Occupation Wild (2025)

23/12/2024

is HIRING for the Summer 2025 sailing season (April - October) in Alaska. Room and board when scheduled!
At UnCruise Adventures, we work together to provide an enriching adventure experience while inspiring an appreciation of local cultures and the natural world. This means we kayak among icebergs, travel to hidden waterfalls, snorkel with sea lions, dive with manta rays, and share air with whales. Our destinations include Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, & Baja California. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/uncruise-adventures

16/12/2024

Yellowstone National Park Lodges is HIRING for Summer 2025! Room & board provided! We invite you to live, work, and explore in one of the most beautiful places on earth! As the primary concessionaire in Yellowstone, we operate 50 food & beverage facilities, 9 lodging facilities, and 5 campgrounds throughout the park. We hire approximately 3,500 people each season, which runs from April until the end of November. When you work in ‘Wonderland’, your home has more geysers and hot springs than anywhere else in the world, co-workers from across the globe, and the most free-roaming wildlife in the lower 48 states! At Yellowstone National Park Lodges, we are part of the Xanterra Travel Collection family. We are part of a welcoming community who work hard, share a passion for the environment, and enjoy creating memorable experiences for guests. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/yellowstone-national-park-lodges

12/12/2024

is Hiring for Summer 2025! Room & board provided! Work with a small team of co-workers to provide a summer adventure-based youth development program for DC youth in Jackson, Wyoming. Positions range from Trip Leaders to Camp Cooks. Learn more and apply to www.occupationwild.com/city-kids

11/12/2024

is HIRING Inexperienced and Experienced Whitewater Raft Guides for 2025! On-site guide camping area + guide bathrooms and showers! No experience, no worries. We’ve been training some of Colorado’s finest river guides for over 47 years. Echo Canyon has been running the Arkansas River since 1978 and we are currently the largest family owned outfitter in the state of Colorado. Our team has around 40 full time seasonal guides. We are committed to safety, conservation, and providing a fun working environment that will provide you with a unique set of skills you can utilize long after your time as a river guide is done. Echo strives to exceed each guest’s expectations and provide a truly memorable rafting experience for them, and you will play an important role in that mission. We place an emphasis on technical guiding skills as well as knowledge of the Arkansas River including local geology, history, plants and animals. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/echo-canyon

06/12/2024

is HIRING Tour Guides/ Drivers! Incredible Adventures is an environmentally-conscious outdoor travel company based in San Francisco that offers small group tours in the Bay area and beyond – we specialize in Yosemite National Park, Muir Woods, Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, the California coast, and Lake Tahoe! Experience is a plus, but not required. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/incredible-adventures

04/12/2024

is HIRING for Summer 2025! Employee Housing Available! Adventure Sitka operates sea kayak and boat tours on the Sitka Sound of the coast of Sitka, Alaska. We provide a comprehensive training program to all hired employees so any one who enjoys being on and around the water and wants to learn more about guiding on the ocean should apply. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/adventure-sitka

27/11/2024

Experience Learning is HIRING Outdoor Field Instructors for 2025! Shared housing provided! Do you believe in the power of wild places? Nestled in the heart of Appalachia, Experience Learning is a 400-acre high preserve located just below the base of the highest mountain in West Virginia – Spruce K**b. Here is where your adventure begins!
Experience Learning is looking for outdoor professionals who have a passion for the outdoors, and who want to share their experiences and time with students in grades 5th-12th grade. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/experience-learning

25/11/2024

Alaska River Adventures is HIRING Scenic Raft Guides for Summer 2025! Housing available! Alaska River Adventures is excited to announce that we are hiring scenic raft guides for the upcoming 2025 summer season. Founded in 1978, Alaska River Adventures (ARA) is based on the banks of the Kenai River in Cooper Landing, Alaska. Our roots run deep here in Cooper Landing and we pride ourselves on being a small, tight-knit, family-oriented operation. Our business has seen exponential growth over the past several seasons and we are looking forward to another busy, successful, and fun summer. We have several openings for raft guide positions that will be sure to fill up quick so don’t hesitate to get in on what might be the adventure of a lifetime. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/alaska-river-adventures

22/11/2024

The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education is HIRING Wilderness Field Instructors! Room & board provided! The National Center for Outdoor & Adventure Education (NCOAE) has immediate openings for Field Instructors, to guide individually contracted canoeing and backpacking trips for the 2025 season (Jan/Feb, May-Oct). From North Carolina to Alaska to the high Andes to Ecuador, NCOAE is a values-based outdoor and adventure education provider for teens and adults interested in personal growth and professional development. NCOAE develops and facilitates professionally guided outdoor experiences to foster an engaged educational community, through personal growth and the acquisition of technical and academic skills. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/ncoae

17/11/2024

Glacier National Park Location is HIRING for Summer 2025! Room & board provided! Applying early gives you the best shot at landing a job at Glacier! LIVE. WORK. EXPLORE. at Glacier National Park! Located in Montana and with over three million visitors a year, Glacier National Park encompasses more than 16,000 square miles of largely wilderness area and is known for its seemingly endless acres of rugged and breathtaking landscapes. Beyond the park’s natural beauty, Glacier National Park has 350 locations in the park that are on the National Register of Historic Places. As our employee, you receive extremely affordable employee housing, discounted meals, employee discounts to explore other Xanterra properties and a generous benefits program for eligible employees. By working with Xanterra Travel Collection amongst the beauty of Glacier National Park, this is your chance to LIVE. WORK. EXPLORE. in one of the most beautiful places on Earth! Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/glacier-national-park

16/11/2024

is HIRING for Summer 2025! Room & board provided! Falling Creek is an overnight summer camp for boys, we exist to shepherd the journey of personal growth through love and adventure. We believe that the boys we serve (grades 1-12) are best able to maximize their potential through intentional community, fun activities, and connection with the natural world, which we provide through our world-class staff, stunning 900+ acre campus, and a heavy emphasis on outdoor recreation. Falling Creek is situated on a mountaintop in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, where boys are unplugged from technology and allowed to be themselves for ten idyllic weeks every summer. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/falling-creek

14/11/2024

is HIRING Guides! Housing available in some locations! Guides to lead backpacking, hiking, lodge or campground based, day hike and llama trekking trips in 2025. Work from March - October or Mid August through October in our desert regions of the Grand Canyon, Sedona, Southern Utah. Or June through September/October in: The Greater Yellowstone region, Pacific Northwest, New England, Sierras, or Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/wildland-trekking

11/11/2024

is HIRING Seasonal Program Instructors! Subsidized housing available! This position supports education programs at the Environmental Learning Center from February through early December. Program instructors facilitate the Institute’s 5th grade overnight outdoor school program - Mountain School - in the Spring and Fall. Summers are spent delivering a variety of adult, youth, and family programs based in and around the Learning Center. A successful candidate may hail from a variety of professional backgrounds but loves teaching, being outdoors, and is inspired to work with children. There are multiple positions available. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/north-cascades-institute

01/11/2024

.helicopters is HIRING for Summer 2025! Employee housing opportunities available! With over 1 million visitors each year, the summer months in Juneau, Alaska become a bustling destination for travelers and thrill seekers. Coastal Helicopter excitedly shares our unique “pathway to adventure” with those looking to venture off the beaten path - this includes YOU! We are searching to invite passionate, hardworking employees to our team. Whether this is your first time headed north to the Last Frontier or you’ve been in the industry for a while, there’s a place for you! So come take off with us this summer and have an adventure of a lifetime, right along with our guests. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/coastal-helicopters

29/10/2024

It’s Occupation Wild’s 6th Birthday 🎂 🎉

Hi 👋 here! Wanted to pop on here and give a big thank you to everyone who has made Occupation Wild such a success! I sketched and wrote out the concept for Occupation Wild in a journal over 6 years ago while leading trips in Mongolia and had no idea it would grow to be this successful. To the amazing outdoor companies we work with, to all of you rad job seekers we would not be here without all of you! Thanks for keeping the stoke alive and continuing to live your version of life beyond 9-5!

24/10/2024

is HIRING Trip Staff and Activity & Cabin Counselors for Summer 2025! Room & board provided! Summer job of a lifetime...fun, fresh air, friends, and looks good on resume! Skylake Yosemite Camp is located in California on Bass Lake, 30 minutes from the southern Yosemite National Park entrance. Skylake celebrates it’s 80th Anniversary in 2025! Skylake annually employees 60 cabin/activity counselors, 6 trip staff guides, 8 Leadership staff, and 12 kitchen employees. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/skylake-yosemite-camp

18/10/2024

is HIRING Field Instructors for Summer 2025! Room & board provided! Our summer Field Instructors lead 10- to 30-day wilderness-based programs in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, British Columbia, Idaho, Wyoming, Alaska, North Carolina, Scotland, Norway, and Peru for students ages 12–17. Being an instructor at Adventure Treks isn’t really about the trip location or activities- it is about empowering your students, creating a supportive and respectful community, bringing fun and joy to every day, and experiencing the highs and lows of an adventure together. Learn more and apply at www.occupationwild.com/adventure-treks

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