Boy Scouts of America Employer Reviews

great leadership skills, great learning experience,great leaders and helpers,camping outdoors, learning outdoor skills and first aid, teamwork, hardest part was getting everyone on the same guidelines, everyday was an enjoyable day

- Learning something new all the time
-how to be a team player and how to work together
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- It wasn't hard
- Getting to spend time with friends

Able to work with a company that is just starting the high retail environment. Management is great. They let me show them the ropes and we were able to move forward amicably. Job is really easy. Stock, sales and meeting new people.
Management is great. They listen to new ideas and able work with my and others ideas.

As a camp we would have a group of troops stay for a week and teach them merit badges throughout the week. The camp was active for 8 weeks, and new troops would cycle in and out by the week. I started out working at the lake teaching the canoeing, fishing, and swimming merit badge. I changed to a couple of other stations through out the summer, as I – more... wanted to learn about the different stations. I ended up teaching the reptiles and amphibians merit badge at the ecology center later in the summer, and I also worked in the kitchen for a week. It was a very fun place to work and I made alot of friends while I was there. – less

A typical day would start at 7 the cub scouts would arrive and get into there tribes. During the day a counselor would be responsible for a group of boys as big as 10 children. Counselors where responsible for taking the children to there activity and to make sure they were drinking enough water.

Typical day is teaching scouts techniques to help them survive in the world. I have learned how to be more patient and even learned life saving skills. As the leader, arranging this dynamic group of 45 scouts is a job in itself. Hardest part is parent particiaption and most enjoyable part is being with the kids outdoors.

At the start of the day, I would start off by keying in on each child as they went through their day. Analyzing whether they were satisfied with camp, each other, etc. I learned a lot about children and patience is important. The management was ideal because they understood all aspects of their employees. The most enjoyable part of the day was lunch – more... time because it gave me a chance to enjoy my job of connecting with children. – less

Assist and lead 11 year scouts through the BSA program and lead them to their ultimate goal of becoming an Eagle Scout.

Great job, taught kids the first aid merit badge and it’s always a pleasure helping kid’s develop into better knowledgeable individuals!!!!!!!!!!!!! Self-rewarding job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A well known and well respected program where teenage boys work together to achieve a wide variety of goals and learn various lessons. Not just about camping, but financing, management, citizenship, personal fitness and artistic expression make this a vital program for anyone who wants to become well rounded when they're growing up.

The expectations of one working as a district executive are unrealistic. In addition to normal job responsibilities, district executives are often expected to fulfill the responsibilities of any volunteer positions that are left vacant (usually a lot). If looking for a job, I would make taking this job an absolute last resort.

Was simply a camp counselor, had fun while doing work. Paid very little but the point in working at camp was to have fun, not to get money

The BSA is a great program but not one to work as a professional with. You will be required to make cold calls on businesses to ask for donations. You will also be calling people at home asking for money. If you do not like asking for people to donate then this job is not for you. You do get to work with units to help then recruit boys then the process – more... of pressuring them to do more. You can not be shy or have an understanding of personal boundaries for this job. You will be required to stop by someone's house unannounced if they are not getting back to you.

The good thing is you do get to make your own schedule but be prepared to work a lot of nights and weekends.

Oh and your managers will manage you through email so hope you like email.

As a professional you get to work with volunteers and you won't be working with program. Your main roll will be to recruit more volunteers, raise more money and bring in more membership.

In short you will be a councilor, debt collector, telemarketer and a sales personal. – less

Working with my current organization has definitely taught me a lot of managerial skills that's needed when managing a large group of people, programs and budget. The overall work environment allows you to multitask and different ways to help your manage your time such as backdating.

A typical day would start off with filling out Daily Sales reports from previous sales day followed by removing cash drawers from safe and putting them on sales floor. Before opening doors to customers the sales floor must be inspected for cleanliness and low merchandise stock and corrected if needed. While the store is open you and to help customers – more... find product, suggest add on sales, and ring sales on cash drawers. When not busy with customers you are to clean and stock the floor. make sure to take note of any low back stock and create purchase order at end of day. When closing at night you must count and confirm cash and sales then print register sales reports and release credit card batch. – less

Create and review daily receipts report using Crystal software, taking appropriate action to advise the PPS of new product(s) arrival
Prepare Marketing Support Forms, obtain photography samples and provide information needed for the production of retail catalogs, wholesale newsletters, e-blasts and other marketing events.
Assists e-commerce coordinator – more... in obtaining samples and information needed to place items on retail and wholesale websites
Responsible to maintain accurate records of all new item files on a shared drive for use by multiple departments – less

As a Boy Scout myself, I was able to adapt to this job perfectly. Management and staff was fun, job was easy once I got use to it, and we stayed close to ourselves for questions and answers. Lots of forms for certain ranks to fill out. lots of merchandise to work and organize. great security as well.

it is okay i can easly fit it into my schedual. i have learned a lot of thing from it such as first aid, cooking, communications and has tought me how to be a leader

In this volunteer organization we went camping, hiked, and taught the boys leadership skills as well as important life lessons and encouraged their advancement through the program

Here I worked in the kitchen. This was a great job that was a large amount of work but very enjoyable and laid back so long as work was completed.