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Meet a Gen Z lifeguard getting a $1,000 bonus to fill a job that pools across the country desperately need

In the "worst year" of the lifeguard shortage, according to one official, employers from Phoenix to…

Madison Hoff   


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NYC lifeguards rescued a woman attacked by a shark off a popular beach using a buoy rope as a tourniquet

A woman was attacked by a shark this week at a New York City beach in an incident believed to be th…

Natalie Musumeci   


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Pools across the US are cutting opening hours and even temporarily closing because they don't have enough lifeguards

Some families have even been arriving at an Indiana swimming pool more than an hour before it opens…

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Teens can expect 9% higher wages for jobs like lifeguards, camp counselors, waiters, and retail workers even as summer office jobs dwindle

Employers are looking to teens to fill labor gaps this summer, and they are willing to pay well. Th…

Gloria Dawson   


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Jake Gyllenhaal says he used his pee to help someone with a jellyfish sting during a stint as a lifeguard

Gyllenhaal told Kelly Clarkson Friday that he worked as a lifeguard before stardom, tasked with kee…

Clay Walker   


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I quit my job at a top law firm because the stress gave me a heart attack at 38. I'm now a lifeguard and happier than ever.

Anthony Chamberlain quit his job as a purchasing manager at top law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deri…

Daniel Shailer   


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Keep off waters say Juhu beach lifeguards as jellyfish, tarballs wash ashore

Several tarballs and jellyfish got washed ashore on Mumbai's popular Juhu beach, following which li…

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I'm a lifeguard in the Hamptons who works private parties at multi-million dollar mansions. This is what my job is like.

Mikayla Mott gets interesting party requests, like being asked to send only "good-looking males" an…

Claire Turrell   


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I'm a lifeguard for Olympic swimmers. Our job isn't as 'useless' or easy as people think.

"We can't sit there disinterested like the girl in the meme," says James Meyers, a lifeguard for Ol…

Ryan S. Gladwin   


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I slept in a lifeguard tower overlooking the Florida Everglades and was surprised it only cost $100 on Airbnb

The author stayed in a lifeguard tower in South Miami-Dade Marina in Florida, and she thought it wa…

Joey Hadden   


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Job diary: I'm a professional mermaid who makes upwards of $250 for an appearance. Here's how I turned my passion for cosplay into a business.

Gabrielle Rivera says it often takes her 3 hours to get ready and put on her costume, which include…

Jenny Powers   


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Nearly 2 dozen lifeguards in New Jersey test positive for coronavirus after hosting social gatherings

After hosting two social gatherings two weeks ago, 11 lifeguards from Harvey Cedars and 12 from Sur…

Frank Olito   


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Marathon swimmer suffered gruesome injury so painful he thought his eye had come out of its socket - and had to ask a lifeguard to check for him

"I took an elbow to the face. I thought I'd lost my eye," Team Great Britain's Hector Pardoe said a…

Sam Cooper   


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As beaches and pools reopen for the summer, lifeguards must figure out how to stay safe and also save lives

Lifeguards at reopened pools and beaches will likely be wearing face masks, won't be able to perfor…

Connor Perrett   


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Here's why there are lifeguards at the Olympics

Though no athlete has ever died in an Olympic pool, some aquatics events can be dangerous: Divers c…

Caroline Praderio   


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Twitter went crazy over a photo of Joe Biden in a lifeguard chair

"I wanted to get more involved," Biden told The News Journal. "I'd turn on the television and see a…

Mark Abadi   


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Olympic lifeguard has a great quote about working the most boring job at the Olympics

Swimming may be the Olympic sport where lifeguards are the least necessary, but it isn't the o…

Emmett Knowlton   


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Netflix reportedly nabs comedic lifeguard movie starring a bunch of 'SNL' stars

"Staten Island Summer" joins Netflix's growing cache of original movies, which include Judd Apatow-…

Jethro Nededog