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How to get a job at a French ski resort for this season!

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Fuckthefuckoff
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Ok so I am really wanting to know how can I get a job at a French or Swiss resorts for this season. I am a Canadian/ American citizen and I only speak English. What websites would I use?
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SetteePrig
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Cook eggs
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Puzzled
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just buy some kneepads and you should be all set
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GeneralButtNaked
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Don't use a website. Get off your phone. Find a way to get there. Once you're there ask for a job in person, this shows that you are willing and able. Find a place to sleep. Figure out how to eat cheap. Figure out how to bathe. Go to work. Get a house. Learn to live like everyone else there. Boom, you're a local.

Its not you. Your ski bum predecessors ruined the easy way over a decade ago. Its a good life though. Lots of skiing, you'll like it.

**This post was edited on Jan 6th 2018 at 8:40:44pm
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twatt_chaurus
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Just contact every local business and hope for the best. Also you can try workaway or helpx. Your kinda late though, you should be applying before December to improve your odds.
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Mlombard
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Try leboncoin.fr or go to the town hall sometimes they have a wall with job offers
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BrawnTrends
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Try the resorts where lots of Brits go. Like Morzine/Avoriaz, Val d'Isère, Chamonix, Zermatt, Verbier, les Deux Alpes, Tignes. Usually in these resorts you can get around without speaking much french as everyone there speaks english...
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FIRAT
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Brocco, go to Verbier. I'll probably be there with some friends in march
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theabortionator
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GeneralButtNakedDon't use a website. Get off your phone. Find a way to get there. Once you're there ask for a job in person, this shows that you are willing and able. Find a place to sleep. Figure out how to eat cheap. Figure out how to bathe. Go to work. Get a house. Learn to live like everyone else there. Boom, you're a local.

Its not you. Your ski bum predecessors ruined the easy way over a decade ago. Its a good life though. Lots of skiing, you'll like it.

**This post was edited on Jan 6th 2018 at 8:40:44pm


Yeah, what the hell is a work visa anyway
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SoySauce
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If you plan on being out here for more than 90 days you will need a visa. Start by getting your background check from the FBI and check online to see what type of visa you want to apply for. Living and working out here is super sick but there are definitely some things you need to have on lock before coming.
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BrawnTrends
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UnofficialNickIf you plan on being out here for more than 90 days you will need a visa. Start by getting your background check from the FBI and check online to see what type of visa you want to apply for. Living and working out here is super sick but there are definitely some things you need to have on lock before coming.


Not sure what the FBI has to do with working in Europe?
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SoySauce
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BrawnTrendsNot sure what the FBI has to do with working in Europe?


To get a work visa here you need to have a background check through the FBI usually.
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BrawnTrends
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UnofficialNickTo get a work visa here you need to have a background check through the FBI usually.


Where's "here"?
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SoySauce
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BrawnTrendsWhere's "here"?


Andorra, French principality. A lot of it depends
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Monsieur_Patate
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BrawnTrendsNot sure what the FBI has to do with working in Europe?


I think what this guy was trying to say is that you need a criminal background check for most visas around the world, including Europe. Just like a French citizen needs to provide a police record to the US embassy where he is applying for a visa, a US citizen would also need to provide a criminal background check of some sort to the country he is trying to get a visa from. And in the US in most cases, this is an FBI background check as I guess the FBI has access to all the records, the police being local/state here they wouldn't have access to everything, only the FBI does.
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BrawnTrends
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Monsieur_PatateJust like a French citizen needs to provide a police record to the US embassy where he is applying for a visa

Never had to give a police record to the US embassy in Paris, and I've had several American visas. Maybe they did it without my knowledge? but I personally never went through the process.
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Monsieur_Patate
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BrawnTrendsNever had to give a police record to the US embassy in Paris, and I've had several American visas. Maybe they did it without my knowledge? but I personally never went through the process.


I had to do it as a french citizen for immigrant visas. So it's probably not required for non-immigrant visas or something.

Those things also vary from country to country, so Andorra might not be the golden rule anyway. If OP wants to get a visa from France, he just needs to check the requirements for France, plenty of info avail online.

Regardless of whether or not you need a background check, the only shot OP has at getting what he wants is the seasonal worker permit imo. So I would start there. Pretty sure you need a contract before you can get the permit tho.
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iced
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whatever you do don't give them your ns username as a social media acc lol
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BrawnTrends
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Monsieur_PatateRegardless of whether or not you need a background check, the only shot OP has at getting what he wants is the seasonal worker permit imo. So I would start there. Pretty sure you need a contract before you can get the permit tho.


Yup, true. And he could also check UK companies who own chalets/restaurants in French resorts. Might be easier for OP to get a UK permit if he doesn't speak a word of french...
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