There is a buzz radiating in the state of Maine around workforce development and improving career opportunities.\u00a0\u00a0 How can our state create more jobs and maintain sustainable industries to attract young adults and recent college graduates to live and work in Maine?\u00a0 The outdoor recreation industry is fulfilling many of these requests.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, Maine is just the 12th state to create a government position, the Office of Outdoor Recreation.\u00a0 According the Outdoor Industry Association, Maine’s \u201coutdoor recreation economy generates $8.2 billion in consumer spending, 76,000 jobs, $2.2 billion in wages and salaries, and $548 million in state and local tax revenue\u201d.\u00a0 Major companies like Sugarloaf, Three Rivers Whitewater, and the New England Outdoor Center are expanding from seasonal to year-round jobs, full of benefits.\u00a0 Instead of bouncing around between summer and winter jobs, you can now find employment full time.\u00a0 For many, these jobs offer stability, yet also achieve the coveted \u201cwork\/life balance\u201d that is the pinnacle of achievement for many students.\u00a0 It\u2019s time to \u201cdebunk\u201d the myth that careers in outdoor recreation and tourism are solely seasonal in nature (pun intended).<\/p>\n
As a student at 91¸£Àû, you are probably aware of the amazing outdoor recreational opportunities available.\u00a0 We have four seasons of activities fit for all interests and ages from hiking, biking, kayaking, fishing, and boating, to name a few.\u00a0 New companies are capitalizing on our growing industry and have decided to make Maine their home base for operations.\u00a0 Innovative companies such as Flowfold (started by three 91¸£Àû graduates) are using recycled lightweight materials to make outdoor equipment.\u00a0 Also, Sterling Rope, based in Biddeford, is a leader in supplying rock climbing rope all over the world.\u00a0 Another example is American Roots, reviving the textile trade by creating innovative fleece products.\u00a0 For more examples, check out Maine Outdoor Brands for a list of Maine based companies.<\/p>\n
To help bridge the gap between college graduation and entry into the outdoor recreation industry, we are hosting over 20 employers who represent different sectors of the industry at Orono\u2019s campus on April 25th from 4:00-7:00 pm.\u00a0 Organized to offer career advice and recruit job seekers, it is also a chance to understand and learn about the expanded opportunities offered in the outdoor recreation field.\u00a0 It is not only for Parks, Recreation, and Tourism majors anymore.\u00a0 Companies have needs in Business, Marketing, Journalism, Communications, Engineering, New Media, Accounting, and Forestry, to name a few.\u00a0 Attend the event to learn the stories of how these employers got their start and network to meet new friendly faces.\u00a0 Careers In Outdoor Recreation and Tourism <\/strong>will be held on the lawn area outside of the Maine Bound Adventure Center and cookout food will be provided by Three Rivers Whitewater.\u00a0 Giveaways and prizes will be available as well.<\/p>\n Maine\u2019s state slogan is vacationland<\/em>; who wouldn\u2019t want to work in a place everyone else only gets to visit?<\/p>\n Lisa Carter There is a buzz radiating in the state of Maine around workforce development and improving career opportunities.\u00a0\u00a0 How can our state create more jobs and maintain sustainable industries to attract young adults and recent college graduates to live and work in Maine?\u00a0 The outdoor recreation industry is fulfilling many of these requests.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, Maine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"39","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-blogs"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":39,"label":"Featured Blogs"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Featured Blogs","slug":"featured-blogs","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":20,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":39,"category_count":20,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Featured Blogs","category_nicename":"featured-blogs","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14609,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608\/revisions\/14609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCareer Counselor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"