 Poster: A snowHead
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stanton, Why? Showing an employer that you are prepared to give your time, experience and skills for free may give him the idea of how much value you place on your work. He may place the same price on your ability and experience as you do! Just a thought!
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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 agree with stanton, yes it does look better on the CV but it's also more expensive. Unless you have expert skills and experience voluntary organisations won't pay you anything, normally you pay them. Which makes it the preserve of well off students. If you live cheaply a ski season is cheaper.
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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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How about Uni Students doing something more pro active for society like working VSO or one of the many overseas volunteer agencies or even MSF or Red Cross ?
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no worthwhile aid agencies take unskilled kids. VSO, for example, require relevantly qualified people WITH work experience and I believe that the average age of their volunteers is well into the 30s. The developing world is full of unemployed local people, often with substantial skills and experience. The kids that do "development work" are just on an adventure holiday, and the projects they work on normally levy substantial charges. That's not to say that the experience they get isn't worthwhile for the volunteers - but it's an option only open to people with spare dosh. At least a low paid worker in a ski resort is being self sufficient, and depending on what they've done, and how reflective they are about it, it can be a perfectly valid and worthwhile part of a CV.
the kind of deals being offered above are put into perspective by the experience of crazy skier jules, who has just landed her first proper job in London. She gets paid the minimum wage and has no freebies - no accommodation, or anything else. People doing these ski jobs will, as nadenoodlee noted, have enough spare cash to "drink and be merry", and will spend plenty of time skiing, as well as plenty of time working hard. Someone like CSJ will probably need to be subsidised just to put a roof over her head and feed herself, let alone have the means to do much in the way of drinking, and she certainly won't be able to afford any skiing.
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stanton, well if your taking a whole year out of education or your primary career path. You have 7 months left to volunteer, why not have both?
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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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At least 80% of them don't mention skiing/snowboarding/mountains/any interest in any of it whatsoever! I find that odd! My advice to anyone applying for a company like hours is to at least show a bit of interest and acknowledge it's a ski job because it's important for staff to be passionate about it...isn't it?
Good luck to anyone looking for work - it's a great experience!! Get out there, you'll love it! Like someone said earlier, gaining experience is really important - settle for what you can get this year; it'll stand you in a good position for something better next. |
in my c.v i've always had on there about my love of being outside, particularly mountain biking and skiing. yet this winter i've struggled. its definitely a very tough season to find work.
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OliC, son was in the same position, experienced skier, loves the mountains, etc, but has failed to find anything.
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