About Us

Our humble beginnings date back to 1998.

Our founder – David McCollough – had recently immersed himself into the ranching industry through his development of GuestRanches.com. As he continued to build that marketplace, he recognized another void online. Specifically, the absence of a central job board focused on ranching & outdoor employment.

So, he carved out some time in his schedule, and launched the first iteration of RanchWork.com later that year.

This new site served as matchmaker – connecting hiring ranches with job seekers, and covered not only dude/guest ranching, but also cattle ranches, farms, hunting ranches, fly fishing destinations, and more. Here’s a pic from our early days:


1998 screenshot of RanchWork.com website

The site continued to grow through the early 2000’s, as did its presence on the web:



In 2013, David collaborated with Peter Askew (then owner of DudeRanch.com) to re-launch RanchWork.com with an updated, streamlined interface focused on speed & mobile accessibility.

Peter Askew & David McCollough

The collaboration was a resounding success – their focused efforts bolstered the site’s exposure, and resulted in web traffic spiking well over 100,000 pageviews a month.


2014 RanchWork.com Re-launch

In 2017, Peter acquired RanchWork.com from David, and followed up in July of 2019 by fully re-building & designing the site you see today, all from the ground up, under the guidance of Jill Lynn Design & Development (who we highly recommend).

Since day one, we’ve focused our efforts on serving the ranching, farming, and outdoors community. While we encourage Paid listings (the revenue enables us to keep the site online), we’ll always allow Free listings for any operation that has special needs or financial constraints.

We realize ranching is more than a ‘job’ – it’s a calling. We feel so honored to serve everyone in this capacity. Thanks for dropping by. And most importantly – best of luck in your search!

– Peter Askew

We also invite you to visit our sister websites: DudeRanch.com & GuestRanches.com.

Sloane, Peter, & Sara

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