HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF
LANDING A JOB IN PARADISE

While it is true that jobs in paradise are highly sought after, they are
not impossible to get.  If you can swim, your local Red Cross office can
certify you as a lifeguard in a few short weekends or evenings. With
a Red Cross certificate you can be a lifeguard on beaches from Hawaii
to Key West or the Jersey Shore.  If you want to further increase your
chances of landing your dream job, another few short Red Cross
courses can earn you CPR and advanced first-aid certificates.

Are you interested in a job leading whitewater rafting excursions?
In many instances, that same Red Cross certificate is all you need
when sending in your application. The listings in Job in Paradise in-
clude numerous rafting companies that offer river guide courses and
then offer jobs to the students who perform best in the course.
Are you interested in spending a summer teaching SCUBA diving
in the Caribbean!   Jobs in Paradise includes listings of numerous dive operators, including a few who even hire instructors who have never been
SCUBA diving!

With the information included here, you'll learn how you can earn a SCUBA instructor certificate while you work.  Carefully read through the job titles. In addition to the usual assortment of typical resort jobs, you'll find some unusual entries.

For example, one Great Barrier Reef hotel we discovered hires five farmers to run its self-contained dairy and horse corral, in addition to the usual bar
staff, restaurant staff, housekeepers, and front desk clerks. Many resort hotels, are self-contained resorts hiring staff to coordinate nightly entertainment and daily activities programs, as well as nurses, hairdressers, boat captains, and security officers.

Everyone knows Disneyland hires attraction operators, ticket sellers, and maintenance staff, but did you know that the Magic Kingdom also has positions for kennel attendants, pony breeders, craftsmen, and firefighters!

Check our listings and the Jobs in Paradise book for a wide array of fun, interesting, exotic and sometimes just strange jobs.  Want a job as a host on a civilian sightseeing submarine in the Virgin Islands or as a gravedigger on
Cape God.  It's all here.  See. you'd better read them all!