Top Sites |
| Natives.co.uk
- The Season Workers' Website - A great resource
of information about working a ski season, including a job
search area to find a ski or summer job. |
| VOOVS.com
- Provides staff to the ski tour industry. Register your
CV at VOOVS to apply for jobs. Managed by seasoned ski professionals
who are always available for advice on the best jobs, resorts
and companies to work for. |
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| ABTA
- The Association of British Travel Agents comprises 2300
member companies in the UK. ABTA's search facility, by destination
or activity, is a handy tool for finding addresses, telephone
numbers, email addresses and websites of tourism organisations
such as ski tour operators. |
| The
Adventure Network - Chalet helpers employed for
catered ski, golf or alpine leisure holidays in the French
Alps. |
| Airtours
- Large tour operator. The majority of jobs are available
during the summer though there are a few winter vacancies. |
| Alprecruit - Specialists in finding work for candidates and
staff for tour operators in the ski industry,
they also place candidates into positions within
the UK hospitality, catering and leisure market. |
| AnyworkAnywhere
- Recruitment site that can help with ski jobs. |
| Aspen
Snowmass - Operates four ski areas around Aspen.
Excellent visa information provided for potential applicants
from abroad. |
| Base
Camp - Run ski and snowboard instructor courses
in Meribel, Whistler and Verbier. The courses include freestyle,
racing and freeride training as well as first aid courses,
avalanche courses and ski and snowboard tuning clinics.
Base Camp aim their courses at those looking for a career
change, on a gap year or taking time out from work. |
| Belvedere
Chalets - Offer holidays in three luxury chalets
to skiers who enjoy being seriously pampered. No employment
details on the site but we have seen them recruiting for
staff to do the pampering. |
| British
Association of Ski Instructors - Offer a gap style
course as a practical way to gain a ski or snowboard qualification
in one season. |
| Chalet
Cuisine - Chalet cookery and management courses,
in Meribel, to prepare you for a winter ski season. |
| Crystal
Holidays - Offers a variety of ski holidays and
employ over 1,000 staff in Europe and North America. The
majority of staff are required from the end of November
to the middle of April, but some additional staff may be
required once the season has started. |
| Descent
International - Luxury ski comapany that operates
chalets and ski lodges in France. Jobs available
for couples catering to a high standard. Incoporating the
Ski Company. |
| Equity
Travel - Employ around 100 people each year in hotels
and resorts throughout Europe. |
| Esprit
Holidays - Winter work for British passport holders
available from 1st December until 30th April. Pocket money
wage plus lift pass, ski hire, accommodation, uniform and
medical insurance are provided. |
| FindaSkiResortJob.com - Ski season jobs. |
| Finlays
Skiing Holidays - Family run chalet holiday operator
who take on professional and friendly seasonal resort and
chalet staff in Val D'Isère and Courchevel. |
| First
Choice - Very large tourist operator. Now with jobs
on site, they recruit for both summer and winter positions. |
| Free
Radicals - Look for chalet couples/hosts, chefs
and hotel managers to work for UK independent ski companies.
If they cannot find you a position they will advise you
on your best option to take. To register is free and can
be done on the site. |
| Global
Village Backpackers - Independet backpackers hostel
company in Canada with jobs available for gap students from
the UK. |
| Go
Ski - Information about American and worldwide ski
resorts. |
| Headwater
Holidays - Recruit overseas reps and instructors
who are prepared to be on call 24 hours a day and willing
to tackle any emergency. Headwater operate activity holidays
in Europe and require cross country ski instructors from
December to March. |
| Inghams
- Large employer of ski personnel. Recruits from April to
October for winter jobs. |
| International
Student Exchange Center - ISEC offers a variety
of work experience abroad for students and adults including
ski work in the USA. |
| Interski
Snowsport School - Employ over 300 Basi Grade 3
(or national equivalent or above) ski instructors each season
for Italian resorts. Their temporary instructor package
includes a weekly training package, concessionary scheme
for spouse / partners, return coach travel, six day lift
pass and half board accommodation. Other positions available
in the winter include resort assistant, ski / snowboard
hire assistant and photographers. |
| Jobs
in the Alps - 100 jobs in winter (December to April)
and 80 jobs in summer (mid June to mid September). |
| Kareeve.com - Kareeve covers all kinds of seasonal jobs including ski resort jobs around the world. |
| Le
Ski - A family run business specialising in catered
chalet holidays in Courchevel, Val d'Isere and La Tania.
They recruit 55 alpine staff each winter season, the majority
chalet hosts. However they also recruit resort managers,
chalet managers, ski guides, maintenance and nannies. |
| Mark
Warner - Recruit over 1,500 staff for the Alps and
the Med each year. Applicants must be over 19 and hold an
EU passport. |
| Meriski
- Recruit employees for the winter season in Meribel. Now
with application form available online. |
| Mountain
Highs - A small, friendly ski company operating
catered chalets and apartments in Morzine, Portes du Soleil,
French Alps. |
| The
Mountain Trading Company - Bars and restaurants
in the French Alps. |
| Natives.co.uk
- The Season Workers' Website - A great resource
of information about working a ski season, including a job
search area to find a ski or summer job. |
| Neilson
Ski - A wide range of vacancies for the up-coming
season. |
| Nomadic
Jobs.com - Specialises in seasonal recruitment for
ski and summer seasons with an emphasis on providing a dedicated
and tailor made service. |
| Northstar
at Tahoe - Openings available all year at this American
summer and ski resort. |
| On
The Piste Travel -
Independent ski holiday company with positions in Switzerland. |
| Oxford
Ski Company
- Luxury catered chalet holidays in the Swiss and French
Alps. |
| Park
City Mountain Resort - American resort. |
| Peak
Leaders - Ski and Snowboard Instructor courses in
Canada, New Zealand and South America. |
| Planet
Subzero - Long stay and seasonal accommodation in
the top freeride and snowboard centre of Les Arcs. |
| Powder
Byrne International - Now have an online job application
and job description section. Vacancies for summer and winter
work. |
| Purple
Ski - Jobs in catered Chalets in Meribel including
chefs, chambermaids, drivers, maintainence/delivery men,
waitresses and ski guides. |
| Season
Workers Resort Guides - The resort guides are all
edited by people who have lived there or are living in resort
now and are intended to give a genuine insight for someone
considering working in a ski resort. |
| Silver
Ski - Require couples to run ski chalets in France. |
| Simon
Butler Skiing - Employ nannies, cooks, chalet people
and ski instructors in the French Alps. |
| Simply
Morzine - A small and friendly company offering winter holidays in the alpine resort of Morzine.
Jobs are offered from December to April in two luxury chalets, self-catered apartments
and a family run hotel. Benefits include competitive rates of pay, board and lodging, return flights, insurance, lift pass and free ski equipment. Recruitment takes place in September. |
| Simply
Ski - Small specialist ski company offers high quality
chalet and hotel holidays to Courchevel, Meribel, La Plagne,
Chamonix and Val d'Isere in France, Verbier in Switzerland
and St. Anton in Austria. |
| Ski
Amis - Ski tour operator offering catered chalets
in la Plagne and la Tania in the French Alps. |
| Ski
Barrett-Boyce - An independent family run ski company,
based in Megeve, in the French Alps. They always need chalet
girls and boys, ski instructors and chefs. |
| SkiCentral
- American ski news, features and employment links. |
| Ski
Connection - Ski recruitment site with the option
to apply online directly to each operator. Over fifty operators
advertising current vacancies and company profiles. |
| Ski.co.uk
- Lots of interesting skiing resources including vacancies.
Add your name to the looking for work list. |
| Ski
Heavenly - American ski company. |
| Skiing
the Net - Ski and snow sport jobs at American resorts. |
| Ski-Jobs.com
- This site aims to give info on ski resort jobs, aimed
specifically at the first-time seasonal worker or gap year
student. It has general information , profiles on different
kinds of resort jobs and useful links. |
| SkiJobs.net
- A job matching service for winter workers. |
| Ski
le Gap - Provides the option of going to Canada
to qualify as a ski instructor. After the students have
received their qualification many stay on to work at the
resort. |
| Ski
Magic - Based in Courchevel and La Tania in
the Three Valleys, France, Ski Magic is a family
run chalet company that looks to recruit chalet
hosts/cooks, nannies, handymen/drivers and ski
technicians. |
| Ski
Recruit - Positions available for resort managers,
reps, chefs, chalet staff, hotel staff and nannies from
December through to April. Applicants need to be hard-working,
flexible, dedicated and committed to the job in hand. Minimum
age is 18 with either qualifications or relevant experience.
British passport holders only though there may, at times,
be vacancies for non-EU passport holders as well. |
| Ski
Staff - Agency, specialists in placing all levels
of chalet & hotel staff with British Ski Companies in
the French Alps. Also have positions for au pairs and nannies.
Renumeration includes salary package plus food, accommodation,
travel, ski pass, insurance and equipment provided. Positions
are from Dec-April and Interviews are held in the UK. |
| Ski
Tips - Improve your skiing technique. Plus a few links to working in a resort. |
| Ski
Total - A catered chalet specialist operating in
Austria, France, Switzerland and Canada. |
| Ski
World - Opportunities for chalet girls and boys. |
| SnowCrazy - SnowCrazy is a luxury ski chalet company operating in France that are looking for chalet host couples to run their chalets. They also run the Ultimate Chalet Host Cookery Course for all those wishing to run a chalet and learn to cook for large numbers. |
| Snowlife
(Jersey) Ltd - Recruits chalet girls, nannies and
au pairs. |
| Snowline
- Ski tour operator providing luxury chalet holidays in
the French Alps. |
| Snow
Safaris - Adventure ski and snowboarding company.
No employment information available on site. |
| Snowsport
Recruitment - Specialise in finding work for ski
& snowboard instructors. |
| Stanford
Skiing - A small family run company based in Megeve
for 17 years. They employ 13 staff in resort ranging from
managers to chalet girls. Current vacancies are advertised
on their site. |
| Steamboat
Springs - Resort employment opportunities in America
plus winter jobs. |
| Supertravel
- Large winter tour operator. |
| Thealps.com
- News, resorts and links. |
| Thomson
- Big time employer of winter and summer staff. |
| Tops
Travel - Independent tour operator specialising
in ski and snowboard holidays in France. Their winter recruitment
requirements include chalet staff, hotel staff, chefs, reps,
bar staff and porters. EU nationals only. |
| Travel
Class Ltd - Specialist tour operator recruits instructors
for summer work in the UK and ski staff for winter jobs
in Europe. |
| Vail
Resorts - Own and operate four Colorado ski resorts:
Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone. |
| VOOVS.com
- Provides staff to industries of interest to worker travellers.
Register your CV at VOOVS to apply for jobs at four related
sites including findaskijob.com. Managed by seasoned ski
professionals who are always available for advice on the
best jobs, resorts and companies to work for. |
| YSE
Limited - YSE is the biggest specialist chalet operator
in Val d'Isère, France requiring a team of qualified
chefs, keen cooks and assistants to run chalets from 4 to
60 guests, from November to May. Ski 6 days a week. British
passport holders only. |
