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Bearskin Lodge Employment

Employment Opportunities At Bearskin Lodge
Bearskin Lodge is the premier family resort located on the famous Gunflint Trail, about 26 miles from the town of Grand Marais, MN. We are on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Right out our door are a million and a half acres of pristine lakes and rivers. Our facilities are the best available. It takes much hard work by dedicated staff to maintain the quality of service our guests have come to expect. If you are interested in joining the Bearskin staff, we would like to hear from you! Fill out our job application and forward it to us. The application is found linked to this page at the bottom.

General Staff Information:
Bearskin Lodge employs about 8 year round staff members and about 5 - 8 seasonal staff members in the summer. Staff work about 35 to 45 hours per week. Long-term employment at Bearskin is possible for the right person. All our staff members are required to be flexible and have cross training in other areas than their main job. We all help out when and where it's needed. Staff housing offers full kitchen and bathroom facilities. Equipment is available free for staff to use and includes canoes, fishing boats, staff dock, bikes, cross country skies, snowshoes, sauna, etc. Wireless internet (via satellite, so there are bandwidth limitations) is available for a small monthly charge.

What is our staff like? What is it like to live here?
Bearskin employees tend to be healthy people who love the opportunity to live so close to the outdoors. We have a non-smoking environment; housing is non-smoking and we discourage smoking on the property by employees. It is easier to live and work here if you don't smoke. At this point, most of our staff happens to be very well educated so you will be living and working with a group of interesting, articulate individuals. Every year we have many cross country and track runners on our staff -- trail running from Bearskin is always good. We often have staff members who are vegetarian or who eat carefully. Over the summer, you do have the option of planting a small garden on site. We generally do not hire J1 students unless they are also native English speakers such as Australians; we do hire employees from all over the United States so you will be working with people from a variety of backgrounds. Bearskin isn't much of a "party resort" for employees. Our staff members are more likely to be found out in the woods in their off time than out in the bars. If your favorite activity is shopping, you may not be happy living on the Gunflint Trail. Bearskin is 26 miles from the nearest town. A car is helpful as an escape and as a way to get groceries and supplies, but other staff members usually help each other get to Grand Marais when needed. We no longer have TV in staff housing at Bearskin. (Nobody wanted it anymore.) Staff members do watch a LOT of Netflix movies, though. If you would miss TV, but think Bearskin would be a great choice for you then consider watching full seasons of your favorite shows on DVD.

If this description of Bearskin life sounds like you would fit in, fill out the application!

Summer employment at Bearskin Lodge for 2011:

We will start considering applications for 2011 around January 1. A good introduction to what it's like to spend a summer at Bearskin Lodge can be found in Cara Finnegan's blog about her memories of working at Bearskin: http://caraf.blogs.com/caraf/2008/06/all-i-know-about-cleaning-i-learned-at-bearskin-lodge.html

Also, see our blogs about the quality of our employees at http://bearskin.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/summer-fun-working-at-bearskin-lodge-or-making-love-to-toilets/ and http://bearskin.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/summer-goodbyes-so-soon/

We take great pride in the quality of our staff at Bearskin.

A few things you should know before you consider applying for summer employment at Bearskin Lodge:

Bearskin is one of the larger resorts on the Gunflint Trail, but we are still a small, family-owned resort. We are very dependent on the reliability of a minimal number of employees. If you leave earlier than you promised, it is no small thing -- we employ exactly the right number of people to make it through the season. Please be honest about your ending dates. We will give first priority to summer employees who can start by mid-May or who can work through Labor Day, or close to that date. Fall & winter seasonal employees will be hired through specific dates. If you choose to leave weeks or months early, it puts a great deal of stress on the remaining staff. Choose your end dates carefully when you apply.
You should also know that whatever job you take at Bearskin, you will probably be called upon to assist in some way with housekeeping. If you would not be willing to cheerfully help with this task, please don't apply. Providing beautifully clean wilderness cabins is what we do here.
Everyone works on Saturdays and Sundays during the summer, "turn-over" days. If you are not comfortable with working on those days, this is not your ideal summer job. You will have 2 days off each week, but those days will usually not be on the weekend. We will try to give you 2 days off in a row, but it is not guaranteed.
Working at Bearskin means you have the wilderness at your doorstep. We want you to experience this beautiful environment. But unless it is arranged before you are hired, your relatively short term of summer employment here is not a good time to plan to take time off for a vacation or honeymoon. We very much need our employees to be here during the time for which they are hired. This is a good job for somebody who wants to work a lot during the summer.
Staff housing is non-smoking. Our housing is simple, but fairly nice. You will be living in close proximity to others. All housing has full kitchen facilities. You take care of your own meals. Our staff lives in houses or individual apartments; we do not have a dorm or bunkhouse. Our ideal employee will be a good neighbor to co-workers and tolerant of individual differences. Bearskin employees almost function as a family. This is a good job for people who care about others and who get along well in a group situation. If you like to work and live alone, a summer at Bearskin may not be enjoyable for you.
We will give first priority to hiring previous Bearskin employees.
Local employees who already have their own housing are very much appreciated here!

If you think you fit these criteria, please fill out the application linked to this page and fax or mail it to us. It can also be copied into a Word document and saved as a PDF, then attached to an e-mail. A cover letter or e-mail describing your interest in the job and your background helps us get to know you. The more information your provide for us, the better! Your job references will be checked, so please provide accurate contact information.

Fall & late summer positions:

Housekeeping and front desk combination position / Fall employment -- or longer
Experienced housekeeper needed at Bearskin Lodge beginning in mid to late August. Hoping to hire ASAP. Prefer somebody with previous cleaning experience, but we can train the right person. May also learn to help out at front desk. Must have excellent references from college or previous employment. Position could last through October, could last through winter, or could become a full-time permanent position, depending on the skills and employment needs of the individual we hire. This is a very physically active job. The right employees for this job have generally been in good physical condition and highly energetic. Bearskin is a fun place to work, with friendly co-workers and supportive employers. On-site housing may be available for this position--we are sorting out our fall housing now and will base housing decisions on our fall employees line-up . Housing and workplace are non-smoking environments. Housing here is work related and only available during the time you are employed here to Bearskin employees; it is not appropriate housing for families. Check out our employment info listed above to see if you would fit in well at Bearskin, then fill out the application linked to that page. Due to housing situations, if we hire somebody who does not have local housing, we will most likely hire a female.

Note to applicants who are only interested in front desk positions: long-term employees are the only ones at Bearskin who work entirely at the front desk. Even they occasionally clean cabins or do more physical outdoor work. There is no point in applying to Bearskin unless you will happily, willingly also embrace the very physical, active aspects of cleaning cabins or doing outdoor jobs at Bearskin.

Part time housekeeping help: Year 'round
Would you like to pick up a few additional hours of work? Bearskin often needs extra employees during the year. Number of hours and days will depend on how busy we are. No housing available for part-time positions, but part-time employees here may use our equipment and enjoy our beautiful area as an extra perk of the job.

Hiring Now for Fall:
Head housekeeper to lead Bearskin's housekeeping team

Are you an experienced housekeeper in a hotel, motel, or resort environment? Do you have leadership skills and the ability to manage and direct others in a positive way? Are you an energetic, organized person who loves to keep everything clean? Would you like to be compensated well for the high demand skills you offer? Detail - oriented, team player needed to lead housekeeping staff at Bearskin Lodge. Bearskin's reputation is based on meticulous, immaculate cabins, so this is an essential position. Good communication skills and the ability to provide constructive, healthy feedback essential to this position. We would like this person to commit to staying here at least a year so that our housekeeping department maintains some continuity.

Competitive wages, benefits available after a waiting period. Nice on-site housing available, either a spacious 2nd floor apartment or a small, simple 1 bedroom loft cabin. Access to all that Bearskin has to offer. This is often a very physically active job--lots of going up and down steps, walking outdoors in varying weather conditions, occasional lifting, and the ability to maintain a good mood and a high energy pace throughout the day. Bearskin is a fun place to work, with friendly co-workers and supportive employers. Housing and workplace are non-smoking environments. Check out our employment website info page above to see if you would fit in well at Bearskin, then fill out the application linked to this page. Please include a cover letter for this position, explaining your background, experience, and reasons for applying. We are advertising for this position nationally, but are running ads locally first. If you would be a good fit for this job, apply soon.

Our employees have access to our equipment and trails. We love employees who live to love the outdoors. To apply, please send references, a letter of application describing your interest, experience and background, the dates you are available and any other pertinent information to sue@bearskin.com

Or fill out the application at http://www.bearskin.com/app.html

Thanks for your interest.

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Bearskin Lodge
124 East Bearskin Rd
Grand Marais, MN 55604-3003
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