Employment Expectations
What to expect
You can expect to...
- meet people from all over the world
- converse in English - and pick up a new accent each day
- work with some of the best camp staff in the country
- make lifelong friends
- be a team player
- feel like part of the family
- learn what a hoagie and a cheese steak are
- get a ride to camp from a nearby airport or train station
- take public transit to most anywhere you want to go
- get some time off each day and a day off each week
- improve your leadership skills
- gain a better understanding of children and teens
- be a role model for campers
- be an adult and be treated like an adult
- get lost in the largest retail shopping mall in the country
- work hard, play hard and be tired - very tired
- laugh, smile and have fun every day
- have your own room or share with another counselor
- be in your bed by 1:00 am - and hit the pillow hard
- join some of the many camp trips to world-famous cities and attractions
- enjoy a variety of good foods
- eat meals with campers and other staff
- learn to pronounce Schuylkill
- do your own laundry
- use your imagination and creativity
- experience hot and humid days and nights
- try something new
- earn a competitive wage
- miss home
- miss camp more than you missed home
You cannot expect to...
- encounter a bear - except at the zoo
- sleep until noon - except on your day off
- be bored
- room with campers
- sing songs by a campfire
- know everything there is to know about camp on your first day
- use alcohol or tobacco on any of our campuses
- pack everything you’ll need for the entire summer
- have a personal chauffer waiting for you when your plane arrives
- start the day with calesthet-ics (unless of course you want to)
- please everyone all the time
- be lonely
- finish that book you started eight months ago but couldn’t find the time to read
- stay out all night - even on your days off
- wake up on time without an alarm clock
- go on every trip the campers take
- learn to spell Schuylkill
- wear the same clothes you wore yesterday
- see fireworks at a Phillies baseball game - unless it’s the 4th of July
- leave camp the same person you were when you arrived