Summer Camp to Summer Jobs

A week ago today, I had the opportunity to be a judge at Business Week, a week-long, business camp for high school students in the State of Washington. I'm definitely aging myself when I say this, but, I was a Business Week student back in the summer of 1989. I remember the feeling of excitement as I moved into my college dorm room for the week with someone I had never met before and then getting to meet other kids from all over the state to create our own business. Think of it as an organized lemonade stand for teens.

As a judge, my job was to rate the kids, (and may I say for the record, that the group of young men and women we met were outstanding), on their business knowledge, creativity, team work and presentation. I was very impressed as were the other 25 or so judges from businesses all over the Puget Sound. These kids are going to go great places. They are our future leaders and my hope is that with this experience and other summer job opportunities, they'll grow into business savvy and responsible adults.



These photos were all taken at the Business Week held at Pacific Lutheran University.

Here in Washington, we also believe that summer doesn't really begin until July 5th. Along with the rest of the country though, we want summer to stretch as long as possible, hence, Cool Works (tm) wants you to remember that there are still summer jobs out there for the taking.

Check out these cool employers who still need fun people like YOU to join them this year from now through September and sometimes October.

• Be a chef at Drowsy Water Ranch (isn't that a great name?) in Colorado.
• Sixty-Three Ranch is looking for a server/housekeeper. They're located near Yellowstone National Park.
• All kinds of jobs are still available in Washington state at Mt. Rainier, Sol Duc Hot Springs and Doe Bay Resort on Orcas Island.

Just recently we added a page on our website called Stretch Your Summer. Check it out to learn more about the jobs I mentioned above and many others.

Happy Summer Everyone! I can say that now...it's July 6th!

Learn about other cool job opportunities at CoolWorks.com.