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Workers On Wheels Newsletter #1227 ~ January 27, 2019
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Update from Your RV Workers On Wheels Newsletter Editor
It’s sometimes hard to keep up with RVers’ whereabouts. Bob and I are no exception to that. Alaska? The Texas Rio Grande Valley? Southern Georgia? Just where in the world are we these days?
We’re in Texas Hill Country. We arrived here in late October. Although we had spent time in this area before, we had never wintered here. Nights are sometimes chilly—no, nights are sometimes freezing. The days warm up and are perfect.
If you are thinking about where to spend next winter, you might consider this area. It’s not crowded here. Parks in the area have lower, off-season, winter rates. There’s tons of stuff to do, from fishing and antiquing, to the country music scene, to learning the region’s rich history.
Yes, we’re working at a campground. Well, more accurately, Bob is working for the campground. I’m here, but not a park employee. I’m busy with Workers On Wheels, our Watkins business, and other projects.
As publishers of this newsletter and website, it is important for us to keep up with campground jobs. Actually being "out there" on the job is one of the ways we’re making sure we continue to stay on top of things. As it has been from day-one of Workers On Wheels, we bring you practical, firsthand working-while-RVing information.
Wherever you are in your work and travels, we wish you joy and prosperity,
Coleen
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JR Watkins - A Location Independent Business for RVers
Sell J. R. 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
If you want to start full-time RVing now, but are staying with your old job because of health insurance, one potential solution is to work for a temp staffing agency. Some offer their employees full benefit packages, including holidays, medical and dental coverage, life insurance, and a 401k plan.
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Take Your Lunch and Your Gloves, and Do a Little Extra
Picking up rocks on my own initiative was why he kept me for a second day, even though he originally hadn’t planned on it. I learned that later on, along with a few other things about why I was kept on for one of the best jobs I've had while full-time RVing.
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Earn Your Living with a Blog or Website
A blog or website is yet another way to earn a living without being tied to one location. Your blog can be about most anything. Picking a topic that you enjoy can make it seem more like fun than work. Still, you have to figure out a way to make money with it. SoloBuiltIt! (SBI!) is an all-in-one program that guides you from picking a profitable website topic, to building the actual site, to keeping up with ever-changing
technology. Yes, we use SIB! for our Workers On Wheels website.
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Temp Agencies: Register So You Are Ready To Accept the Job
Temp agencies are a great source of jobs for RVers. But, you must register with the service first. Expect an interview. The interview will be with someone from the staffing service. There may be tests that qualify you for specific jobs, such as data entry.
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Ways RVers Make Money
Here's a sampling of work RVers are doing to cut their expenses, earn a living, and pay for their travels.
~ Theme park ride attendant
~ Cafeteria helper
~ State park naturalist
~ Construction fixturing
~ Teach skiing lessons at a resort
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Campground Work Tips: Find, Keep, and Succeed at Your Campground Job
These campground work tips are some of the little secrets happy campers know about working at RV parks and campgrounds. Use them to find a campground job, keep the job, and to succeed at RV park or camp work.
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Working RVer Tip
Enthusiasm and a positive attitude: over and over again, those are the two things we hear employers look for when hiring seasonal employees.
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Did You Miss the Last Workers On Wheels Newsletter?
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Have a Job for RVers?
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Working RVer Tip
If you don’t have employment references, consider these other possible options. Are you a member of a home-owner's association, community or fraternal organizations, or any hobby clubs? You might list an officer of those groups. Consider your landlord. Or, your church pastor or choir director. Or, someone you've done business with for many years. Have you done any volunteer work? Are you a regular customer at any independently
owned shop? A business owner (i.e. campground owner) may consider a recommendation coming from another business owner more worthwhile than one from the human resources department of a large company.
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Want to Know More About Our Personal RV Travels?
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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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Facebook Friends and Fans
~ If you'd like more personal updates and jokes that I post, send me a friend request.
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Something to Think About
When you're trying to achieve a goal, negative people will just bring you down. Surround yourself with the positive. ~ Dave Ramsey
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. ~ Ivy Baker
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