Now is the time to prepare for your summer job experience abroad.
In order to help you to find a job for an experience abroad, we have selected
a few organisations for each of the themes below.
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Job Hunting in France
Agricultural Work
France recruits a lot of helpers every year and tasks are numerous: the vineyards
of course at the end of summer, but you will find also work for fruits pickers
for apples, maize, and other local produce.
The French National Employment Service (ANPE) is a good place to start looking
for such work. On their website http://www.anpe.fr
you can search for "Aide agricole saisonnier(ière)" [code ROME
41117]. When we did the search we found more than 200 offers for all areas.
Otherwise you can just go to farms and ask around for seasonal jobs
Au Pair
Expectations and duties do not vary dramatically across European countries,
but in France au pair (stagiaire aide-familiale) consists of working
for about 5-6 hours each day, and taking a language course during the week.
You can find more information in our Au
Pair article.
Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios
Disneyland Resort Paris has become the first tourist destination in Europe
and is always recruiting (at the peak tourist times they employ more than 12,000
workers).
With 500 different kind of jobs, more than 100 nationalities and 19 languages,
the range of jobs available is vast and examples include marketing, but also
working in a restaurant or café, supervising rides, customer services, and even
dressing up as a Disney character! Knowledge of at least 3 languages is necessary.
Those who do find work here can expect to receive around
€1,000 for a month's work (35 hours / 5 days per week).
Check the employment section of the Disneyland website (http://www.disneylandparis-casting.com)
for a list of jobs available.
Campsites and Adventure Holidays
Several European camping agencies operate throughout France, and again most
jobs can be found during the peak tourist times in the summer.
The Club Mediterranée website (http://www.clubmed-jobs.com)
gives details of jobs in their holiday villages. You can either be a
GO (gentil organisateur) who take part in village life or GE (gentil employé)
who do catering work and housekeeping.
As with work for campsite operators, specific jobs may require you to have knowledge
of a foreign language..
Eurocamp (http://www.eurocamp.com)
is the market-leader in self catering holidays to Europe on holiday parcs accross
Europe. They often need for couriers on campsites. Employees
must be over 18, and can anticipate earning approximately £95 per week.
PGL (http://www.pgl.co.uk)
is a company that organises holidays for children and summercamps can be found
in UK, France and Spain. They operate from Easter to March to October and during
half terms as well.
Working for PGL as a helper or courier can earn you between €100 and €150 per week in France and board and bed is provided.
Ski Resorts
Ski resorts offer jobs for student during winter and summer seasons. In winter many candidates are Gap-Year or recently Graduated working for hotels and restaurants.
In summer a job may be to help with a University Course, keep language skills up to date or just give you a chance to be away in the mountains.
Jobs in the Alps (http://www.jobs-in-the-alps.com) recruits workers who are EU citizens. Majority of jobs rely on some language abilities.
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The French National Employment Service (ANPE) and the Center of Information for Youths (CIDJ) have set up a website in 5 languages (German, English, French, Italian, Spanish) : EuroSummerJob [http://www.eurosummerjobs.com] that provides more than 1000 summer jobs offers throughout Europe.
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You will find a lot of information with BUNAC
(British Universities North America Club: http://www.bunac.org),
a non profit member club which has been offering work abroad programmes
suitable for gap years and summer vacations for over 40 years. Programmes
include in country support and last up to 18 months. They
offer money to cover all expenses and a samll salary for the work.
It covers the following countries: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica,
Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ghana, Holland, Ireland, Latvia, Malta,
Montenegro, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Serbia, Slovakia,
Spain, Sweden.
You will find also a list of organisation that offer voluntary programmes
and gap year in the Gapyeardirectory
website or to work
as a J1 holder in the US.
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Working holiday visa
Visa requirements are crucial to your trip planning.
This section is intended for reference only. We strongly recommend that
you contact the embassy directly for the most up to date info.
In France
All EU nationals have the right to live and find employment in France
(there is no longer need for a residence permit - carte de séjour - for EU citizens
who stay in France).
Non EU nationals must have arranged employment and Visas before they
enter the country and need approval from the French Ministry of Labour.
Discount Cards
A youth card or student card can offer you a lot of advantages abroad and is
a recognition of your status. Two international cards will give you discounts
and are essential for those taking a gap year or going backpacking:
What the Cards offer:
- Valuable discounts on air, travel, bus and ferry, transport and accomodation
(gap year backpacking discounts).
- Access to over 33,000 discounts in over 100 countries.
- Reduced admission to museums, galleries and historic states.
- Access to student travel organisations in over 90 countries.
- 24 hour emergency, legal and medical help line services.
- Basic sickness and accident travel insurance.
You can apply directly online to get the cards (http://www.isiccard.com)
or buy asking your University or youth centers.
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