Camp America 2010

yeeeh should be!! but i hope i get placed before then! what kind of camp you looking for?

Willow, what experience do you have?

me too..it would save a lot of money not having to go there!!
I want to be on a sporty camp/camp with lots of animals if there is...
I'm looking for coaching hockey, but don't know how popular this is, I am really regreting not talking about swimming, since It was a part of my PE GCSE and i've done survival and thing, but hadn't done life guarding.
what about you?

oooh wow! yeeh i put down for hockey too but would prefer to do track and field, as i'm better at that! god this is horrible having to wait, especially as people are getting placed all the time! well its early days yet i guess! when did you apply?

snap with the qualifications, i wish i'd done lifeguarding too. just want to secure my summer for next year! cannot cope with another summer of mundane agency work :|

what track and field do you do?
I used to do hurdles in school, and 800m.
I applied back in aeptember, but it didnt start circulating till the beginning of November. I aslo hate the waiting...
I wonder how many people acctually end up with no placement?
Mine isn't weak at all, coz I've been coaching on summer camps and in amsterdam this year. and done work experience at a school.
have you got Facebook? it would be nice to know somebody at the fair, coz I'll be on my own

I just got placed! I'm so excited now!

I went to the recruitment fair last year (I applied for CA but was not accepted!) and my advice to anyone that is going to go is GET THERE EARLY! I dunno what time it is starting this year but last year it started at 2, I got there for 11.30-12 and was near the front of the queue. If you get there at 2 or later, your chances of getting placed are lessened because they go quite quickly! Also, if you havn't already, try and have your interview and your sencond set of applications filled in before the recruitment fair! They put you into two lines before you go in, one line for those who had compleated the whole application stage and one for those who hadn't had their interview. If you havn't had it then you have to sit through a presentation and you don't get into the fair until 2.30-3pm which sucks if you have been waiting there for hours like I had. So yeah, there are my tips!

did you not get accepted after interview? or did you not get a placement? did you loose any money?
sorry for the Q
yeah I'm planning to get there very early wearing my full skiing outfit if it's goign to be cold!!

I play football, rugby and tennis and badminton for my college, badminton for the university, I coach my college team. I am my college sports and fitness rep, I used to captain the badminton team. I've been through all the girl guides system including 4 years as a young leader, and have lots of experience of guide camps. I play 2 instruments and have years of orchestral experience. I am on track to get a 1st in master of maths at durham, i received an academic scholarship at the end of 2nd yr. My interview went well. I am generally an outgoing and friendly individual. I am 20 years old. I thought I did enough to be a good general counselor. Perhaps my lack of qualifications let me down, I don't know. They are sending me a letter with their 'reasons'. I just didn't expect for them not to even give me a chance.

Camp America would accept you. I would assume the reason CCUSA/BUNAC did not is because they generally only accept people that are guaranteed to get placed.

In fairness, this will be the worst recruiting year in a long long time. I can imagine a huge amount of people not being placed this year.

I would assume for CCUSA and BUNAC the fact you don't appear to have a lot of experience with children is what let you down. It is more important that your actual skills to be good with and have experience with children.

Good luck though!

Camp America would accept you. I would assume the reason CCUSA/BUNAC did not is because they generally only accept people that are guaranteed to get placed.

In fairness, this will be the worst recruiting year in a long long time. I can imagine a huge amount of people not being placed this year.

I would assume for CCUSA and BUNAC the fact you don't appear to have a lot of experience with children is what let you down. It is more important that your actual skills to be good with and have experience with children.

Good luck though!

Hey all, Ive been looking at the Camp America forum but gutted that I cannot post nothing. I applied on Sunday (13th Dec) do you think this is late? My interview is on 10th January. Will my app be completed by 30th January (London recruitment fair)?? I really want to go.

I have had a lot of experience with youth work, volunteer work/charity work. I hope I get placed.

How hard is it to get placed at the fair?

Thanks in advance

Camp America did not accept me. I might apply to CCUSA now. Would I have more chance as support staff? Not really what I want to do but better than nothing... The CCUSA website said there are less places going this year so I guess they had to be more selective.

It should be =] Basically, after your interview your second application will be available to complete. Your interviewer will tell you to get this compleated within a week and the quicker you do it, the quicker your application will be online! Get your references sorted before your interview if poss and do the second app as soon as its up and you should be circulating by the 30th! Even if you arn't, you can still go to the recruitment fair! And you will be allowed in quicker if you have had your interview so don't worry!

And you should get placed, last year was a very difficult year because of the overwhelming number of applicants! This year is supposed to be better and you're applying bang on time I think! Anytime after january is cutting it fine imo You should get placed so good luck =]

Erm well at the fair it can be a little difficult because camps there are looking for very specific people. Some will just want male councillors, some will want coucillors over the age of 20 and most will be looking for specialist councillors rather than general councillors though there are always a few who are looking for general councillors! The trick is to look at the list which CA post of all the camps attending and on the list if you click on the camps, it will tell your where they will be sitting and what positions they will be looking for so you can be prepared! Don't waste time talking to camps if they do not have the position you want on their little board over their booth. They will usually turn you away. So good luck, its gonna be busy! Get their early, be prepared and wrap up warm!