Staff

We are looking for hard-working, enthusiastic team players who are eager to learn and be contributing members of our ranch community. If you love working with people, being outdoors, and are ready to commit to working hard as a positive member of our team, we welcome your application. We take great pride in our reputation for having an outstanding staff.

Below are the basic requirements you must meet in order to apply, including general information about the dates we need staff.

Please read on for updates. We will communicate with applicants via EMAIL throughout the hiring process, so please check your email frequently or you will miss important communications.

We appreciate your thoughtful and complete responses to our application questions and look forward to hearing from you.

Yours from Wyoming,
Justin and Lissa Howe, Managers

Updated October 11, 2018

We will start our hiring for 2019 in October! Please contact us if you have any questions about the application process. Please be sure that you are available from at least the 3rd week of May through the 4th week of August before you apply.

• We’ll start offering phone interviews for complete and approved applicants in late October.
• We will be conducting on-campus interviews at the following schools:

University of Vermont: October 16-17, 2018

College of William and Mary: November 5, 2018

Wake Forest University: November 5, 2018

Elon University: November 5, 2018

University of Virginia: November 6, 2018

Davidson University: November 6, 2018

Washington and Lee: November 7, 2018

Wofford College: November 7, 2018

University of Richmond: November 8, 2018

Sewanee: November 8 and 9, 2018

OUR BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR STAFF INCLUDE:

• You must be at least 18 years of age, and have at least one year of post-high school education and/or work experience.
• You must be a U.S. citizen or be legally eligible for a J-1 work visa.
• You must be available from at least mid-May through late-August or late-September.  
• In 2019, the latest start date is May 23 and the earliest end date is August 25. If you are not available during that time, please keep us in mind for a future summer.
  
• Two references (at least one of these references should be a professional reference from a supervisor).
• If you are in college or just graduated, please attach a copy of your college transcript (GPA at least 3.0; unofficial copy is acceptable). If you are a first-semester freshman, please submit your high school transcript.
• Evidence of interest in working with and being of assistance to other people.
• Evidence of ability to live in a small community of peers as a positive team member.
• Interest in having a unique experience, not just a summer job.
• The A Bar A Ranch is a drug-free work place and you must be drug free. We reserve the right to use drug testing.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Monthly salaries vary. Room, board and use of ranch facilities are additional benefits. The general tips fund is distributed in mid-November, among the staff who have completed their contracts only.

HIRING TIMELINE:

• We begin reviewing applications in October. We review only complete applications (including resume, transcript, 2 references).

• We offer on-campus interviews at select colleges/universities: late October — early November

• We offer phone interviews beginning in October, and continue these until hiring is complete.

• We highly recommend that you submit your application by December 1, 2018 to increase your chances of being hired.

• We make decisions/job offers on an on-going basis until hiring is complete. The majority of our positions are filled by mid-January.

Video by Maggie Irby, Office Assistant, Summer 2016