'Volunteering at state and federal park
What is involved in the process to volunteer as a camp host at State or federal (corps) campgrounds?
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Luckypenny wrote:
For all of you that have applied and worked as a volunteer or paid positions for these Forest or Park services, do they often contact your employer during the application process? I am not full time yet and I would not like my employer contacted. Thanks!
Almost every employment application that I've ever seen, in the "list employment" section, had a line/question "may we contact your current employer?" with the option to select "YES" or "NO". If you've indicated in your employment status that you're still currently employed, ie, "employed 1995-present", any reviewer who knows what they are doing would see that you're currently employed and would prefer that your current employer not know you are looking, regardless of whether it's a volunteer/part time job, or a full time position. In almost all cases, I've checked "NO" and have been able to get to the next step in the process, which is to actually talk to a real person.
Also, with any Federal employment application, this will be the case, at least in all of the Federal applications that I've seen over the years.
