Willy Collignon recently started his job South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks as a Northeast Regional Park Supervisor. His office is in Watertown, South Dakota. Willy has several different job duties to perform, such as dealing with visitors, building bridges, constructing and maintaining trails, works with groups within the communities, and communicates to the public. Willy had an internship through Oakwood Lakes State Park before graduating college. Willy was asked what his hardest part of working for South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks and he explained that he can’t find one thing that is hard about his job because there is so many. Although, Willy went into detail that it is hard to communicate and manage people due to the fact that there are so many visitors that come to the parks. …show more content…
It seems like his job was hard to get due to the fact that when he graduated from South Dakota State University in 1997, with his Park Management degree, he couldn’t find a job in South Dakota. So, Willy went to Scottsbluff, Nebraska to work as a Park Foeman. I thought it was interesting that he can build trails and bridges to having to communicate with the public. I feel like if I would have a job like Willy, I would like it due to the fact that his job has such a variety of duties to be done. I also liked how Willy has to manage 18,000 acres of land in the Northeast Regional in South Dakota. I like this because it gives a chance to travel and not have to stay in one spot for a long period of time. Willy didn’t talk much about what kind of courses to take in this career field. Although, he did mention a few time to get as much experience as you can and learn from them and also make professional connections. With this job and several other jobs, there’s a chance that you will have to move for a job. Willy also explains that you have to be open to more successful and do things you may not