Working in Ski Resorts: Europe & North America
- ISBN-10
- 1854581767
- ISBN-13
- 9781854581761
- Category
- Employment (Economic theory)
- Pages
- 345
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vacation Work Publications
- Author
- Victoria Pybus
Description
The fourth edition of the essential book for everyone who wants to find one of the many thousands of jobs that arise during the skiing season in Europe, the USA and Canada. Working in Ski Resorts explains how to find a job as a ski instructor, disc jockey, chef, courier, chalet girl or boy, shop assistant, au pair, resort rep, ski lift attendant, ski technician, courier, snow cleaner etc. from Verbier to Vail, Banff to Borovets and Andorra to Aviemore. For those who wish to arrange a job in advance the book includes a directory of ski tour operators that lists their projected staff requirements, wages and the addresses to contact. But it also includes reports on the prospects for finding work on the spot in over 80 resorts in Europe and North America that give inside information on where the best jobs are to be found and explains where to find affordable accommodation.
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