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Livefreediefree's avatar
Jul 19, 2015

Full time RV'rs jobs.

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows of some good jobs for someone looking to go full time in Canada. Have found a few things but we where told to ask on some forums as everyone here is very knowledgeable. We thank you in advance for any help you are able to give. Thank you.
  • SoundGuy wrote:

    Sure he did, in his thread title - "Full time RVrs jobs". What better way than in an RV related business such as an RV dealership ... selling pharmaceuticals?! :S


    Well, the rest of us figured he meant -any- job
  • Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
    OP had no mention of working in the RV business. How did you read that into it?


    Sure he did, in his thread title - "Full time RVrs jobs". What better way than in an RV related business such as an RV dealership ... selling pharmaceuticals? :h Getting any job depends primarily on one's skill set but since the OP hasn't given us any idea at all as to what his skills may be there's little point in even posting a query like this here on an RV forum if he's not looking for employment in some area related to the RV business.
  • Not in Canada, but near Louisville, KY, we stayed at a KOA there one week-end and I talked to the owner of the campground. I was questioning why so many campers had the big 100 or 150 pound propane tanks, and some folks even had 2 of them. She said they were seasonal campers (but they are open all year round), and then she mentioned 3 different construction projects going on in Louisville for several months, and these were several of the construction workers on those jobs. She said they were great people, most lived by themselves, good tenants, and they were good people. They go to work all day, come back at night, crash, get up the next morning and go back to work. The campground was incredibly quiet and very clean and neat! Just very tight and narrow campsites. (but not a bad place to park at all).

    So, if you have construction abilities, I'm sure there are construction companies (even in Canada), that require their people to move from place to place every few months. This would be my first area I'd check into if it wre me.
  • Given that the majority of Canadian parks open all winter are on the west coast of BC, that may limit your options.
    Unless you can tele-commute for a Canadian firm while in the US.

    If you are thinking working for a US firm while wintering in the US, things get, well, more difficult. Yes you will have to get a "green-card" (of one sort or another) to legally get a job in the US.
  • Without a skill that would transfer to traveling, it is going to be a very low income living. Most people making good money while full timing either have the ability to do their normal job via the internet (programming, tech support, accounting, etc.) or have a highly desirable, short in supply, skill. Things like being a nurse, pharmacist, Doctor, veterinarian, etc. where they can fill in for vacationing professionals. Even things like traveling salesperson doesn't really translate well because you generally have to travel where the clients are, and they tend to be in the big cities, not the tourist destinations people want to travel to. Job hopping from place to place isn't going to pay well and you will always be starting at the bottom of the totem pole, so to speak.
    Some people chase the seasonal work, things like the Beet Harvest in the Mountain Northwest, the grain harvest in the Midwest, Amazon, pre Christmas, etc. But those are usually pretty tough jobs and you won't feel like you are on a vacation, you will feel like you are working for a living.
    You really need to start out by figuring out what you like to do and what you are good at doing. Then you figure out how to make that work while on the road.
  • Jack_Diane_Freedom wrote:
    You can do anything you are qualified to. Do. I full timed and was a Vice President of a Pharmaceutical company for a couple of years before I retired.


    Good for you but what in the world has this got to do with working in the recreational vehicle business? :h
  • Livefreediefree wrote:
    Hi, just wondering if anyone knows of some good jobs for someone looking to go full time in Canada.


    I did but you're about a month late for a parts manager job ... obviously you weren't keeping an eye on Kijiji. ;)
  • You can do anything you are qualified to. Do. I full timed and was a Vice President of a Pharmaceutical company for a couple of years before I retired.

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