This week on Career Café, hosts Bobby and Karl sit down with Sierra Johns, recruiter at Brian Head, to uncover how an outdoor recreation grad turns seasonal jobs into a mountain dream career. Sierra shows why those “temporary” gigs are actually career cheat codes! They’re loaded with skills, connections, and even paths to full-time roles. Plus, she shares why working for a company that matches your vibe can change everything.
In this episode of the Career Cafe, the hosts sit down with Sierra, a former outdoor recreation major who turned her passion for the outdoors into a fulfilling career. Sierra shares her journey of leveraging seasonal jobs with the National Park Service and other agencies to build a unique and rewarding career path. From working in remote locations to navigating the federal application process, Sierra's story is a testament to how temporary, seasonal work can be a powerful stepping stone to finding your dream job.
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Bobby Hodge 00:00
Welcome T birds and other listeners from around the world to the career Cafe podcast. I am your host, Bobby Hodge, and I'm here with my co host, Carl Rostron, Assistant Director of the Career Center at Suu, and we are here today with Sierra Johns. She is a recruiter at Brian Head. So thank you so much for being here. Thanks for having me. Really quick. I just want to give a little bit of a rundown about your career journey. Let me know if things are wrong. This is what I pulled from your LinkedIn. So this is the test is the test. Is if your LinkedIn is updated, graduated from SUU in 2022 with a bachelor's degree having an emphasis in outdoor recreation.
Bobby Hodge 00:51
You were a park ranger aide at gunlock State Park, an arts admin assistant here at Suu, an Interpretive Guide at Cedar Breaks National Monument, and now a human resource clerk at Brian Head, yes, that's correct, sounds about right? Yeah, perfect. You passed the test. Yes. Okay, so I gave a little bit of bullet points. Why don't you tell us a little bit just about your career journey, kind of expound on on all that. Yeah. So I started a gun lock state park when I was going to SUU here as part of a practicum I was taking class, and I was introduced to the manager of gun lock at the time, and he offered me a job for this summer. And then I came to back to SUU for the school year, and I got a job at Cedar Breaks National Monument through SUU's IIC program, and I worked there until I graduated from college. And then, you know, spend a summer juice, doing whatever, and then I applied for a job at Bryant, and now I'm there. Awesome. And you like it? Yeah? It's great. Yeah, I love it. Perfect. Yeah. We love the IIC program. We do a career fair in the spring with them, where they bring in all of the national parks, national monuments, state parks, and they they recruit for all their seasonal positions. Oh, that's awesome positions. So we have a good relationship with IIC. They're awesome. But was that your dream position when you started college? I know you kind of took some other classes, had some other interests in college too, music and theater and which seems like kind of a far stretch from working in the national parks. So how did that come together? Well, actually, it actually kind of relates because I learned while working at Cedar Breaks that a lot of my acting classes and the acting experience I got working in theater actually translated well with inter
Karl Rostron 02:34
like cedar breaks. You know, you're telling stories and stuff. So it actually works really well together. So
Karl Rostron 02:39
so we get a little Maria out the mountains doing the sound of music.
Karl Rostron 02:46
I'm up for that. I'll come up and we'll listen.
Bobby Hodge 02:50
I love cedar breaks National Monument. I was 12 years old. I went up there and became a Junior Ranger with, like, the little plastic park ranger badge. Yeah, I don't know if you did anything with that at all, but
Sierra Johns 02:59
Well, when I was working at Cedar Breaks, we actually worked on, like, restructuring the entire, like Junior Ranger book. So I actually spent a part of my time working there was researching just Junior Ranger books at other like national parks throughout the country. So dang
Bobby Hodge 03:15
it. So I'm probably out of date on my certification.
Karl Rostron 03:22
A cliff notes version.
Sierra Johns 03:24
Well, this way, this way, it's kind of, it's a shorter, smaller book, so that when you do it, it's kind of like you can rip out a page, like it's a passport. Be like, Oh,
Bobby Hodge 03:33
all right, okay, so I'm over,
Karl Rostron 03:35
I'm all for the shorter, smaller books.
Bobby Hodge 03:38
Okay. Um, so quick little question about Brian Head now, because that's where you're working out, what is your favorite season to work there and why you're there full time. Most employees are there, you know, seasonally. But what do you think?
Sierra Johns 03:52
Ah, yeah. I mean, there's benefits to both. You know, during the summer, we are a mountain bike park, so we have a lot of like, music festivals and celebrations and stuff. And then during the winter, we are a ski and snowboard park, I would say that my favorite season is probably the winter. Though, I enjoy snowboarding a little bit more than mountain biking.
Bobby Hodge 04:13
That's fair. It's a little bit softer when you fall. Yeah, for sure,
Bobby Hodge 04:18
I want to know about your career story a little bit more so you're at Brian Head. Now, how did you get started there? Or, like, what? What led you to Brian Head?
Sierra Johns 04:26
Well, I actually applied for a completely different job at Brian Head. I applied to work in our mountain operations department as kind of like an assistant to the director, and I interviewed, and the person who interviewed me, actually, they reached out to me and was like, Hey, I would actually like to interview you for this position in HR. And I was like, yeah, why not? And I interviewed, and I got the job, and I've been there ever since. That's awesome. How long ago was that it was started in 2022 Yeah, about
Bobby Hodge 04:54
three years there. That's awesome. That's great. So the topic of today's podcast. Asked you actually pitched to us, which we loved. When you emailed it to us, Carl sent it over to me, and I was like, that sounds better than anything I could have thought of. So stepping stones, why seasonal work can help you build your career. Give us a little bit of your thoughts on that. When you pitched it to us, what were you envisioning?
Sierra Johns 05:16
So a lot of people that come to Brian Head resort and work there, it's just a seasonal job, because a lot of our work is just seasonal work. But even if you're just there for a season, you're still gaining valuable experience, and, you know, skills that you can translate into any other career. It doesn't even need to be in the ski industry. You can translate it into insurance or working like as a firefighter, you know.
Bobby Hodge 05:41
So what would you say are some of those skills that you see people like coming out of Ryan head after a season having that maybe they didn't have
Sierra Johns 05:49
before you get to gain valuable experience in customer service, whether that's handling phone calls, emails, an angry guest, you know? So you most of our jobs, you're going to be able to get that valuable customer service experience. And then, depending on what you're interested in or what department you're working in, you can get experience in like food and Bev or retail or skiing and snowboarding. You know, you can come work for us as a ski instructor. You don't even know how to we'll teach you to ski so, you
Karl Rostron 06:17
know, and that is kind of part of the overall college experience. Is trying things out. It's trying new things. It's gaining experience. You know, so much about what we learn about careers growing up is what we either in my day, it was on the three channels on the TV, but now you got YouTube and all of the other social media stuff. And sadly, that's not always accurate. And so you get to try stuff out kind of a safe environment, you know, three or six months. Maybe you love it. Maybe you don't. Either way, you've learned something valuable. And like Cher said, you gain some skills along the way as well. And so it's the stepping stones. Like you mentioned, it could be a stepping stone to a career. It can also be a stepping stone just for you as a person. I mean, you find out a lot about yourself. You know, because you're put in a totally different situation than you've ever been in before, different skills needed. You have to apply different things, and so you find out a lot about yourself personally. So it's a stepping stone career wise, a stepping stone personality wise, and even educationally. You know, you may decide that you know theater is a love, but I could make a living better, you know, in the mountains, doing something at a ski resort, and so it can help formulate a lot of career choices as well. Yeah, well,
Bobby Hodge 07:31
and I don't know how you couldn't love, you know, working up in the mountains every single day, yeah, I love it. Yeah. One thing that I think that when people hear seasonal jobs, or even, like, when, we talk about it, it's like a Oh, well, I stumbled into this job. It wasn't really what my degree was, but, you know, it's good and it pays the bills. And really, like, people are dying to work in the outdoor industry, it's one of those things that, like, whether you're doing HR or finance, like, everything's a little bit more fun when you're at a company that focuses on getting people outside. It's a little bit more fun to focus on HR when you're hiring like lifties Instead of accountants. Like, it's just the outdoor industry is great. And so while you might have maybe, you know, stumbled into it through some of your jobs and through some of your classes in IIC, there really are people that from day one, they're like, I'm going to be a Forest Service Ranger. I'm gonna work up at Brian Head and be an operations manager, something like that. So it is something that this isn't just something that happens by accident. A lot of people want to be doing this, and you're lucky enough to be doing it every day. Yeah,
Karl Rostron 08:35
this is where I get to disagree with Bobby.
Karl Rostron 08:38
So you know,
Karl Rostron 08:42
that's true. I won't say what you said. Isn't but are all the jobs that Brian had outside? No, are all of them working in the forest, or all of them putting strapping on boots every morning and hiking, you know? And I think that's one of the misrepresentations or stereotypes you can crush. You know, doing some of these summer jobs and and working for companies that you may not even have given two cents to before is because you find out that these companies do so many different things that you never even knew about, and so that can, I can have a career working for Brian Head and never go outside. You know, I think we fall in love with, with the part of the job we want. You know, an accountant can say, Man, I love working at Brian Head, you know, I get a look out my window and see nature, and don't have to touch it, you know. And for me, and you were one of we want to touch it, yep, you know. But, but part of all this is, you know, take a company like Coca Cola, and people look at and say, Well, I don't want to fill bottles with brown syrup, and I don't want to put cans on a shelf, so I don't want to work for Coke. And yet, they have everything in the world you can imagine, from accountants to HR to truck drivers to mechanics. You know, just like Brian had, you can be a mechanic, you can work on the ski lift, you can do accounting, you can do HR. And so I think part of this whole experience is break. Breaking down into the midst of what we think jobs are, companies do, and also just expanding our minds to really learn what's out there, you know, things that we never thought of before, that that can exist within each company. And so I may want to be an accountant. That's all I want to be, but I don't need to look in accounting firms only to become an accountant. And so part of this exploration process is, like you said, the stepping stones of finding out who we are and also what the companies are, you know, finding out about them, the different things they have to offer. And you know, that's kind of the great experiment of college, is getting to go through all these processes. That's
Bobby Hodge 10:39
a good point. A lot of students, I think that come to, like our career fairs, they walk in and they say, Well, I want to work in HR. And then they see Intermountain Health and they go, Well, I'm not a doctor. I'm not a healthcare professional. It's like every company is going to need HR for the most part. You might as well go up and talk to people. So our students, really, yeah, they should look into more of those companies. And, you know, maybe they work for Brian Head and never work outside, but perfect. Well, I want to ask you a couple questions about your topic then. So have you seen anybody turn a seasonal job into that stepping stone and eventually turn into a full time position or a long term position at
Sierra Johns 11:20
Brian Head. I see all the time. When I first started out at Ryan head in HR, it was actually just a seasonal position, and then a few months into it, I was actually offered a position to work there full time year round. We have, I have a friend who worked at Brian Head. They were just looking for a job during the winter because they didn't have a job. And that was like, well, we're hiring for ski patrol dispatcher, and so she applied, and eventually, with that, because she got that dispatch experience, she was able to go and get a seasonal job working for a Forest Service, doing wildland firefighting as a dispatcher, and then she was eventually offered a permanent position working for the Forest Service. And she's continually growing her professional like, you know, world, and she's currently working on becoming an actual firefighter for wild land. But her, she wanted to actually work for like, ecology and like, working with, like flowers and, you know, trees and stuff like that, and not necessarily working with people and helping out in that aspect. That's awesome. And she's gonna be a firefighter. You said, yeah, definitely. She recently just passed her like, level two wildland fire fighting walls. So
Bobby Hodge 12:25
no better way to help flowers and trees than to stop them from burning down. Okay, really quick. I wanted to just do this little segment where we talk about our favorite seasonal jobs that we've ever had. I think most people, once they get into their careers, they've at least had one.
Bobby Hodge 12:44
I'll let you go first. My
Sierra Johns 12:45
favorite seasonal job I ever had was working at gun lock State Park. It was, you know, it's what every kid wants during college. It's a fun job that pays you. You know, I was able to go fishing whenever I wanted to. I could go kayaking, paddle boarding whenever I wanted to. I could, like, get put all my camping gear in a kayak and paddle all the way across the lake and camp where you technically shouldn't be camping, you know. So it was a really great experience, and I loved every aspect of it, and it made me realize that I wanted to work in the outdoor world. Awesome. Carl, well,
Karl Rostron 13:20
you know, I grew up in a very small little town, and there were not a lot of opportunities. Summer Jobs consisted of you were hauling hay or herding sheep or turkeys, or working, as I did, every and a turkey processing plant. And I think that was the catalyst to change my career goals in life, I decided I didn't want to work on a farm my whole life. I didn't want to play with dead turkeys in a processing plant my whole life. I, you know, no one in my family had gone to college. I was first generation. I wasn't even on my radar. You know, it just wasn't in my in my field of vision, my thoughts and those summer jobs can help me realize that if I wanted a different career path in life, that I had to kind of make that happen. I had to figure out the college thing, and, you know, being the first one to go through it, I had no clue, you know how to do it, but that non favorite summer job really was an inspiration and a catalyst to help me figure out there's got to be a better thing out there for me somewhere. Yeah,
Bobby Hodge 14:31
I don't know how many long weekends I had with my dad digging post holes for fences that were a real motivation when I was halfway through that 18 credit semester where I'm going, you know, it could be worse than studying right now. Yeah. And so the bad seasonal jobs, or the tough jobs, are just as important as every other job that you have. So my favorite seasonal job summer after I graduated high school, I got to be a river guide on the Salmon River up in Idaho, and that was the cool. Summer, hardest summer of my life. They were eight day trips where we'd put in at one part of the river, and then about 100 miles later we would take out. But for eight days, we were just without cell phones, without anything your boat flipped. It was like, figure it out. There's not really anybody there to save you. And I learned a lot about myself. Learned that I loved the outdoors and got a lot of experiences that you know, now that I'm in my career, now that I'm graduated from college, it's hard to, you know, say, Well, I'm going to just pack up for three months and leave everything and go be a river guide. And so I think my takeaway when talking about stepping stones and seasonal jobs, my takeaway for students would be, just take advantage of them while you can, because life gets really busy really, really quick, and there's not going to be those winters where you can just go ski, go work and ski all winter long. Eventually you're going to have kids and a family and a full time job that demand more of you than what you can do when you're a freshman. So that would be my takeaway, Sierra, I want to ask you, for our students, you know, let's switch into, maybe away from the outdoor aspect and more to the recruiter aspect. Because you're dealing with a lot of resumes dealing with interviews. Tell us a little bit about maybe some horror stories or some bad experiences you've had with either interviews resumes. What are you looking for? What is, what are you definitely not looking for? Yeah, take it away.
Sierra Johns 16:23
So when I'm interviewing or just, you know, even if it's just a quick calls, being like, Hey, how are you introducing myself? I'm looking for somebody who can hold a conversation. You know, I've had phone calls where this, Oh, this one dude, he was only answering me, yes, no, you know, and it's like, you can hold a conversation. And it's like, okay, but how if you can't hold a conversation with me? How are you going to be able to hold a conversation with a guest? You know, I'm always looking for somebody who can hold a conversation when it comes to resumes and stuff. I'm looking for a resume that tells me that you can do this job. I don't need 20 pages with all every single skill listed out, I need you. I need you to give me, like, one, two pages of a resume that's Hey, this is what I have done. This is what I can do. You know, you can take keywords from our job descriptions and put that into your resume and stuff to really stand out there.
Bobby Hodge 17:18
Carl, what are what are your thoughts on resumes? At least you've dealt with them more than me.
Karl Rostron 17:22
Yeah, years and years and years of doing nothing but reading resumes. And a resume is a tool. You know, a resume is a tool to get you to an interview, and whether you're writing that resume or today, we've got computer programs and AI to write resumes for us, but it's all just a tool to get you to talk one on one with another human being, to decide if you're a fit for that job. Do you have the skills necessary to do it, and are you, personality, wise and culturally, a fit for that company? You know, are you going to be happy because, because the you know, the interview portions as much for you as the company, you want to make sure you fit, too. But you know, in my time, I think the most by far, the most irritating thing to me when I would get a resume is that it was just so generic. There wasn't anything specific to what I was doing. Lots of times in the cover letter, they even got the company name wrong. You know, the old adage is getting a job is a job. And I knew a lot of people that would send out, you know, 100 resumes a week, and would be so frustrated that they weren't hearing back from anybody, and it's because they didn't tailor their resume to get a job. You know, three well written resumes that look at the job description and say, This is how I can meet your needs. This is how I can help you be successful as a hiring manager, I want to hire somebody that's going to make me look good, you know, I want to that's going to make my job easier, that I'm not going to have to babysit. And so any way I can demonstrate on paper those skills that I bring, tangible and intangible, to help make that company more successful, the more likely I'm going to be to get that interview and then be able to articulate in person. This is how I can make your job easier. This is how can make your life easier. This is how I fit in. These are the skills that I've used to affect change. It's not where I sat, it's not my job title that matters. It's what can I bring to you to help you be successful, to help your company reach your goals? And no matter whether it's AI or computer programs, eventually it's me talking to you, and there's all kinds of tips and tricks on how to write resumes and do it the right way. But the important thing to me and the important thing to you may be totally different, and so eventually you're going to have to talk to that human being and sell yourself. So to me, the key is to be genuine. You know, be you don't try to be what this program or that. That self help book tells you to be, be you sell yourself to the best your ability. And if you're not a fit, you're not a fit, and you're going to be happier, because you're going to find some place where you do and they're going to be happier. And so don't ever sell yourself out or sell yourself short. Be be be confident in who you are, be proud of who you are and what you bring to the table, and be confident enough to wow Sierra when she makes that phone call and that, that's kind of the key. And we don't learn those skills very well. There's not a class on that. You know, no matter what major we're in. There's not a class on that. And so these summer jobs, these temporary jobs, are a way for us to kind of develop that confidence. Are kind of way for us to explore new skills and abilities, to learn how to talk to a boss, you know, you get a chance for six months to learn how to kind of negotiate a little bit, to talk to boss, to take direction, to give some feedback, and learn when not to, you know? And so those are all skills that are going to be so valuable to you as you move through that career chain in life. And you get to learn them in kind of a safe place, you know, you can leave in six months, no harm, no foul, and move on. But you take the skill with you, you take that knowledge base with you as you move on. So, I mean, a summer seasonal temp job is internship is just so important for just a myriad of
Bobby Hodge 21:28
reasons. That's awesome. That was a lot. There's a lot of knowledge you just dropped on us. There's a lot of words, there's a lot of words, yes, thank you. No. I think that that's really important. I think that a lot of students, you know, it's freaky when you get that first job. We had a friend that just got a new job, and from the very beginning they're going, well, what if I hate this job, and what if I have to leave? And the nice thing about seasonal jobs is not saying you're going to hate Brian Head, but if it's not your cup of tea, okay, cool. You can, you can leave in like, 12 weeks. Like, the season isn't that
Karl Rostron 22:01
long when you're developing an exit plan before you started. Yeah, it's, it's a little rough, but, but again, like it's, it's that safe place, safe environment, and if you hate it, it's an easy out. You've learned something, and it's not ideal. I mean, of course, you've invested time and money as a manager and hiring this person and training into them, but again, you would rather rather have somebody learn early on that they're not a fit and be able to move on, than to invest more and more into them and just delay the inevitable. So
Bobby Hodge 22:38
yeah, so obviously, as a recruiter, you're trying not to get a lot of those people that are just going to be there for one season and maybe disappear, like those happen, but your goal would obviously be people coming back and returning and loving their jobs, kind of switching gears from like outdoor to HR. What is your perfect applicant. When SUU students are coming to you and they're, you know, trying to get a job at Brian Head, what are you looking for? What do you want to see out of
Sierra Johns 23:07
them? What we're looking for is somebody who likes being outside or just enjoys the mountain environment. You know, you don't necessarily want to spend your entire day outside in the weather, like the elements, because we have positions inside, but if you like them that environment, that's great. That's what we're looking for. If your culture or values align with our culture and our values, that we have a brand, and that's what we want. You know, we don't necessarily want, you know, we're not necessarily going to go with the applicant that has all of this experience if their values don't align with ours. You know, we want somebody to who matches and aligns with Brian Head.
Karl Rostron 23:42
So talk about values.
Sierra Johns 23:45
Some of our values are, well, first off, at Brian Head, our number one thing is the freedom to ski. We want to give people, staff, guests, the freedom to ski, you know. So we're going to be open, even if it's going to snow 12 inches that day, because we want to give people the opportunity to ski. You know, something that like matters to a law is family. Family is very important to us here at Brian Head, and that's a big value that we have, you know. So it's okay if you need a day off to go and do some family stuff, okay, we are going to try our best to work with that, because family is important to us.
Bobby Hodge 24:21
So that's awesome. Yeah, Brian Head sounds like a great place. We were talking earlier about that. You guys are pretty good with, like, student schedules, so it sounds like you value education. Yeah,
Sierra Johns 24:31
definitely. So a lot of our employees at Brian Head are actually SUU students itself. We're very flexible with working with your schedule, even if you can only work on weekends. That's something that a lot of our managers are definitely open to. That's perfect,
Bobby Hodge 24:44
yeah, there. There's always a place for like, those one that one worker that it's like, I can only work Wednesday nights, but when I'm there, I will work the heck out of a Wednesday night. So that's great for students that are maybe wanting to, like, grow. Brian Head, maybe get into a position like yours. What are some of those entry level positions that they can be focusing on that could translate into a full time career?
Sierra Johns 25:09
So really, pretty much any of our jobs at happ Brian Head can transfer into a full time position. You know, we have a lot of our lift operators. We actually had a few lift operators this past winter, who started out as a lift operator and was transitioned to a full time year round position, working in lift maintenance and stuff, you know. So a lot of our jobs can translate into full time, year round positions, even if it's not here at Bryant head itself, we are a part of a collective which is constantly hiring. When you think that we've got like, 10 resorts or something. You can't find a position at Brian, and you can always go and look at our other resorts within our collective and see if there's a full time position there,
Karl Rostron 25:47
you know? And I think that's an important point. She brings out that no matter what job you're in, you go in and you do it well, and you give it to your all, and you're conscientious about what you're doing, and you want to do your best. You don't know what other positions they may have open that they're watching you for, or that may come open, and the first person that your boss thinks of is is you. That may not be what you're looking at. You may not even know about it, but they'll give you the shot and say, hey, look, we got this great job coming up. We know you're a hard worker. We know you care about the company? Do you want to take a look at it? And I know, in my experience, a lot of the jobs I've had were jobs that I really didn't even know about, but people are always watching. And when you're a good worker and you do your best and you're good with people, people notice, and and it can set you up for a lot of good things. I mean, that's one point. I'll probably harp on it every say, every every tape we do, every podcast, is that keep your eyes and your mind open to new things.
Sierra Johns 26:52
Yeah, definitely, yeah. We had this past winter actually kind of going off of that. We had an employee who was working in ski patrol, and we sat down just to, like, check in with him. And we've actually found out that he had, like, some degree in, like, financing and accounting, and we actually were hiring for a position in accounting, so he was able to transition, and we had this, like, trial period, and he worked out great in the department, and became full time year round, and he still gets to ski. Yeah, he skis every day. Well,
Bobby Hodge 27:18
that's awesome, because you're getting an employee that, okay, we know that you've been successful and you've done a good job in this other one. So it's less of a risk for you guys. There's less of a risk for him, because he's like, Well, I've worked at Brian Head for however long. I know that I like the company. Like that kind of transition is so much nicer than than the cold call interview, trying to get in with a company that you've never spoken to before.
Karl Rostron 27:40
Yeah, you know, another thing we haven't talked about is that cedar is a small community. Outdoor rec is a small community. And you may go and do really well, and there may not be an opening at Brian Head to take on, but you talk to other companies and other people and or else I might need that reference to get my dream job from somebody that knows me as a worker. And so these summer jobs, temp jobs, stepping stone jobs, are also a way for you to kind of build that network that you have. They're a way for you to build references. They're a way for you to get somebody on your side that that's going to help have your back when it comes to I need to know if you're a good worker or not. And yes, I mean, I appreciate your mother, but what's she going to say bad about you, you know. And so to have an employer that can step in and say, hey, this person was great at this job. I wish we had something for them full time, but yeah, I would bank on them. I would hire them again if I had a position, and so that's something we really haven't touched on a whole lot, but that i To me, that's an important component of any of these part time summer stepping stone positions is building that professional network and your professional brand, your professional reputation, so that you can progress and move on and get those other jobs. Well, some
Bobby Hodge 28:59
of like, the most entertaining conversations, or the you know, what I think would be a good professional conversation. Have been on a ski lift. It's not even just your co workers or your boss, but it's like, how often do you just get to bring so many different people from different walks of life to one place? And you might be talking to a doctor one day and a neuroscientist on the next day, like a ski resort especially, is just kind of like this hodge podge of people, where you can really build that network in an effective way. I think we're getting close to wrapping up. I have some rapid fire questions for you, so just give me your thoughts on them. Let's go number one favorite part of working at a resort, ski resort, definitely
Sierra Johns 29:39
the preseason pass. You know, I get to go out skiing or snowboarding whenever I want, as long as my work is done. Awesome.
Bobby Hodge 29:48
I'm new to Brian Head. I'm looking for something to eat. Where would you point me to?
Sierra Johns 29:51
Um, well, first off, I'm gonna point you to our cafes at Brian Head. But if you're not interested in a regular like Cafe foods like chicken tenders or. Burgers or something. Brian had the town itself has pasano, which is a pizza and pasta place. We have a Mexican place. So awesome.
Bobby Hodge 30:09
One thing that you wish more students knew about seasonal work,
Sierra Johns 30:13
it's okay. If this isn't what you want to do for the rest of your life, it's okay. Awesome. Bigfoot, real or
Bobby Hodge 30:22
not, and have you seen him up at Brian Head? Are you at Liberty? Black
Karl Rostron 30:31
helicopter coming?
Bobby Hodge 30:35
Maybe, maybe TBD, okay,
Sierra Johns 30:36
cannot confirm if
Bobby Hodge 30:39
someone is on the fence about applying for a seasonal job. They're worried about that this might not be forever. What would you say to them? Or what is your advice?
Sierra Johns 30:47
Just do it, even if, even this is for any job, really, even if you don't take the job, it doesn't hurt to apply. You don't know that what we have to offer. You know what we could have, exactly what you're looking for, and not know it
Bobby Hodge 31:01
awesome. Yeah, awesome. Well, Sierra, thank you so much for being on our podcast. We've really enjoyed spending the day with you, chatting a little bit about different things. T birds. I want to look at you right now and just remind you, seasonal jobs might be temporary, but the experience that you get is not so. Yes, yeah. Do you want to plug Brian Head a little bit let people know how to apply for jobs?
Sierra Johns 31:24
Yeah, yeah, definitely. We are almost always hiring at Brian Head so you can apply just on our website@brianhead.com. We have a careers page, and if you just have any questions about the industry or working at Brian Head, you can email us at hr@brianhead.com
Bobby Hodge 31:41
Perfect. Okay, well, thank you so much. T birds, be sure to tune in next week we're gonna have another great guest, Sierra. Thank you so much. Thank you.