PIKES PEAK BICENTENNIAL -
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Published on: 4/5/2006
Last Visited: 4/5/2006
Cashiers, cooks and custodians 16 and older are needed, said Mike Kavanagh, general manager of Aramark Company.
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"You are in for the duration," Kavanagh said.
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"You have to have good people skills," Kavanagh said.
Common math sense helps, as does a flexible social life.
"Plan to work at least one weekend day," he said.
Employee meetings sometimes are held in the van.Otherwise, workers can sleep, read or listen to music.
Making the ride once is a vacation treat.Making it every day can take a toll.It turns some workers away, Kavanagh said.
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"Some get woozy the first day, but after a day or two they are fine," Kavanagh said.
There are two lower-altitude shops, at Crystal Reservoir and Glen Cove, but the Summit House is the peak attraction for tourists.
"The first thing they do when they come here is go to the top of the mountain and wonder why they can't breathe," Kavanagh said.
Which brings up another job opening:
"We have EMTs on staff," he said.