There’s a saying in the lifeguard business — “A good lifeguard never gets wet.” How is that possible, considering that lifeguards spend entire days around giant pools of water? If you’re a lifeguard, “never getting wet” doesn’t mean you can’t hop in the pool to cool off during your break or after your shift. What it means is that you…
Waiting tables, answering phones in an office, entering data on a computer — many summer jobs just aren’t that enticing, whether because they do little to expand your skill set, cramp your schedule, or just aren’t that fun. If a typical summer involves long hours working a job that gets in the way of your life and doesn’t really suit,…
Want to land a summer job lifeguarding but don’t know where to start? Maybe you worry you don’t have time to train for it. Whatever the case, you’re not alone. Today’s high school and college students juggle hectic schedules that involve hours of homework, extracurricular activities, community involvement, and more. If this sounds like your life, rest assured that some…
If you’re like many high school and college students, you want a job that not only pays but also looks good on your resume. Internships and summer classes are great for learning and experience, but there’s nothing like taking home a regular check for your hard work. Luckily, lifeguarding offers the best of both worlds. As a lifeguard, you can…
With the end of school fast approaching, you’re likely starting to plan for summer. Right now, you probably just want to relax after a tough school year. But let’s be real: you have to do something this summer. Will you take extra classes, visit family, pursue an internship, or find a job and collect a paycheck? Each spring and summer,…
Your suit is red, your fanny pack is red, and your rescue tube is… you guessed it, red! Red however is a terrible color for lifeguards when it comes to their skin. Applying the appropriate sunscreen is extremely important for your health because it helps to protect you from skin cancer. As if that wasn’t enough of a…
In the words of Ariana Grande, keeping your eyes and hands off of your phone while lifeguarding gives you, “One less, one less problem.” We all know that it’s dangerous to text and drive, but it’s important to remember that texting while guarding puts other people in danger. Lifeguards should never let themselves be distracted while guarding. While patrons can…
It has nothing to do with the bat mobile and it’s not because drowning victims conveniently shine bat symbols into the sky. It’s because Batman and Robin are a team, which is necessary for lifeguard rotations. This dynamic duo works like a well oiled machine and that’s exactly how lifeguard rotations should be. Don’t get confused by the “I” in…
Hollywood gets things wrong, which is why Baywatch is full of mistakes. If on-screen clichés were true, everyone would wake up with perfect hair, every college dorm room would be the size of a small villa, and every person in high school would look twenty four years old. Sometimes misconceptions on television are so common that they are slowly woven…
Spending the summer by the water and in the sun, lifeguarding can be a fun job—but it also requires a lot of diligence and responsibility. This week, we’d like to congratulate two lifeguards who have exemplified these qualities and shown commitment to outstanding performance at their pool: Collin Groves and Lindsay Mallott. Frequent pool patron John J. Gannon submitted a…
