Oak Park Country Club (OPCC) is located in Forest Park, Illinois. It is a private country club in which you have to apply to be a member. The membership process involves getting sponsors who are already members and then a committee reviews your application to see if you are the type of member the club is looking for.
Oak Park Country Club was established in 1914. It is in Forest Park, Illinois. There are two types of members that exist: social and regular members. Social members can only use the pool, the tennis courts, skeet shooting and the clubhouse amenities. Whereas regular members can use all of the social membership amenities as well as the golfing privileges. It was created since there were no golfing courses that were very close to the suburbs of Oak Park and River Forest. Since these are two very affluent communities the country club had lots of success in attracting members.
There are many employment opportunities at the OPCC. They range from being a hostess in the clubhouse to a working in the tennis pro shop setting up activities for the younger children in tennis lessons. Other employment opportunities include working in the golf bag room, golf pro shop and in the golf bag room. Also a nice accommodation that the club has for its employees is employee day. This is every Monday when the club is closed to members and all of the club accommodations are available for use by the employees. To apply for jobs you should go the clubhouse and go the front desk and fill out an application for whichever job you are interested in.
Privatization of leisure started to become more popular in the 1980s. However country clubs have been a popular form of private leisure since before colonization of America. Privatization became most popular when the government started cutting back on funding of leisure services. Now with the weak American economy, many members of private country clubs are realizing that they can no longer afford to remain members.
The OPCC's definition of leisure says that they want to try and accommodate the members to the best of their ability. They want the members to feel relaxed and at home. They also like providing events for the members so that they can be social with other members.
Overall I thought that my experience at the OPCC was a good one. It is place that treats its members and its employees well. Not only are the employees paid well but they also get to experience the benefits that the members have. Also since OPCC is such a large country club there are many opportunities to get a job there. Some cons are that some of the hours of some for some of the jobs are not that desirable. For instance the earliest tee time is at 6:00 am therefore caddies with the morning shift have to be there by 5:15am. However these are not their everyday hours, which is nice for the caddies. In conclusion working at the OPCC would be a wonderful opportunity.
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