Seasonal jobs, courses & gap years
Multi award winning Season Workers has been covering all aspects of working travel and seasonal
recruitment since 2001. Processing over 8000 applications each month and with over 200,000
visitors and 2 million page views per month Season Workers is certainly one of,
but more probably the busiest site of its kind in the UK. Summer
jobs, ski resort jobs and
ski instructor courses, teaching English and
gap year projects are exciting ways to experience more in life.
You can now search the UK for seasonal and holiday jobs as
well. Search and apply online using the tabs above or try the
help guide, messageboard and
destination guides for extra info, each section has an A-Z
of companies. This website is updated daily so it's worth saving SW to your favourites and keep checking back. Any comments or suggestions for improvements are very much appreciated.
The ski season in Europe runs roughly from December to April. The larger
ski season employers started recruiting in mid May for season 2008/09. Many smaller ski season chalet owners and operators recruit
right here on Season Workers as well. These jobs are highly prized so make sure
you join the Season Workers email newsletter or keep
checking back. Bar work is tough to get but if you are a qualified childcarer or
chef the Alps are your oyster. Ski companies advertising on Season Workers recruit
bar staff,
chalet staff,
ski guides,
cooks, chefs, maintenance people,
managers and ski resort hotel staff to work in the French Alps and elsewhere.
There are some ski companies that recruit ski staff all year round, and we also list
jobs and courses outside Europe in the USA, Canada and NZ. Click
click here to search all ski resort jobs!
There are recognised
ski and snowboard qualifications and courses on offer from a wide variety
of training organisations that will suit budding ski and snowboarding instructors,
or people who want to dramatically improve in their chosen sport. Courses generally
run from 5 days for a basic qualification or a short period of intensive coaching,
or up to 3 months for more comprehensive requirements and snow-sports based GAP
years. Most British operators have large European programmes (notably
Switzerland), and gap year options further afield in the USA,
Canada, New Zealand and Australia. If you are keen to get started but
have some reservations read the
stupid questions we asked some leading ski and snowboard instructor training
companies.
There are lots of seasonal let companies that will
rent you an apartment or chalet for the whole season in a ski resort. This might
fill your head with images cramped apartments full of sweaty boots, improvised ash
trays and a kitchen full of washing up but some specialist organisations rent out
decent accommodation at a fair price for the whole season and many people go each
year to spend a few months on the slopes. Have a look at the
ski season apartments and chalet lets page.
Most major summer jobs abroad recruiters still accepting
applications for top up staff. For the latest UK summer jobs try the UK section.
For
Summer jobs abroad try this section. Cosmos are now recruiting reps to work in the
Canaries, full training is provided,
click here for details. Other work with the many firms advertising with
Season Workers includes Entertainers, camping or children's couriers in Europe,
overland tour guides, USA summer camp counsellors, hotels and restaurant staff,
and positions in educational and
outdoor sports centres.
Summer tour operators are looking for staff for the 2008 summer season from beauty
therapists to barge chefs - got to better than the UK!
Click here to search now.
Tip:
Try Siblu Holidays to work a summer in Italy, France or Spain
Tip:
Try Mark Warner for Summer jobs in Greece and Egypt
The new UK section of Season Workers covers holiday work, festival
passes, and jobs to fill a gap if you find yourself in a new town. Returning overseas
staff looking for something to keep them going between seasons or to pay the bills
while working out what to do will find plenty of ideas here. Ever thought about
working on one of the Channel Islands -
click here for jobs on Guernsey.
What’s
on your must-do list? As well as sunbathing and slinking around in a safari-style
cork hat, you’ll need to earn your keep. On Season Workers you’ll find dozens of
opportunities, paid and otherwise, that will take you to the furthest corners of
the globe. Will you teach
football to Brazilian kids, build an orangutan sanctuary, clean beaches
in Costa Rica or run kids’ camps in America? Use this section or our sister website
iGapyear.com to find out more.
Shumba Experience participate on conservation projects throughout Africa such as relocating rhinos in South Africa and tracking lions across Kenya.
Choose
the European Lakes, jobs on the Med and Atlantic, or even go diving on the great
barrier reef. The United Kingdom hosts over a thousand outdoor centres and field
study facilities, many of which operate all year round. You could choose to follow
your chosen sport to its roots via an organised course, or work for a company such
as PGL in a French centre. Some companies operate systems where you can attain certificates
in outdoor pursuits while you are working. Tour operators also employ a wide range
of outdoor sports personnel.
Teaching
English as a Foreign Language (Tefl) is a truly great way to live and work abroad and can often lead to a fulfilling and challenging
career or year out. It allows you to really get to know a country; its people, culture
and language, in a way that other forms of travelling rarely do. It is still an
expanding industry and allows you to find a job in most areas of the world, but
undoubtedly the best way to increase your chances of employment is to become tefl
qualified via one of the courses on offer.
There are numerous opportunities and types of teaching English abroad. The fist
step is to get Tefl/Qualified. In a more and more competitive market this qualification
is becoming vital. The standard full time Tefl or Celta certificate will usually
require a course that lasts up to a month. These intensive courses will give you
everything you need in terms of classroom management, grammar, phonetics, lesson
planning etc. to handle yourself as a teacher, and a vital in the eyes of most employers.
These courses are available at centres both in Britain and Ireland and many countries
abroad.