummerhelp(April/May–Sept/Oct)beginadvertisingandlookingforapplicantsinthewinter(Nov/DecandJan/Febissuesofourmagazine)

Whentoadvertise:• Ifyouhaveanimmediateopening- theonline

HotlinesystemandtheAwesomeApplicantsResumeDatabase

• Lookingforalargenumberofapplicants- haveaconsistentpresence

• AllWorkampermembersreceivetheHotline,andallhaveaccesstothecurrentissueofthemagazine



WhatshouldIincludeinmyad

text?

HelpWantedAdText:

• Location

• Jobdescription/positionsavailable

• Duration(season;startdate/enddate)

• Benefits

• Mostimportant:CONTACTINFO

It’sgoodtoincludesomebasics



HelpWantedAdText:

• Addresstheoveralloutcomeforthe

Workamper

• Rememberit’sabouttheexperience

• Developmagicalallure/excitement

Butyoushouldalso…

AddedNote:Youcanincludemorethanonepositioninyouradtext.Andmorethanonecontactperson– likeiftheycontactpersonAforvolunteerandpersonAforcontractpositions.

HelpWantedAdText:

• Don’tbetoobriefnortoolong

• Playuptheuniqueness/beautyofyourarea

• Consideryourcontactinfo(andcheckspam)

• Isyourinfoclear?Orcreatetoomany?s

Andotherthingstoconsider



HowdoIinterview

Workampers?

• Phone• Videocall(likeSkypeorFacetime)• Makesureyousetasideatleastan

hourormore• Haveyourquestionsprepared

**EmailisNOTthebestmethod!

Interviewing:



WhatdoIdoonceI’vehiredaWorkamper?HowcanIhelpassure

theyshowup?

• Regularlysendthememails,call,mailthemthings(withpermission)

• Easytomakeup“excuses”tocontactthem

• Connectthemwiththeirco-workersorothermanagement

• CreateaFacebookgrouporforum

Communication!



YourEmployerGoldMembership• InclusioninspecialfeatureinSept/Octmagazine

(byfillingoutthesurveyinthesummer)• Runa100-wordplaintextadineachbi-monthly

issueofourmagazine• Four100-wordHotlineadsperyear(runsfor2

weeksonline;emailedtoWorkampers)• UnlimitedsearchesinResumeDatabase• Reviewprint&onlineSituationsWantedAds• Articles&Videos• 2onlinecourses• Hardcopyofmagazineinthemailtoyourproject• ViewHotlineJobspage&magazineonline

Note(notmentionedduringvideo)It’sbestifaprojecthasoneaccountinoursystem.Thiswayanyadsranfortheprojectareorganizedtooneaccount.

Inoursystemtherecanonlybeoneemailaddressperaccount,soyouneedtodecidewhoshouldbetheemailaddressontheaccount.Anditcanbechangedanytime.

Anyonecanlogintothewebsitewithyouraccount’slogininfo,andmultiplepeopleatyourprojectcouldbeusingthewebsiteatthesametime.



Note(notmentionedduringvideo)

WhenloggedinatWorkamper.com,ontheDashboardwithalloftheorangebuttons…

Upperright->there’sabluebuttonlabeled:MANAGEACCOUNT

• Viewyouraccountinfo• Changeanyofyourcontactinfo• Turnon/offCommunicationPreferences• Viewpastadsranbyyourproject

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