National Park Service Career Exploration

There are over 420 sites managed by the National Park Service and approximately 20,000 employees.

Before watching the video, answer the following question.

What do you think people working for the National Park Service do?

Duration:

5 minutes, 13 seconds

Highlighting the variety of career opportunities in the National Park Service.

After watching the video answer the follwing questions.

• What do you think people working for the National Park Service do? - How has your answer changed?
• What kinds of jobs did you see?
• Describe the different types of work environments you observered.
• Which job would you most like to do?
• Which job would you least like to do?
• Did any jobs surprised you?
• Which job would you like to learn more about?

There are many more careers in the NPS than those shown in the video. To explore more career opportunities, check out the Careers in the National Park Service and Work With Us webpages.

Information about apprenticehips, internships, pathways for students, recent graduates, and youth programs check out the Youth Programs - Work With Us webpage.