New Quail Lands Job Board Available

This fall Tall Timbers launched a new job board to help job-seekers connect with the variety of unique job opportunities generated by wild quail hunting properties. The new job board, hosted at www.TallTimbers.org/Jobs, was developed in cooperation with landowners and managers, along with the Technical College System of Georgia.

“It’s really part of a larger look at the workforce development needs for the land management, hunting, and hospitality jobs that keep these large private quail lands running,” explained Clay Sisson, the Albany Quail Project & Livingston Place Director for Tall Timbers. “Landowners and managers have recognized the need to treat this as an industry. The job board is just a part that Tall Timbers was in a position to set up and help out.”

In addition to making job opportunities more visible and centrally located for job-seekers, the job board is also collecting data on the types of jobs offered and qualifications needed. This data will be shared with technical colleges as they continuously evaluate and update their programs to make sure students are ready for the jobs that are available.

Southern Regional Technical College, Albany Tech, and Ogeechee Technical College have all participated in the efforts to address workforce development needs, and are helping to promote the job board.

We hope that providing a dedicated location for these unique job openings, will help attract qualified candidates and further highlight the opportunities wild quail lands create. Past economic studies by Tall Timbers show that quail lands generate nearly $340 million in economic impact across the Albany and Red Hills regions, including over 2,600 direct jobs.

The job board posting service is available to all wild quail properties throughout the range of our Regional Quail Programs from the Carolinas down to Central Florida and over to East Texas. To post a job, simply use the “Post a Job” button to complete a short form that is sent to Tall Timbers staff for a quick review and posting. The “Close a Job” button is used remove a job from the board, and includes a few short questions to help us evaluate the program. No passwords or account numbers are needed.

In the first two months of the project, we posted seventeen job openings, and by early November we received our first request to close a job because the position was filled!

Please consider sharing the job board with anyone you know who may be interested in land management, hunting, or hospitality jobs. If you have questions, please contact Clay Sisson.

 

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