Caddy Shack Square, Kelleys Island, Ohio 43438
Recruiting employees (J-1 Visa and local) for 2012 summer season
ALL POSITIONS REQUIRE WORKING EVERY WEEKEND WITHOUT EXCEPTION FROM MEMORIAL THROUGH LABOR DAYS
Note:
Understand that this position is located on a small island in Ohio (one of the Great Lakes) and is not a big city or near a big city and has "safety's" in the contract for applicants that want to use it as a stepping stone to get somewhere else.
Since we are a small company, we cannot afford to be used for such things and it can potentially have a big impact on the company. We have hired and enjoyed the foreign students for 10+ years, but currently, we are having second thoughts about hiring outside the US because, lately we have had these issues and have no tolerance for it. And along with the high unemployment here, US employees are readily available and willing to work. Please read the job description page thoroughly so that you understand what you are getting into. It is a great place to meet other foreign students and experience a small town atmosphere in the US which is quite the opposite from a big city or even mid sized city atmosphere. Good Luck with your decision.
please read entire page then email: boogannex@gmail.com with instructions below
POSITIONS:
Event Coordinator Opportunity (please email for info)
NOW HIRING FOR SUMMER SEASONAL RETAIL JOB DESCRIPTION:
DATES: mid May to mid September ( minimal working schedule from before Memorial Day through after Labor Day)
Positions vary, and may be rotated or fit to the student at our discretion.
All position are service oriented and require sales / selling and speaking with the customer and cleaning the area.
Some positions require some physical labor and others require food handling.
Some positions are located in open air, others are located indoors. One position requires drivers license.
Some duties could include: watering plants, vaccuming/moping or sweeping the floor, washing windows, cleaning the area bathroom, periodic display window decorating for clothing store, spray painting stencils on the sidewalk, organizing rental golf carts, folding and straightening clothes.
Booga Shack Stores: you will be responsible for the general operation of the shop, from opening to closing, cleaning everyday, folding shirts constantly throughout the day and during slow periods and keeping the product orderly, restocked and neatly presented, watering plants, emptying trash, keeping the bathroom clean, vaccuming daily among other duties.
Showing up for work bright eyed, fresh and enthusiastic to work, generally you will work all day without official break and will need to prepare and bring your lunch with you and eat during slow periods throughout the day. You may be given 1-2 day(s) a week off per week before 3rd week in June and August after 3rd week. July, you will be required to work everyday, (unless you are willing to take less hours all season). Any unscheduled requested time off will need a 2 week notice and approval. There will be no approved time off on any Holidays, Weekends, Festivals or potential busy times in July. Generally Mon, Tue, or Wed are approved days to have off before 3rd week in June and after 3rd week of August.
Personality needed: Outgoing personality, able to move quickly to accomplish a task, helpful to other co-workers and customers, interested in people, willing to do all the required tasks including folding, straightening, cleaning and regular upkeep of their area. Someone with good observations skills and able to take the initiative to make a sale or improve the area. The ability to multitasking is of great benefit as you generally work alone and can be accomplishing several things at once along with greeting the customer, etc.
This is a great opportunity for you to think of our shop as you would if you owned it, take pride in the way it looks, how it operates and notice the tourist traffic and trends, listen & question the customers (watch what they buy, why, how they move through the store, etc.) and implement changes to improve sales or tourist flow which you can control and watch the results. This makes it a learning experience also for you.
Generally you should be moving all the time with some duty, either selling, cashiering, cleaning the shop/shelves/floor/sunglasses/displays/entrance area/cleaning jewelry, keeping list of things that need to be ordered or are in low supplies, including supplies (shopping bags, register/calculator paper, price stickers etc) and/or checking everything over and over. You should not have time to sit down, everything should be in the best of shape. As the manager, I am usually able to find something that is needing to be done, it would be your job to see that I do not find one thing and better yet, think of things that I have not.
My best employee taught me several things and she had never worked before in her life, she had a great perspective, always had a smile, was helpful, had a delightful attitude/demeanor and lovely personality. She never sat down, I never saw her eating or vacuuming the floor, however I am sure she ate and the floor was always immaculate, she stood straight and tall, always made her presence known to the customers, never leaned on things when she stood in place, and had better customer relations than I. She kept the shop spotless and more organized than even I had ever seen it. She was the first and only employee to receive several bonuses. She made my life easy, even found my keys when I lost them. We hired her the next year and gave her a raise, something that is not common in our business.
Please note: Smoking and visiting with friends is not acceptable while you are working (and there is no smoking allowed in dorm).
2008 Booga Shack Position/Hours:
Sun-Thur: 10:00-6 pm (8 hr x 5 days = 40hrs)
Fri/Sat: 10:00-6/8:30pm (8-10.5 hr x 2 days = 16-21hrs)
Note: Hours may vary according to tourist traffic and need.
This shop is based on Booga Wear. It is exclusive to Kelleys Island, an original creation & printed in the store which makes it a great tourist attraction and souvenir. People come back every year to visit the Booga Shack and buy their stock of Booga Wear. Note: No smoking allowed during work hours.
Wacky Shack Position / Hours:
Mon-Thur 3:30 - 7:30
(unless there is outside entertainment at the CaddyShackBar next door)
Weekday night hours when Entertainment: 3:30-9:30/10pm
Fri: 2-10:30/11pm
Sat: 11-10:30/11pm
Sun: 10:30-5:30/6 pm
(This an outside gazebo and hours are dictated by weather, in 2008, we closed part of the day on 2 occasions, hours may change in 2009)
Personality needed: Outgoing personality, ability to interact with the customers and engage in fun conversation with children (and adult children :)
This location sells, funny hats, Mardi Gras Beads, Sunglasses, Blinky jewelry for Night time fun, pranks and fun novelties like bouncy balls, rattlesnake eggs, mini toy cars, shocking pens, etc.
Employee required to dress up in Funny Hats and Beads and play the part of a fun Wacky Shack personality: constantly moving, being funny, laughing and joking with customers. This job is very visible and requires extremely sociable person for sales / cashier. Other basic requirements include keeping the area clean and orderly at all times, tracking product for weekly orders & restocking/pricing. Note: No smoking allowed during work hours.
It is said to be the "Most Fun Job on the Island"
Ice Cream Position / Hours: (hours can change)
Sun-Thur 11-7:30/9:30
Fri, Sat: 11-10/11
Hours vary according to traffic. The Ice Cream is regulated by the Mini-Golf traffic & weather. Closing begins after the last mini-golfer finishes and purchases ice cream or not. Early in the season if there is no traffic, often one person will work both the Mini-Golf/Golf Cart booth and the Ice Cream. This requires an employee that is willing to be versitile and is accommodating.
Ice Cream Shop duties: Wait on customers, scoop Ice Cream & cashier sales in a friendly and sanitary manner, anticipate, tracking product for weekly orders & restocking. Talk & become personal with the customers by interacting, yet continue to service the next customer in line with the same enthusiasm. We have a lot of children in the Caddy Shack Square, it is crucial to be good with people and children and able to engage the customer with fun conversation. Other basic duties, restocking and maintaining ice cream to prevent crystalization, keeping shop in clean and orderly manner, by regularily cleaning windows, floor, displays, emptying trash along with opening and closing duties. Be aware that the your job would be to sell ice cream (not eat it with out paying for it :) Note: No smoking allowed during work hours.
Golf Cart & Bike Rental Position / Hours:
2 positions open
Sales & Cashier, Customer Service (good ability to drive required, local license not required)
Hours vary with tourist traffic
9:30/10 am - 7:30/11 pm
Customer service and friendly, helpful attitude and the ability to work with a clear mind under pressure is a must.
This position requires a "people person" with the ability to interact with a variety of customers, keeping a line or crowd of customers patient and happy and also move them swiftly through the rental process.
During slow periods, organizing rental forms, carts, keeping clean the carts & bikes and area when needed. Open, closing or shift changing duties. Note: No smoking allowed during work hours.
Pay Rate for all positions:
7.25 per hour
Hours range from appx 35 - 55 /week (last year the average was approximately 650 hr per season which was 11 weeks) and vary according to customer traffic & weather. Early / late in the season are slow and July is the busiest.
Generally we have a lovely summer season.
(NOTE: If the weather is rainy and cold, it is more difficult to have everyone working and happy. If the weather is beautiful and pleasant, everybody is happy and we are happy to pass that on.)
We do our best to give you as many hours as we can afford to do and still stay in business.
SPECIAL NOTE:
If you are coming solely for the money, you may be better elsewhere, but if you would know how to work and want to experience a beautiful small island town in the US, on one of the Great Lakes and get to know some new faces, this is for you!
Check out our the website: www.caddyshacksquare.com & the island's site: www.kelleysisland.com for an overview.
Housing:
We provide for your dorm-style housing, electric, water and trash service, which is attached to the job and located on the premises...
2 -3 persons (same sex) per room shared bath, air-conditioning, small refrigerator, no kitchen but has single burner for cooking and microwave (minimal cooking supplies). Located on job site. Housing is included and attached to job, $10.00 per day is taken from each check but 3.60 per day is returned at end of season contingent upon completion of contract. There is a $50 non-refunded seasonal maintenance fee upon arrival (if not deducted from your first check, you will be required to pay at some point of the season)
Bed Linens are provided but you are responsible for cleaning (as well as keeping and leaving the dorm/room/bathroom clean)
You must provide your own toilet paper, paper towels, soap, hair dryer, toiletries, laundry and cleaning supplies, etc.
Note: No smoking is allowed in the dorm/rooms and guest are not allow to stay the night and noise should be kept reasonable for the hour. No pets or children allowed in dorm room. Violation of these rules could affect your housing refund and/or loss of job depending on severity.
Laundry:
Coin laundry is available at another location on the island.
Groceries:
There is a small grocery store/market where you can purchase basic items.
Island Transportation:
Walking or Bicycle is your mode of transportation, we have a few bikes for $25 seasonal rental fee that students can use. They need to be respected and cared for by them to keep them working and return them in the same order at the end of the season (or fees with apply)
Island Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelleys_Island
Your Arrival: (please print this section to take with you on your trip)
Most students take the Greyhound Bus (http://www.greyhound.com) from their Airport city (is not usually located at the Airport so do some research on transportation from Airport to Bus Station) to Sandusky, Ohio 44870. Make arrangements to arrive at the Greyhound bus station in Sandusky, Ohio in the morning or early afternoon (there is no one in the bus station after 4 or 5 pm and it is out in the middle of nowhere, also there is no way to get to the island as the ferry stops running in the early evening - Mon-Wed are best days to arrive on the island).
From the Greyhound, you can call Dependable Shuttle taxi service at (419) 621-1016 (I think it is $8.00+ per person in 2007, you can call them to get pricing) if you are early enough it is best to ask them to take you to the Social Security Administration (Social Security Administration address: 252 Wayne St., (downtown) Sandusky, OH 44870-2810, Phone: (419) 625-6052) if needed and make arrangement to have him pick you up again (your next stop is the Jet Express Ferry (http://www.jet-express.com/schedulesSAN2007.html), in Downtown Sandusky (appx .3 mi from the Social Security Administration Office of which you can walk, luggage permitting) and buy a ticket ($14 in 2009, but check their website yourself and plan on a few dollars more as every year it can be a little more expense, then you will have enough money to get to the island) to Kelleys Island (appx 1/2 hour ride). From the arrival dock at Kelleys Island, you walk straight up the street, approximately 100 yards to Caddy Shack Square on the left (just passed the corner to where the mini golf is located). Pat is usually found in the Beach Rack or Booga Shack located in Caddy Shack Square, if not, introduce yourself as one of the foreign students coming to work and ask them to contact her or Danny.
Be sure to contact the Jet Express if you are arriving early in the season, their schedule is minimal or not available during the weekdays and shortened on the weekends and you will need to take the Kelley Island Ferry Boat from Marblehead, Ohio (http://www.kelleysislandferry.com) Please check their schedule also, they may have a shortened schedule also.
Note: if you do NOT complete your social security before your arrival to the island, you will have to pay to return to the mainland by ferry on another day. We prefer you apply for your social security before coming to the island to save expenses and time.
Local phone number is 419-746-2808 (store), 419-746-2221(home) 954-330-9425 (cell) email: boogannex@gmail.com. Please check all this information with the web addresses provided for updated schedules and pricing as it probably has changed and can vary different months of the summer.
Be prepared: most student find the island somewhat quiet when they first arrive because it is early in the season and not a lot of tourist traffic and cannot imagine it will change. This is a good time to explore the island, read a book, hike, etc when you are off work. When the season arrives it is a different atmosphere and students seem to thoroughly enjoy their job choice. Most students have the desire to return, and do, if they are able. There are a few night spots for either live music or DJ on weekend nights. The Caddy Shack usually has a variety of outdoor live entertainment or Karaoke on weekends.
Begin Work:
We expect you to REST before you begin work. Travel is hard on your body, and
we would like you to look around and get familiar with the Island also.
Most students are eager to begin the day after arrival or the 2nd day, it is your choice if you arrive Mon-Wed. If you arrive Thurs-Sun, most likely you will work the next day. We also expect that you are rested everyday that you work and are alert to effectively handle the day's work with enthusiasm. We do our best to keep students working even during slow period as a courtesy, however if we do not NEED a student to work and the student continually arrives sluggish or unenthusiastic to work, we reserve the option to cut their hours during these times or find another suitable employee to replace the original employee. We are looking for pleasant, outgoing, friendly, happy, respectful, helpful, enthusiastic, accommodating, enjoyable employees interested in more than just a paycheck.
Internet Access / Phone:
Internet access with limited hour / days is available at the Library about 1 mile away from your dorm. If you have your own wireless computer, there are usually a few access points in town. Note: Computers are not permitted at the workplace as we find they are distracting to the employee's main function which is to maintain the shop and be attentive to customers.
There are no pay phones on the island. Phone cards from New York and other areas usually work but the time goes MUCH faster because you are calling from Ohio and not the city you bought them, be careful of the rules when you get them. 2 hour card can be 10 minutes or less on the island and every time you try to connect you are charged. Email is the preferred method of international communication.
If this sounds good to you, I can assure you, you will love the island and it will love you!
If you still want to apply:
(1) please send your resume, photo, birthdate
(2) work from dates, from before Memorial Day through after Labor Day Holidays (your flight dates will need to be a few days before and after to get you to your arrival/departure city as they will be at least 1 day by bus) and
(3) also copy, paste and answer these questions in your email & state that you agree with the information on this page when accepting the position:
1. What do you expect from the trip? (money, relationship, travel, experience small town, anything else, etc.)
2. How much money do you need for the season ?
3. Do you require a day off? (THERE WILL BE NO WEEKEND DAYS OFF MEMORIAL TO LABOR DAY)
4. How many hours do you want to work ideally?
5. Do you understand there is usually no one to hang out with on your days off, especially those working in the same area because we do not keep extra help to cover any extra day off? (Once your day off is scheduled, it will not change - we recommend if you want to take a trip, that it be done at the end of the season, after Labor Day.
6. Are you someone who likes to clean up, straighten up? Your daily duties will include washing windows, keeping the bathroom of the shop clean, keeping the shop in order, and looking great.
7. Are you someone that needs to be told what to do next? or
8. Do you tend to see what needs to be done and take the initiative to complete the task on your own?
9. Do you have an international driver's license? Do you have a drivers license from your country? Do you know how to drive but do not have a driver's license?
10. Please rate your English from 1 -10 (best). Note, you will need to understand and speak with your boss and with tourist and should have a good grasp of the English language and / or interests to practice speaking to improve your English level.
11. Why do you think you will like to work on such a small (somewhat secluded, other than the tourists) island in Ohio located on Lake Erie rather than a big city with access to many things, nightclubs and upscale shopping?
12. Do you smoke? Do you understand that there is no smoking allowed inside the dorm rooms or during working hours which could cause you to be released from your job and housing without notice? We have a lot of small children in the Caddy Shack Square area and smoking is not socially acceptable within our company.
13. What are the dates you can start and need to finish work (remember to allow for travel time)?
14. Have you attached your resume and photo
15. What is your birthdate and age?
16. What year of university are you just completing and how many years of study do you have left to complete.
17. What is your skype account name for video interview access?
18. Do you understand and willing to perform your social duties: Greeting customers when they enter and leave the shop. Conversing with complete strangers, (interacting with customers) helping them pick items, encouraging them to come back by your demeanor. Smiling and being pleasant.
19. Do you understand that your friends or other students/workers are not permitted to "hang out" with you while you are at work?
Include in your email:
(1) please send your resume, photo, birthdate and age, flight dates
(2) be certain you can work from before Memorial Day through after Labor Day holidays (your flight dates will need to be a few days before and after to get you to your arrival/departure city as they will be at least 1 day by bus) and
(3) include answers to the questions above
email address: (title J-1 job) boogannex@gmail.com
PLEASE read this entire site and state in your email that you read, understand and agree with the information on this entire page and the job descriptions, requirements, limitations.
After acceptance, please contact me with an update, every month, this will hold the position open or we may think you are not serious about the position and will look for replacement. This does not exempt you from your contract but does exempt our obligation. If you are not serious about the position, please do not apply, we are a small company and cannot afford these inconveniences. I am sure you can appreciate our position and best of luck!
Please print this page for your reference later, past employees have told me it was of great help later and during their trip especially the travel info.
Thanks for your application.
Pat Ahner
Booga Shack