 Poster: A snowHead
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apologies...i fear this may be in the wrong forum. but to the topic: my friend is currently searching for a job specifically in val d'isere (at a push tignes), this is because i am going to be there next season as well. does anyone have any tips/hints when applying/being interviewed for jobs? but more usefully, what websites would you all recommend? so far he's using workaseason and natives. he has an interview on monday but for a job which he wasn't able to specify the location of. if anyone has any hints or tips they'd be hugely appreciated!
thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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pdx, Hi,, The best way to do is to go their in November and just knock doors and ask for a job, thats the most easy way to do, I was doing that way when i was make my seasons, and alot of peple I know have done the same 
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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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Bell yer buddies who already have a job there.
It's not what you know...
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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i don't nor does he know anyone who have jobs there. i'm going to be there for the season to complete an instructors course. now that you've said that though, i think i'll send the company i'm doing it with an email and enquire!
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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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Get over there for a week in November and go into every bar with an up to date CV, positive attitude, and offer them blood, sweat and tears for very little money and someone will give them a job.
Otherwise, apply to several TOs and other companies and try and find one which lets you specify where you want to go. If he has specific knowledge of VDI then he stands a better chance - if I worked for a TO and you told me you wanted to go there I'd do what I could, if it was just because a mate was out there I'd question whether I want someone that can't do something for themselves.
But natives is your best bet for help on this.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Email every bar/(private?) chalet/hotel or other business you can find that operates just in VdI. Get on the website and see if there is a job section on it. If that fails then head out in November.
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Apply to all the TOs which operate in Val d'Isere. Find out before interview whether they will place staff in a particular resort/property before the season, and if not, decline the interview - it's a popular resort and there's no point in wasting effort on the off-chance that they might come up trumps. Start with YSE, Le Ski, Skiworld and SkiVal. Don't bother with TUI - they place staff on the training course.
If it's Anglophone work (s)he's after, also try the Brit-run bars. They don't advertise much because they're usually knee-deep in applications, so an e-mailed cv is the way to go. Getting over there in August and going round the bars before the pre-season rush can also pay dividends.
If your mate speaks French, try here: www.pole-emploi.fr - it's the French jobcentre website, and most seasonal employers advertise on it. Jobs will start appearing from September onwards. There's usually a job fair in Albertville around October, where lots of employers will take on staff on the spot. Best ski time jobs are usually shelf stacking, kitchen work and bar.
Going out on spec at the beginning of the season is a last option - OK some people get jobs that way, but far more of them go home skint after a month, especially in Val d'Isere, where there are half a dozen ski bums chasing every job. TOs these days have a waiting list as long as your arm of vetted and interviewed candidates, all of them sitting by the phone 24/7 with bags packed and ready to roll within five minutes of the call - they're not taking much in the way of random in-resort candidates any more. (Different story in February when the reserve list has evaporated, mind.)
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gravystuffing, quiet in your place today? 
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Hells Bells, no I think they're working on the roof but I'm home in Morecambe at the moment 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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thanks for all the replies guys! my friend had his first interview yesterday, and thinks it went quite well which is good, they did ask him where he'd be ideally be wanted to located. i shall pass on the freeradicals side gravystuffing, thanks! looking at all of these websites there aren't that many jobs yet, i guess they will still be advertised for months longer?
is going out in november an actual option? we may drive out there for a few days if it's worth it.
in regards to english run bars, i've told him apply to Dicks Tea Bar and Banana Bar - are there any other english run bars? i don't seem to remember many from when i was last in VD.
thanks again
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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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Google, and look on the resort website.
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Hi,
Have a look at Skibeat - they have chalets in Val (in La Daille - the small village as you come into resort) and they place you at interview if you have a preference.
Happy hunting!!
Heather
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You know it makes sense.
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hi,
my friend got a call from workaseason today to say that he had secured a job as a hotel assistant in VD for next year!
thanks for all the advice guys!
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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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That's good news - have a great time!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Lucky sod. You'll love it. See you next Jan.
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