I'm considering getting my Masters in "Parks and Recreation"
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any municipality that has cares about parks/rec facilities, like collierville and germantown here in memphis, have a parks/rec director that is heavily involved in not just running the facilities, but lobbying for $$ in Nashville and DC, among other things.
dont know what the average salary would be, but seems like it would be a decent job.
dont know what the average salary would be, but seems like it would be a decent job.
Openings for recreation workers are growing nationally at a 14 to 18% clip, making them among the fastest growing sectors of the economy. (On average, occupational fields grow at a 7 to 8% rate.) Wages vary greatly from about $11/hour for service workers without a college degree to $100K/yr for a parks director in a small city. The director of the student recreation center on my campus makes $99K per year and is the next lowest paid rec director in the UC System. The Deputy Director of Parks and Rec in San Jose, CA which is about 15 miles from Masoli's home town is currently being recruited with a starting salary range of $103K to $160K. There are approximately 100 federal jobs currently being recruited and another 150 or so in the public sector with current recruitments. I have not checked the academic postings this morning, but I would surmise that there are likely 35 or 40 there.
There are about 75 schools that offer parks and rec degrees and just under 1/2 of those offer master's degrees.
Any other questions?
There are about 75 schools that offer parks and rec degrees and just under 1/2 of those offer master's degrees.
Any other questions?
I have a few questions... with all of these highly paid governMINT jobs for managing parks and recreation, what is the status of our Federal and State Deficits?
Gee, a Deputy Director for San Jose, CA is going to make $103K to $160K, what is the fiscal status of California? Are they in debt up to their a$$ and about to declare bankrupcy?
I heard that CHIPS (California Highway Patrolmen) can retire in the state of California when they reach 50 years of age with a $100K pension. DAMN, sounds like a plan!
I must say that yourschool really produces some contributors to our society...
Gee, a Deputy Director for San Jose, CA is going to make $103K to $160K, what is the fiscal status of California? Are they in debt up to their a$$ and about to declare bankrupcy?
I heard that CHIPS (California Highway Patrolmen) can retire in the state of California when they reach 50 years of age with a $100K pension. DAMN, sounds like a plan!
I must say that yourschool really produces some contributors to our society...
Dental Dawg said:
Ever been to a park? Someone has to oversee em. Now imagine how many parks there are in your city. Then imagine the number in your county. Now state. Now region. Now country. Add in all the federal parks.
Yep, pretty sure there are job opportunities and that this is actually a legit field.
A buddy's wife is 3rd in the parks and rec chain in my city, she makes good cash. She oversees all the flowers for the city. From seed to planting to coordinating the amounts to each neighborhood association to changing them for each season. It is an impressive undertaking.
Think about all the trees at a park. They have to be taken care of. Thnk about the pools. They have to be staffed, managed, and maintained.
I'm just thinking that it would have been helpful for you to understand that the principles that you use to balance your checkbook and buy your six-pack of Keystone Light are a bit different than those underlying the financial structure of large political entities. Perhaps you have not heard, but California is a rather diverse geopolitical region that includes many pockets of great wealth that are relatively unperturbed by the goings on in Sacramento... or Washington for that matter.
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For instance, I live in Irvine, CA which is surrounded by Newport Beach, Coto de Caso, Anaheim Hills, Newport Coast, Corona del Mar, and Mission Viejo. The median home price dropped only a fraction of the rest of the country and rebounded quickly enough that within 15 months of the crash, we were back to our original appraised value. San Jose is the primary hub of Silicon Valley is probably in better shape than we are, so I suspect that they can afford top dollar for someone to sell shave ice to the kids at the parks.
There is this perception amongst the great unwashed that California is daily teetering on conflagration. I am sure that we could be in a better situation, but the fact is that most people do not experience it on a day-in day-out basis.
We continually hear that Texas is the "New California" and we are quite happy for them to have the title, so long as we do not have to be the "Old Texas." Far too much is made out of the economic woes of any particular region considering the the reality that the global crisis has much more impact than the inability of the California Assembly to pass a budget on time. If you remember all of the breast beating that went on about New York City's "bankruptcy" during the mid-1970's and the turmoil followed for a decade, you would assume that there was nothing left there but a bottomless hole. The fact is that NYC remains a vibrant, uber-cool place to go.
Finally, if you eschew California and never want to come here, we find some way to soldier on without you. It saddens me mostly because so many of xenophobic nitwits are moving out of the state. Your presence here would likely be an adequate replacement for as many as four or five of our conservative morons. I am sure, however, that Atlanta treasures your intellectual prowess and values the critical edge you bring to the examination of important issues.
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For instance, I live in Irvine, CA which is surrounded by Newport Beach, Coto de Caso, Anaheim Hills, Newport Coast, Corona del Mar, and Mission Viejo. The median home price dropped only a fraction of the rest of the country and rebounded quickly enough that within 15 months of the crash, we were back to our original appraised value. San Jose is the primary hub of Silicon Valley is probably in better shape than we are, so I suspect that they can afford top dollar for someone to sell shave ice to the kids at the parks.
There is this perception amongst the great unwashed that California is daily teetering on conflagration. I am sure that we could be in a better situation, but the fact is that most people do not experience it on a day-in day-out basis.
We continually hear that Texas is the "New California" and we are quite happy for them to have the title, so long as we do not have to be the "Old Texas." Far too much is made out of the economic woes of any particular region considering the the reality that the global crisis has much more impact than the inability of the California Assembly to pass a budget on time. If you remember all of the breast beating that went on about New York City's "bankruptcy" during the mid-1970's and the turmoil followed for a decade, you would assume that there was nothing left there but a bottomless hole. The fact is that NYC remains a vibrant, uber-cool place to go.
Finally, if you eschew California and never want to come here, we find some way to soldier on without you. It saddens me mostly because so many of xenophobic nitwits are moving out of the state. Your presence here would likely be an adequate replacement for as many as four or five of our conservative morons. I am sure, however, that Atlanta treasures your intellectual prowess and values the critical edge you bring to the examination of important issues.
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I do have one question. "Do you try to be a pompous c*ck-sucker or does it just come naturally?"
If you honestly believe that Masoli is interested in Parks and Recreation, you are stew-pid! You are even stew-pid-er for taking the time out of your day to regurgitate that pile of crappy statistics.
If you honestly believe that Masoli is interested in Parks and Recreation, you are stew-pid! You are even stew-pid-er for taking the time out of your day to regurgitate that pile of crappy statistics.