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It Is Already Time to Start Looking for Ski Jobs for the 2013/14 Winter Season

Posted by The Working Traveller on May 24th, 2013

TweetEven though the hangovers from this year’s end of season bashes have barely receded, the first ski vacancy for next season has already landed in our inbox. That’s right – even in the beginning of May it is not too early to be thinking about getting a job to fund next winter in the Alps.

Getting a ski job in the Alps in 2013/14

The ski resort jobs pages in the directory of our sister site, the Overseas Job Centre, is a good place to start. There we have linked to numerous ski season tour operators and also included links to ski resorts and agencies. A more in-depth rundown of ski resort employers in the Alps is also provided.

Posted in Ski Resort Jobs, Working

Tags: ski jobs

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The Working Traveller is Three Years Old – Here’s What We’ve Learnt

Posted by The Working Traveller on May 17th, 2013

TweetOn Wednesday, May 15 The Working Traveller turned three. Last year we took some time for reflection on what we had learnt in the first two years of The Working Traveller but the piece got rather long so it was split into two. Rather than place two such introspective pieces close together I thought to run part two close to our third anniversary, this having the added advantage of giving me a day off when this date came around again this year: up there for thinking, down there for dancing, as they say.

Travel blog birthday

Posted in The Blogpacker, Travel Blogging & Digital Nomad

Tags: travel blogging

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Landing a Holiday Rep Job

Posted by The Working Traveller on May 9th, 2013

TweetGuest Post

A career as a holiday rep is one of the most desirable roles in the travel industry. If you want to see the world, and get paid for it, there are few jobs where you can do so in such an outgoing, social environment.

Getting a holiday rep job

The first thing most people think of when they think of holiday reps is clubbing holidays. However, there are many other different types of holiday rep, and though all holiday rep roles are full-on, energetic roles, not all of them will demand as much from you as a clubbing holiday rep. This will be a relief to those for whom endless pounding dance music and an excess of Bacardi Breezer does not appeal. For those who relish the prospect of being the sober one amongst a dribbling mass of sunburned flesh and Lycra, well, good on you.

Posted in Guest Posts, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality

Tags: holiday reps, travel jobs

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Workers of the World #8

Posted by The Working Traveller on February 15th, 2013

TweetArticles and posts by or about travellers working their way around the world

Various & General Working Abroad
Who Needs A Comfort Zone Anyway? Building Character Abroad: The Employment Edition
A lack of certificates, references or experience and an excess of red tape all held MaryAnne Oxendale back in her native Canada, but in China her options are far greater as it is assumed she can swim when thrown in the deep end.

Working Abroad, Volunteer Jobs and Gap Years

Tourism
How to get Paid to Backpack around Europe
Caitlyn O’Dowd writes about becoming a tour guide.

Posted in Volunteering, Workers of the World, Working

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Work Your Way to Croatia

Posted by The Working Traveller on February 6th, 2013

TweetGuest Post

If the lure of the dazzling Dalmatian coast is too much for you, then there’s no time like the present to start thinking about a trip to Croatia. So what’s stopping you? Ah yes, finances. With a heady Mediterranean climate, endless sandy beaches and a lively culture, Croatia is a popular summer hotspot… But it doesn’t come cheap. If you’re not the best at scrimping and saving, then consider working a few easy-as jobs to help you earn your bread and beer.

Working in Croatia

Posted in Guest Posts, Working

Tags: croatia, summer jobs, yacht jobs

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The Ins and Outs of Finding Work on Tenerife and Lanzarote

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 30th, 2013

TweetGuest Post

The Canary Islands were once known as the Fortunate Islands; they earned the name for good reason. They are a winter free Nirvana boasting an almost perfect climate which attracts nearly 10 million visitors each year.

Working in Tenerife or Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

Where there are tourists in such high numbers, there are usually plenty of work opportunities. However, the issue with islands like Tenerife and Lanzarote, two of the most popular Canary Islands, is that the bulk of opportunities are connected with the tourism industry. This is fine for anyone whose main objective is to jump on a plane to Tenerife or Lanzarote with Monarch to notch up some quality sun time but it isn’t going to satisfy the appetite of travellers wanting to get to know the true character of the islands.

Posted in Guest Posts, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Volunteering, Working

Tags: canary islands, lanzarote, spain, tenerife, tourism jobs

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Workers of the World #7

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 11th, 2013

TweetArticles and posts by or about travellers working their way around the world

Various & General Working Abroad
Dream Travel Job: How Edna Got a Gig at the Olympics
After gaining experience by volunteering for other sports events, Edna Zhou earns herself a paid job at the London Olympics.

A Day in the Life of a Teen Entrepreneur
Bethany Looi is a teen who works as a virtual assistant to internet marketers.

Working Abroad, Volunteer Jobs and Gap Years

The Truth About My Time in Myanmar
Bessie Crum reveals the difficulties in her job recruiting teachers from around the world to volunteer in Myanmar.

Posted in Volunteering, Workers of the World, Working

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Workers of the World #6

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 21st, 2012

TweetArticles and posts by or about travellers working their way around the world

Various & General Working Abroad
Ask the Experts: Where Should I Spend my Australian Working Holiday?
STA answer a question.

Tourism
Finding a Job in Greece: the Pink Palace
From the Sperm-cuzzi to the naughty Norwegian cougars looking for fresh meat, Turner observes the staff working at a Corfu institution, the Pink Palace.

Working Abroad, Volunteer Jobs and Gap Years

Animation – An Adventure Job Abroad
The honest and sometimes brutal facts for everything you need to know about the life of an animator, including answering the question: just what is an animator anyway?

Posted in Volunteering, Workers of the World, Working

Tags: animal jobs, animators, argentina, au pair, australia, bar work, california, camp jobs, china, conservation work, construction, corfu, crewing, digital nomad, ecuador, film making, greece, hostel jobs, housesitting, indonesia, italy, laos, london, nicaragua, organic farms, panama, peru, photography, portugal, publishing, salta, senegal, ski instructor, ski jobs, south africa, south korea, study abroad, sumatra, teaching english, thailand, tourism jobs, travel blogging, travel writing, tuscany, uk, usa, vang vieng, vlogging, voluntourism, wales, work exchange, working holiday visa, wwoo, year in industry, zombies

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Paid and Volunteer Work Abroad

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 14th, 2012

TweetA compilation of all our jobs abroad and volunteer work articles, plus links to useful information on our other sites

Though our sites are dedicated to helping those who otherwise couldn’t afford to travel widely by providing information on finding jobs abroad and volunteer work, we consider The Working Traveller to be as much a travel site and centred on the reason we are looking to work overseas in the first place. Take away the desire to explore Europe or experience daily life in Chiang Mai, Cusco or Cape Town and we might as well stay at home where wages are generally higher and jobs more secure.

Posted in Agriculture & Animals, Camp, Leaders & Kibbutz, Childcare & Domestic, Main Features, Other Work, Ski Resort Jobs, Teaching English, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Travel Blogging & Digital Nomad, Volunteering, Working

Tags: au pair, camp jobs, career break, catering, childcare, digital nomad, fruit picking jobs, gap year, hospitality jobs, ski jobs, summer camps, tefl, tourism jobs, travel blogging, Volunteering

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WorldWideWorker: Caitlyn O’Dowd, Tour Guide

Posted by The Working Traveller on November 30th, 2012

TweetFive years after cramming her life into a backpack and leaving Australia to visit all the world’s Olympic sites, Caitlyn O’Dowd divides her life between working as a tour guide and living off season in the Netherlands.

For the past two years any day during the season can see her guiding in one or more of 45 cities in 11 countries in Europe. She has also led festival tours of La Tomatina and spent three weeks guiding Oktoberfest tours in Munich, which nearly destroyed her liver.

Posted in Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, WorldWideWorkers

Tags: Interviews, tour leader, tourism jobs

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