The hiring calendar

Last verified September 9, 2026.

Seasonal work on the road is a timing problem, not a search problem. Summer park jobs fill in January. Beet harvest recruits in spring for October. Most people find out three months late.

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Where September sits

Sep Ski resorts, tree lots, gate guarding

Oct Park concessions open for next summer

Nov Federal seasonal posts on USAJOBS

Dec Federal closings, park hiring peaks

Jan Last call for park summer

Feb Beet harvest recruiting for October

Months show when applications open, not when the work happens.

Open for application now

Christmas tree and holiday sales lots Training from around mid-November; selling from around November 18 through December 24 Apply now Oilfield gate guarding Assignment length follows the well, commonly a month or more. Year round. Apply now Ski resorts and mountain towns Roughly November or December through March or April, varying by resort and snowpack Apply now

Open year round

Volunteer camp and park hosting Varies from a one-month minimum to a full season. Army Corps park hosts are described as long-term, 6 months or more. Ongoing Events, festivals, fairs and race weekends A few days to a couple of weeks per event. Some venues run 200-plus event days a year and hire repeatedly. Ongoing Paid camp hosting via federal concessionaires Full season, varying by campground elevation and region Ongoing State park camp hosting Four weeks to eight months depending on the state program Ongoing Private campground and RV resort hosting No single season — arrangements run year-round, set by each campground Ongoing

Opens next

National park concession summer season Roughly May to September, varying by park and altitude Opens soon Federal seasonal, National Park Service Commonly June through Labor Day; some positions run up to six months Opens soon

Window has passed for this year

Sugar beet harvest American Crystal (MN, ND, eastern MT): approx. 10-15 working days from around October 1. Michigan Sugar: approx. 18-21 working days from mid-October Closed Pumpkin patches Late September through October Closed

Status updates

Not open opportunities — programs that changed, were discontinued, or are commonly misreported, worth knowing about before you go looking for them.

Amazon CamperForce. A CamperForce-branded page remains live at hiring.amazon.com/our-team/camperforce, describing CampPay and naming summer locations, and may be legacy content Amazon hasn't taken down rather than an active program page. What multiple independent sources agree ended, during or after the 2022 season, is the program's coordinated RV parking — Amazon now directs RVers to arrange their own site. Seasonal warehouse work itself remains open to RVers who find their own parking, reported around $19/hr.

The live-page finding is a direct observation of hiring.amazon.com/our-team/camperforce, not a third-party report. The coordinated-parking-ended finding is consistent across third-party sources but never officially confirmed by Amazon.

Sources: hiring.amazon.com/our-team/camperforce , www.mortonsonthemove.com/amazon-camperforce , camperreport.com/amazon-camperforce-discontinued , www.thervgeeks.com/amazon-camperforce , liveworkdream.com/2023/01/16/amazon-camperforce-discontinued

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