Duties for Guides

Introduction

Ghosts of New Haven seeks people willing to be trained as guides to do ghost/spirit walks of New Haven. Previous experience as a guide, in acting, sales and other public speaking experiences are additional pluses. If accepted, you will be trained, observed before doing a tour public, and then hired. You will be asked to signed a non-compete agreement as a requirement of employment.

Nature of the Business

You will be expected to do a 90 minute tour approximately a mile in length one or two times per night. Our tours are scheduled for every Saturday at 7:30 PM and depending upon seasonable demand at other days and other times. We also give private tours at the convenience of the customers.

Description

Your job as a walking tour guide is to be an informative, an entertaining and even an educational interpreter of the supernatural that makes the ghosts of New Haven come hauntingly alive.

Qualifications

1. You must speak well. No monotone voice.

2. You must be an entertaining story teller. Satisfied customers spread the word and return; bored customers don’t return and discourage others from signing up

3. Any experience as a guide, actor or sales person will be an added virtue. .

4. You must possess a great imagination and be creative.

5. Be flexible in dealing with the unexpected.

6. Have the physical endurance to walk at a steady pace that leaves no one behind. The walks are about a mile to be done in an about 1½ hours.

7. Walking tours take place in New Haven so some familiarity of the city is required.

8. Punctual and reliable. If you arrive late to a tour or do not arrive at all, it could result in the cancellation of that tour and would hurt us as a whole.

Benefits

You will be paid per tour plus you keep all tips.

Please e-mail us your resume and other information to info@ghostsofnewhaven.com. Please use either Microsoft Word or PDF format.