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I'm Desperate to work in a ski area in the 2014-2015 season, I will be 18 and it will hopefully be my first season of working in a ski resort. Would appreciate any advice on where to look for jobs, the best company's to work for and what if any qualifications do company's look for when hiring people out. Also what jobs are the best ones to apply for.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi scookie
Are you looking at working on the slopes or in a bar/restaurant? or even as a rep?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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and also where are you interested in working, if you were interested in Austria, I can advise you greatly
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I don't mind where or what job, as I have no previous experience working in a ski resort, so would consider anything or any resort.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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where do you normally go on holiday? that's always a good start, that's how I started working in a ski resort, you don't need any experience in a lot of ski resort jobs, most season workers I come across are first timers taking a gap year.
Are you going on a skiing holiday between now and the time when you want to start working? I was your age when I first started, so I know first hand how daunting it can be!
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I normally go on holiday to the French Alps been going since I was 3 so know how to ski quite well. I shell hopefully be going skiing again later on this season, but not sure where yet. Do you need any qualifications to get a job out there, such as the chalet cooking courses. And do you need to speak a foreign language?
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I took a risk with my first place (hadn't even heard of the resort when I found the job listing), but found it to be amazing, so don't get hun up on the big resorts.
You need to ask yourself a few questions - do you want to go mainly for the skiing or for the apres? That'll help narrow down a few resorts.
Also, if you want to work in a bar/ restaurant/ hotel/ chalet company, don't turn your nose up at the 'bottom' jobs as sometimes these can be the most fun and give you a lot of time on the slopes. I was a housekeeper and got more time on the slopes than a lot of my colleagues (although weekends were a nightmare). Then again - hosts and chefs ended up getting tips and we just had anything that had been left behind in fridges, etc. (Companies do operate different policies on tips though... we were just at a company that didn't split them between staff).
I'd start looking on places such as natives, ski-jobs & season workers... sign up for their newsletters as well. These can be really useful for tips and also early listings on potential jobs.
Good luck with the hunt though! You've plenty of time!
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Ok thanks for the advise i shell look at these sites now
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It helps if you speak a foreign language, but if you go to a resort that has many English speaking tourists like Meribel, or in Austria Soell is very popular with english speakers then you should easily find work without a language.
What I found best was to ask around while in resort and see what they can offer you for next season. Your level of skiing is irrelevant unless you want to teach skiing, but then you need a qualification (A BASI would be good for France, its a one week corse and costs you around £500), and the answer to the question do i need a qualification? is yes if you are doing anything skilled such as cooking and so on, but if your pulling pints or cleaning up you don't require a qualification.
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Ok I shall ask around if I go skiing this year. Where would you say the best resorts to find work are, and with what company's.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Like I said before, I can only help you with my area in Austria, but I'm sure there will be someone on here with experience of good french resorts. I would avoid any travel company jobs (Holiday reps) they work very long hours and get paid very little. Not much chance to go skiing either, 1 day off per week
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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as long as you can boil and egg and operate a broom you're pretty much qualified to work a season.
its not an overly complicated task and as your looking so far into the future you'll be able to pretty much decide what job you want and were you want it. I'd decide on a resort based on what type of skiing/snowboarding you like to and do from there!
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Where in Austria would you say is good?
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You know it makes sense.
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i'd kill to go mayerhoffen and spend the season in the penken park!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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A place called Soell (The ski area is called Skiwelt) near me is very English worker friendly, if you look on this website https://jobroom.ams.or.at/jobroom/ you can find season jobs there, but its in German, so I don't know how you would cope searching!
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Poster: A snowHead
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haha I'm sure google translate will help me out Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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good point!
But I would advise that you at least create a shortlist of jobs that you would like to do, and put them in order of best to worst, so that you have some sort of direction in your search. Take advantage of your time scale and find a job you would be happy with.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Will do thank you for the help/advice.
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No problem, good luck!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I would suggest that you email your CV/enquiry to every company, decide on where you would like to spend the season, show them that you are absolutely committed to spend a season promoting their business, looking after their clients to ensure the customers have an awesome experience & you will get the offers.
Our son aged 17 is going out next year, he went to the Manchester ski show, introduced himself to lots of exhibitors & what he came away with was get a qualification, so he is going to get on a cookery course next summer [which will cost circa £500] but all of a sudden it gets you in the spotlight.
Whatever you choose to do good luck, enjoy the experiences.
Michael 
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Depends what you looking to get out of the season. Do you want to ski as much as possible? If so, get a job with low pay and less hours, you'll be on the slopes all the time. If you have visions of ski instructing in the future, don't waste the £500 on a cookery course, put it towards your BASI level 1 - don't get any illusions though, that means nothing much in a resort, it's just the first rung on the ladder. My personal goal is to get my BASI 2 within the next couple of years and then work towards my BASI 3 whilst instructing, if possible. You won't get anywhere near working as an instructor in France for years though.
As said though, that may not be your goal.
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