Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Many of us on the Cool Works team have experienced seasonal work from both sides, as employees and employers. We’ve gathered these resources to help you find, encourage, and train staff; find a gig that’s right for you; connect with your tribe from Millennials to Older and Bolder, or simply learn more about seasonal work in the United States. Have a topic suggestion? Please contact us!
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We often hear from Job Seekers who live outside of the US who discover CoolWorks and want to know if they’d be eligible to apply for the cool opportunities that can be found here. The short answer is: not directly. We don’t say that to be discouraging or negative,…
Once you’ve attracted the interest of a job seekers, they should ideally be able to express their interest with you easily. But many companies lose out on candidates with a tedious initial application process.
If you are a non-US citizen of college / university age and are interested in working a seasonal job in the United States in the travel, tourism, or hospitality industries, the J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa Program is a popular option that might be a good route for obtaining temporary…
The H-2B Non-Agricultural Temporary Worker Visa Program allows employers to hire non-US citizens for temporary work if they are able to demonstrate to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that “there are not enough U.S. workers who are able, willing, qualified, and available to do the temporary work” and…
Just like customers expect to be able to easily learn what products and services are available from your company, job seekers need accurate information on what positions are available.
If your middle-managers are not properly trained and provided with ongoing support to help them build confidence in their roles, they can become burned out, disengaged, and lose interest in seeing themselves or anyone else succeed in your organization.
If you follow financial and economic news, you’ve likely seen the flood of layoff announcements that have been rolling out pretty much every week in 2023. Major companies have slashed tens to hundreds of thousands of jobs this year. You wouldn’t be mistaken for thinking that the interest rate…
As we’ve arrived at a New Year, it’s time for us to share our predictions for the year ahead, and hopefully provide some ideas for how to think ahead for 2023!
It’s never too early to start thinking about you’ll get the most out of your next job. We’ve got a few ideas based on our own experience, and things we wished we’d known about sooner!