What recreation activities do you already have planned in your mind to implement?

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For a recreation worker it is important to have ideas for programming to bring to an interview. The interviewer is not trying to catch you off guard, they just want to know what you can bring to the table.

You don't have to talk about all your ideas but you should be prepared to talk about one or two. You also don't have to go into all the detail about activity plans you have, you can do a brief overview of your ideas. Depending on the population of the company you are applying for, answers will vary.

"I used to volunteer at a nursing home before and one of my activities was having children come in during Halloween time to collect candy from our residents. Unfortunately, that activity can only happen once a year. An idea that I would like to try is including more students with residents. I believe getting students in to help engage residents helps both the residents and students."

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"Well, I used to have students and children come in for halloween to collect candy from residents, but unfortunately, that activity can only happen once a year. So, I'd like to try the idea of including more students with residents. I believe getting students to help engage, helps both students and residents."

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That's wonderful that you're connecting the residents with young people in the community! To improve your response, I would suggest explicitly stating the recreation activities that you'd plan (example: board games, an a simple art project, students coming in to perform music for residents, etc.)

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14. What recreation activities do you already have planned in your mind to implement?

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For a recreation worker it is important to have ideas for programming to bring to an interview. The interviewer is not trying to catch you off guard, they just want to know what you can bring to the table.

You don't have to talk about all your ideas but you should be prepared to talk about one or two. You also don't have to go into all the detail about activity plans you have, you can do a brief overview of your ideas. Depending on the population of the company you are applying for, answers will vary.

Written by Cassandra Bates on December 19th, 2019

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