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Careers in Community Recreation
What type of career opportunities can you expect?
- Program leader for city parks and recreation
- Coordinator - community centers
- Department administrator - county parks and recreation
- Facility manager - YMCA/YWCA, military, or college campus recreation
- Recreation coordinator – resorts
- Camp counselor - camps
- Program director - camps
Strategies:
- Be involved with Parks and Recreation Management (PRM) club activities such as meetings, conferences, banquets, newsletters, etc.
- Choose mini-internships in appropriate sites
- Choose the main internship(s) in the type of agency where you would like to apply for your first job
- Join the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)
- Attend professional meetings and conferences
- Do summer work in your chosen area
- Be involved with Last Minute Productions (LMP)
- Work with Pathways to the Future to become aware of the American Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Apply theories learned in class