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Are You Ready…

  • To treat all customers with care & respect?
  • To try your best?
  • To create positive memories for customers and coworkers?
  • To give back to the community?
  • To experience teamwork at its best?
  • To learn while you earn?
  • To work in a fun, fast-paced, friendly environment?

Making customers smile is our most important job!  We are looking for positive, energetic team members who are passionate about the Dairy Queen® brand and delivering exceptional customer service. If you enjoy working in a fun, fast-paced, friendly environment we would love to hear from you. Applicants should be friendly, eager to learn, dependable and responsible, and be ready to create smiles and stories for our customers.


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High School Students (ages 15 and older)

  • Are you involved in sports? Other activities?  DQ® offers flexible scheduling so that you can be a part of our team while participating in what you love to do!
  • Have fun and work with your friends! Our team is close-knit, and many develop life-long friendships working at DQ®.
  • We offer competitive pay, on-the-job training, and opportunities for advancement (our strongest crew members often earn leadership roles at DQ®)

College Students

  • DQ® is ideal for college students who are commuting or can work throughout the year.
  • We are super flexible and can work with you from one semester to the next as your schedule changes
  • DQ® builds resumes with excellent leadership opportunities! Many of our supervisors are or have been commuting college students.
  • Current and former team members include medical professionals, teachers and school administrators, scientists, business owners, and so many more!

Adult Applicants

  • DQ® employees work together to create a welcoming, respectful, friendly work environment
  • We provide on-the-job training
  • We offer flexible scheduling (between 2 and 5 days per week), working with you so that you can work with us
  • We offer artistic/creative opportunities, such as cake decorating positions
  • We offer opportunities to grow in leadership with supervisory/management positions
  • We offer competitive pay
  • We welcome retirees!

Opportunities

  • Crew Member (evenings, weekends)
  • Daytime Crew Member (weekdays)
  • Cake Decorator (weekdays OR weekends)
  • Supervisory/Management

Dairy Queen® Application for Employment

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    I understand that this application for employment is for a job with the independently owned and operated franchise Dairy Queen® of Ephrata, Inc. of the Dairy Queen® system and not American Dairy Queen Corporation or International Dairy Queen. I understand that Dairy Queen® of Ephrata, Inc. will be my employer if I am hired. I also understand that misstatements or omissions of information in connection with my application for employment can lead to rejection of my application or dismissal from employment,whenever discovered. I authorize this company to request and receive references from my former employers, and I hereby release those employers supplying any information from liability. I understand that nothing contained in this employment application or in the granting of an interview is intended to create an employment contract between this company and myself for either employment or for the providing of any benefits. No promises regarding employment have been made to me, and I understand that no such promise or guarantee is binding unless expressly made in a formal written contract of employment signed by me and an authorized representative of this company. I hereby attest that all statements made by me above are true to the best of my knowledge. I hereby attest that all statements made by me above are true to the best of my knowledge.

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