The spring season starts in February/March and runs through late-April/May. Since Spring is the off-season for many businesses, spring seasonal work can be difficult to find. Many seasonal workers tend to spend the spring season traveling or preparing for their summer seasonal job. This post will provide a short list of known businesses that hire spring seasonal workers and other ways to search for spring seasonal jobs.
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The Spring Season
The spring season is from Feb/March through April/May. Depending on where you are in the USA, and what the business’ opening/closing dates are, these dates can begin/end a few weeks earlier/later.
Why Spring Seasonal Work is Harder to Find
For many seasonal businesses the spring is their off season, meaning they are closed during the spring. For others, their winter season runs into the spring season and/or their summer season begins in the late spring. Because of this, finding a job for only the spring season can be difficult, but not impossible.
Spring Seasonal Job Options
Businesses that Hire Spring Seasonal Workers
The following is a list of known businesses that hire specifically for the spring season and offer employee housing;
Resorts and Lodges;
- YMCA of the Rockies (Colorado)
- Valdez Heli-Ski (Alaska)
- YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly (North Carolina)
- Cascade Lodge (Minnesota)
Outdoor Education / Youth Education;
- The Outdoor School (Texas)
- Nature’s Classroom (Alabama)
- YMCA of Charlotte’s Camp Thunderbird Program (North Carolina)
- Mile High Pines Camp (California)
- Endless Horizons (Virginia)
- YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly (North Carolina)
Outdoor Recreation and Conservation;
Other;
- JEM Lifeguard Program (Hawaii)
Other Spring Seasonal Jobs
Below is a list of other types of spring seasonal jobs you can search for via google;
- Travel/Tourism: Spring Break Trip Representative.
- Events: Farmers Markets, Catering, or Event Set-up/Take Down.
- Lodges/Resorts: Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, Retail & Rentals, other hospitality focused jobs.
How to Find Spring Seasonal Work
Seasonal Job Boards
The best place to find spring seasonal jobs is on CoolWorks. You can also use of these 19 websites to find seasonal jobs.
Staffing Agencies
You can apply to staffing agencies that will help you find jobs. Use agencies like like People Ready or hospitality companies like Xanterra and Aramark.
Agricultural Work
Different regions of the USA need short term workers to till soil, prep flower beds, and plant or harvest cool-weather produce. You can search for agricultural jobs on the US Department of Labor’s website.
You can also use farm and ranch job websites such as Ranch Work or one of these 14 websites to find a job on a farm or ranch.
Work in the Spring by Applying for Winter Openings
People leave seasonal jobs all the time. That means winter businesses will have job openings in Jan/Feb (or later) that they need filled asap. These jobs usually have a commitment that will last through the spring season (aka: April/May).
Thus, if you find yourself needing a job in the middle of the winter/spring season, you can check winter businesses for openings. Most of these businesses will be in the hospitality industry such as; guest ranches, ski resorts, lodges, etc…
A great way to find these jobs is on CoolWork’s “help wanted now” page. Or, by searching on other seasonal job boards.
Conclusion
Spring seasonal work can be harder to find than summer or winter work, but not impossible. There are companies that hire specifically for the spring and others that have job openings during the spring season. Hopefully this post will get you start finding and applying for a spring job. What spring seasonal jobs do you reccommend? Please share your knowledge in the comments below.
