Auburn Students · Student opportunities
What should your job in the hospitality industry feel like?
You know you want to be in hospitality. But do you know what kind of hospitality job you want?
It should feel like you matter. Not just because somebody needs a shift covered. Because your judgment, your ideas and the way you look after people can change their entire weekend.
It should feel like you matter.
1. Trust and real responsibility
You should have real responsibilities and understand why they matter. You should know who to ask for help, receive clear guidance, and earn more room to make decisions as your confidence grows.
Being trusted does not mean being left to figure everything out alone. It means being taught, supported and then given the chance to do something well. At WDR, that could mean taking ownership of the adventure gear, a guest itinerary or a family competition, with clear expectations and someone to turn to.
2. Learning and growth
How does a booking become an experience? How do the food, rooms, activities, marketing and little personal details fit together? What makes guests come back?
At a small hospitality operation, those questions meet in the same place. One day you may help plan a golf weekend; another, you may discover why the guest arrival, a missing paddle or a badly timed dinner matters more than anybody expected.
3. A voice and room to create
“What if we tried this?” should be a useful sentence. At WDR, an idea might become a family competition, a better arrival, a ridiculous advert or a detail that makes a guest feel somebody remembered them.
Not every idea will work. Learning to test it, improve it and help make it happen is part of the opportunity. At WDR, you could help invent a new guest tradition, improve an activity or bring one of our comedy campaigns to life.
Waggle Dance Ranch · Student opportunities
A real role. Real responsibility.
Room to become good at something.
Waggle Dance Ranch
What we want working here to feel like
4. Work that makes a difference
Yes, there will be equipment to put away, plans to change and things to clean, check and reset. Hospitality still involves work. The difference is understanding what that work makes possible.
A court ready when the family arrives. A birthday surprise that lands perfectly. A grandparents-and-grandchildren moment somebody catches on film. Guests relaxing because you quietly took care of something before they noticed it.
5. Belonging and mutual support
WDR is being built around a small founding team, with several functions to cover and plenty of overlap. You might have a main responsibility and still lend a hand elsewhere. The aim is clear ownership, good communication and teammates who help each other.
The best question is not always “Is that my job?” Sometimes it is “Who needs a hand?” And sometimes it is “Who can help me get this right?”
6. Achievement you can be proud of
By the time you apply for your next opportunity, we want you to have more to say than “I worked there.” We want you to be able to explain what you helped organize, improve, create or solve, and what you learned from doing it.
Let’s talk about what you could help create.
We are building a resort.
Want to help us invent it?
You do not need to fit neatly into one job title. Tell us what you enjoy, what you are good at, what you want to learn and which WDR roles sound like you. There may be more than one.
Interested in joining Waggle Dance Ranch?
Apply for one, or all of them.
Please contact Guy Newman at Guy@waggledanceranch.com to apply for any or all of these jobs. And skip the resume. Start with the No-Resume Resume instead.
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