Responsible for maintaining park structures, facilities, equipment, and grounds. Ensures the park is clean and inviting for guests. Greets visitors, answers questions, and explains facilities and services available. Ensures the park rules and local laws are followed. Requires a high school diploma or equivalent. Typically reports to a supervisor. Works under the close direction of senior personnel in the functional area. Possesses a moderate understanding of general aspects of the job. May require 0-1 year of general work experience. view job details

Plans, develops, and conducts programs to inform the public of historical, natural, and scientific features concerning national, state, or local parks. May require a bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Is familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. Typically reports to a supervisor/manager. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. view job details

The Park Warden ensures the park is clean and inviting for guests. Responsible for maintaining park structures, facilities, equipment, and grounds. Being a Park Warden ensures the park rules and local laws are followed. Greets visitors, answers questions, and explains facilities and services available. In addition, Park Warden requires a high school diploma or equivalent. Typically reports to a supervisor. Being a Park Warden works under the close direction of senior personnel in the functional area. Possesses a moderate understanding of general aspects of the job. May require 0-1 year of gene... view job details

Plans for staffing needs of the site(s)/modules(s) on a long and short term basis, adjusting based on workload and other staffing variables to maintain safe, efficient care in an effective manner. Provides an atmosphere of open communications with public and staff, both daily and in face-to-face situations, so they feel free to contribute ideas and suggestions regarding all aspects of department operations. Maintains timely, personable, and effective communications with citizens and the general public, and local or intergovernmental contacts and neighboring community leaders. view job details

Demonstrated abilities in considering aesthetic, environmental practices, trends, and design, and incorporating those elements along with crime prevention through environmental design. Prepare maps and various other exhibits for meetings and reports related to capital projects. Prepares master plans by developing strategies, participating in evaluating facilities, and retaining data for future capital and operating budget development. view job details

  In 1993, President Clinton signed the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for childbirth, adoption, foster care, to care for a child, parent, or spouse with a serious medical condition, or if the employee themselves has serious medical condition. Who is covered by FMLA?The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division enforces FMLA. FMLA applies to all public agencies, including state and local governments, and local education agencies such as schools. In the private sector, FMLA a... view article details

Thrill Builder! Slowly the car inches up the improbable incline, defying gravity, and propelled by unseen forces. As the roller coaster car gets to the crest of the hill and peers over the top at the twisted tracks and loop-the-loops that lie just ahead, you try to convince yourself that the person who designed this cruel contraption knows what he is doing. Relax. He does. Kent Seko originally wanted to be an architect. He rode roller coasters as a kid, but never thought about designing them until years later, when a friend who worked at Arrow Dynamics, Inc., a roller coaster design firm, talk... view article details

A Great Way to Get Your Feet Wet You wake up in the morning on a gorgeous day, throw on a pair of shorts and sandals, and head out to the river in a national park. You hear whitewater rapids rumble in the background, as you lather on suntan lotion. You get ready to put a raft in the river for your trip under the summer sun through a scenic gorge. What a peaceful vacation. But wait - you are not on vacation. You just arrived for work. Such preparations are part of the normal routine for Tom Bashore, a river rafting guide for the Rolling Thunder River Co. in Eastern Tennessee. Bashore was work... view article details

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has significantly lowered the price of a world class education.Starting in the spring of 2012, the elite school will be making some of its most popular courses available online to anyone with an Internet connection and a desire to learn. The cost? Free.'The courses are going to be rigorous, are going to be to the MIT standard,' said Nate Nickerson, the school's director of communications.The new initiative, dubbed MITx, will have no admissions requirements or application process. Participants will be able to access course materials, interact with facul... view article details

Most self-help books tell you all the things you need to start doing if you want to be successful. Which is why James Waldroop's 'The 12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back: Overcoming the Behavior Patterns That Keep You From Getting Ahead' is not your run-of-the-mill self-help book.Waldroop is this week's Salary Talk guest and he sits down with Aaron & Wendy for a rather unusual conversation. Instead of doling out tips on what people should begin doing if they want to succeed, Waldroop's book is a list of bad habits people need to STOP doing if they want to get ahead. And some of those bad ... view article details

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