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A friend and i are looking for jobs for this coming season. Unfortuantely it's pretty late so getting something with a tour operator is going to be tough, applied to quite a few and got little or no interest. Just wondered if anyobdy knew if there are any jobs that you can just get when you turn up in resort. Obviously shops and things may have stuff going but the language barrier is going to be a problem with something like that.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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i was wondering the same... anyone?
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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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Wrong site - try on Natives.....
You should be OK to find something, particularly with the larger operator, assuming you are not too fussy about where you are sent. Failing that, keep mailing them, as by Christmas/New Year, they have another recruitment drive to replace the staff who have gone AWOL over the holidays....
To get a job in a privately run shop or bar, you will be need to be in resort very early, and also be very lucky. To be honest, unless money is no object, I wouldn't recommend it, as you will probably end up disappointed.
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we are getting 10`s of people coming through the door at the moment looking for jobs, mostly french. Maybe try smaller less popular stations but places like us in tignes are all pretty well sorted for staff. good luck
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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el nombre, Libertine, We are looking for a driver and cleaning staff for this winter. Please send CV's with photos and I will send full details for relevant jobs. Thanks
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el nombre, there are plenty of TO jobs still going - look at www.natives.co.uk if you haven't already done so. Both Bigfoot and Alpine Elements are advertising permanent positions in Chamonix. If you can chef or have management experience or trade skills you will probably have your hand bitten off at this stage.
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thats the problem, i don't really have many skills related to the hospitality industry and it seems most of the unskilled jobs have gone. I've applied for a few places through natives and a few direct but not had any success.
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el nombre, my advice would be to go to a busy resort and make yourself known to the resort head reps for all the tour operators. They normally start the season with a full compliment of staff but the drop-out rate can be horrendous... some get injured, some get homesick, some get sacked, some just want out. Basically, if all the circumstances are right, the main qualifications are that you can walk upright without knuckles dragging on the ground, you don't have BO (although a little seems to be acceptable), you can at least talk english semi-literately and you fit the spare uniform. The world is your lobster my son.
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There are on-the-spot jobs available at the start of the season (eg in Tignes late Nov/early Dec), but they go very quickly. Later in the season you would be hoping for someone to be sacked/resign/be injured, & still have to be in the right place at the right time.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I heard that the Mark Warner staff had 100% turnover last season in Tignes?
Might've been just the bar staff. Random breathalyser tests..
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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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Bode Swiller, I'd second that - although I am of course far more choosy myself!
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| Spikyhedgehog wrote: |
I heard that the Mark Warner staff had 100% turnover last season in Tignes?
Might've been just the bar staff. Random breathalyser tests.. |
That will be Scotty's, though the bar manager lasted the full season.
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You know it makes sense.
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We are looking for a chef (Dolomites, Italy) and a Housekeeper/Chalet Supervisor (Dolomites, Italy or Tignes Les Boisses, France). Please send CV to mountain.sun@virgin.net
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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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Bode Swiller, Has hit the nail on the head, in some of the resorts part time jobs are avaiable doing airport transfers at the weekend but you need to be in resort at the right time, other possibilities are doing the buying and deliveries for chalets, but you will probably need your own transport for that. Depends what you want to do, Ski or Work, frequently the two are not compatable!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hmm cheers for the link but my GCSE A probably isn't going to get me very far in that situation
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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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Well there are still at least a dozen companies advertising on Natives for KPs, waiting/housekeeping staff and drivers - not a lot of skill required for any of that lot.
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Yeah, but I'm not sure how often thats updated. I've phoned and emailed a lot of them and they say they're full even though natives still has adverts up for them.
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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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el nombre, that's because a lot of people will be holding several job offers at the moment, and will ultimately only take one (obviously!). So everyone will have dropouts before the season. It's worthwhile filling in online applications for every company you can find just so you're on file.
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