Yellowstone Campground Employment - 2014

I put my application in...even wrote to verify it had been received...was promised a contact...NEVER HAPPENED...I've since found employment.

I received the following Private Message from Mr. Tveter earlier today:

Mr. Leblanc,
I do apologize that you were not considered for employment with the Yellowstone Campgrounds. We did receive your application on 11/22/13 along with many others. It unfortunately did not make it through our initial review of applications in December and was sent back to Human Resources as per our hiring policy. I am happy to hear you have found a position that will suit your needs this summer and wish you the best in your traveling endeavors.

Sincerely,
Steven Tveter
Campground Manager of Training and Standards

Dear Mr. Tveter,

I can certainly understand not making the "cut"! This is not my first rodeo. The courteous thing to have done was to contact me stating such. From the ad you are running now, I suspect you are having difficulty securing employees for the upcoming season.

Once before, I "didn't make the cut" in a national fellowship. That got me to college and a whole new career. I was able to bring my business career to elementary school students who might not have had access otherwise. I wrote and directed a nationally awarded Litter Education play that put the school and town into the spotlight!

I can handle rejection! I also believe that everything happens for a reason!

My wife interviewed for a job in the gift shop everything seemed good the lady doing the interview said they would fine a place for my wife. They had to fine a place for me also as I didn't want to work in the gift shop or store I wanted an outside job but she was assured it could be done. So we didn't hear back for a week or so even after the lady that my wife spoke with told her she would call back on that Sat. my wife had interviewed on that Thursday prior. About week and half after this I sent email and they respond with a phone call from some lady I don't remember her name and she offered us jobs without doing an interview for myself and the jobs not being in the same time frame as we could be there early in April to Oct. and my wife would be in the gate house and I would be cleaning bathrooms and because of the time frame we declined . She then stated that was all that was available. Because of being early in the season that seemed a little strange because of the size Yellowstone and all of the Yellowstone Campgrounds that was all they had available. And now I see they are still looking for workcampers I guess they weren't all done filling there positions.

We really need to do due diligence in all of our workamper searches. Early in the season, in response to an ad, I contacted a prospective employer in the Southwest. After an exchange of several emails I am informed they would like a phone interview on a Saturday. My research of their business at several places was not entirely favorable, so I sent the business a list of 6 questions I wanted answered, Their reply was that the questions would be answered in the phone interview. I informed them I wanted the questions answered prior to the phone interview, because based on their answers there may not be a phone interview. I wanted the answers in writing. I never heard from them again. They are still looking for workampers. Yep, everything happens for a reason.

"Dear Mr. Tveter,
I can certainly understand not making the "cut"! This is not my first rodeo. The courteous thing to have done was to contact me stating such."

I don't know that much about Yellowstone and the number of applications/resumes that they get but when I was working as a hiring manager...each opening could produce 100's of applications and to contact each with "you did not make the CUT" would have been a crazy act. Even after interviewing maybe 20 by phone or in person, doing that is a waste of company time and money. If we don't call you and offer the job then "you did not make the CUT".

It only takes a couple keystrokes to at least send out a generic form email that one didn't make the cut. It's common courtesy.

2gypsies wrote:
It only takes a couple keystrokes to at least send out a generic form email that one didn't make the cut. It's common courtesy.

No it requires data entry (@ $15.00 an hour) to load the 100's or 1000's of names and address into the system so you can just "press a button" and send out "you don't get the job letters" not counting possible postage, paper, etc... The cost is less if it is emailed rejection letters. And after you have loaded all this and spent time and $$$ you delete this list .... So why bother.

JAXFL wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
It only takes a couple keystrokes to at least send out a generic form email that one didn't make the cut. It's common courtesy.

No it requires data entry (@ $15.00 an hour) to load the 100's or 1000's of names and address into the system so you can just "press a button" and send out "you don't get the job letters" not counting possible postage, paper, etc... The cost is less if it is emailed rejection letters. And after you have loaded all this and spent time and $$$ you delete this list .... So why bother.

Why would anyone want to "bother" to even apply then!!! I would only accept a position if I spoke to the hiring manager by phone or in person. And only then if they spoke to me respectfully would I "consider wasting my time" or it was "worhty of my time".

Irover wrote:

JAXFL wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
It only takes a couple keystrokes to at least send out a generic form email that one didn't make the cut. It's common courtesy.

No it requires data entry (@ $15.00 an hour) to load the 100's or 1000's of names and address into the system so you can just "press a button" and send out "you don't get the job letters" not counting possible postage, paper, etc... The cost is less if it is emailed rejection letters. And after you have loaded all this and spent time and $$$ you delete this list .... So why bother.

Why would anyone want to "bother" to even apply then!!! I would only accept a position if I spoke to the hiring manager by phone or in person. And only then if they spoke to me respectfully would I "consider wasting my time" or it was "worhty of my time".

Irover... If I was sending you a "you don't get the job letters" it would be after you already APPLIED not before.

This job appears to be for Xanterra. Google them as there is a lot of information available from previous employees. They hire over 3,000 seasonal employees just for Yellowstone. Surprised as they seem to hire anyone that applies.