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Workers On Wheels Newsletter #1295 ~ May 17, 2020
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Update from Your RV Workers On Wheels Newsletter Editor
Can you be overqualified for your job as a working RVer? Probably not. The skills you’ve honed during your career can likely be put to use on your next job. Oh, maybe not in exactly the same way that you used them in the past. But, you can use them!
People skills are useful for most jobs. So are organizational skills. You’ve mastered communication skills? Terrific, you’ll need those on your working while RVing jobs, too.
During your career, did you learn to follow directions? Excellent. That’s a skill employers seek out, one that campground owners repeatedly tell me RVers are missing. Did you learn to lead? Again, excellent; it is another desired skill.
When creating your resume or filling out a job application, stress your skills. Let future employers know how your past employment can benefit them.
Over the years, have you learned problem solving? Can you work with minimal supervision? Can you anticipate what needs to be done next? Have you learned out to handle on the job stress? Those are important skills to have!
I’m not so sure there is such a thing as being "over qualified" for a job. It’s certainly possible to have more education than what the job requires. And, it’s certainly possible to have far more experience than what is called for. But, education and experience, alone, do not equal being over
qualified.
What it comes down to is this: What can you do, and what are you willing to do?
Make the most of all you have to offer!
Wherever you are in your work and travels, we wish you joy and prosperity,
Coleen
Workers On Wheels Editor
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Watkins - A Location Independent Business for RVers
Sell Watkins natural products. Bob and I have been Independent Consultants with Watkins since 2005. People love the pure seasonings, old-time remedies, natural skin care, and natural cleaning products. It's an old Minnesota company, with products still made in the USA. They are not tested
on animals. The business is extremely flexible. You do as much or as little as you want. No minimum orders. They'll drop-ship orders to your customers for you. Work the business wherever your RV travels take you -- USA or Canada.
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Help Wanted Ads - Current Job Openings for RVers
See the current Help Wanted ads posted on the Workers On Wheels website. You do not need to pay to see the job postings on our website. You have access to the entire ads, including contact information for the employers.
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Working RVer Tip
KISS! Keep it simple, sweetie. Finding a job doesn’t require an elaborate system or a complicated resume. Contact the employer you’d like to work for. Let him know what you can do and when you are available to do it. Be honest—don’t say you can do things that you can’t—but, do put your best foot forward.
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Ways RVers Make Money
Here's a sampling of the kinds of work RVers are doing to cut their expenses, earn a living, and pay for their travels. Yes, people are really working these kinds of jobs and earning money from them. While these may not be right for you, they are right for some working RVers.
~ Wood chipping
~ Contract recruiter
~ Full stack Java developer
~ Tourist attraction gate attendant
~ Historic preservation
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Working RVer Tip
Some jobs for RVers don’t require an RV. They are for folks who are between RVs. Perhaps they lost their RVs to fire, accident, or mechanical breakdown. Another instance is where they sold the RV they were living in, and have not yet replaced it. Campgrounds, motels, lodges, and resorts may provide on-site housing. Fish camps,
farms, and other ag businesses sometimes set up tent cities or have trailers or dorms available for employees. Private property caretaking also often comes with use of the main home or other living quarters on the property.
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Did You Miss the Last Workers On Wheels Newsletter?
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Working RVer Humor
A bit of working-while-RVing humor from Workers On Wheels:
Q. Did you hear about the RVer who worked at the history book company?
A. There was no future in it.
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Have a Job for RVers?
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Working RVer Tip
Broaden the types of work available to you by abolishing the phrase "work camper" from your vocabulary. Few people understand what it means. Most are confused by it. Many employers who need temporary or seasonal workers have never heard of it.
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Questions and Answers about Working While RVing
Search our Workers On Wheels website data base of questions, with answers provided by RVers who actually have experience working while RVing.
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Work Wanted Ads and Resumes from Working RVers Looking for Jobs
If you are an RVer looking for work, you are welcome to post your Work Wanted ad or full resume on our Workers On Wheels website. There is no charge to you for this service.
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Something to Think About
You cannot procrastinate. In two days, tomorrow will be yesterday. ~ Kemmons Wilson
Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. ~ William Ellery Channing
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