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JobSpy: Spend Your Gap Year in the Pub

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 26th, 2012

Where: Paris, Toulouse and Bordeaux
Who: FrogPubs

FrogPubs need help pulling some of the one million pints of bitter, lager, wheat beer, ginger, spicy and fruit beers served each year in their seven English pubs across France.

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Popular with expats and anglophiles, each FrobPub has its own microbrewery producing beers with names like Inseine, Dark le Triomphe and Parislytic to accompany restaurant food and British sports on the TV.

Gap year students are provided with a structured training programme and health insurance as they learn lessons in greeting and serving customers, driving sales and maintaining a clean environment. Staff are need both in the bar and in the kitchen.

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Tags: bar work, bordeaux, france, gap year, paris, toulouse

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Tips for Cruise Ship Fitness Instructors: Keep Passengers Ship-Shape While Cruising

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 10th, 2012

Stop Your Clients Piling on the Pounds When They Indulge Themselves on a Luxury Cruise

Cruise ship fitness instructors know better than anyone that for many of their clients a cruise is a sure-fire way to gain a little extra holiday weight: the lounging on deck, the extravagant meals, the endless supply of drinks, it can all add up to a worrisome waistline episode once they return home!

However, with your help (and a touch of willpower) a cruise holiday can even become a positive health experience, without the need for your passengers to sacrifice the scintillating selection of goodies and indulgences on offer.

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

Tags: cruise ship jobs

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A Week in Edinburgh – Volunteer & Temporary Jobs at the Edinburgh Festival

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 23rd, 2011

Edinburgh has gained worldwide renown for the large number of events that congregate under the banner of the Edinburgh Festival. While putting on your own show is a great way to be at the heart of the festival, another option is to find a temporary position or, much easier, volunteer to work at the festival.

Along with the Fringe and the International Festival, Edinburgh also roughly concurrently celebrates, among others, Jazz and Blues, Art, Film, Books and the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo.

Posted in A Week In..., Other Work, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Volunteering, Working

Tags: edinburgh, festival jobs, festival volunteer, festivals, scotland, uk

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Reader’s Letter: Working in Australia and Cambodia

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 8th, 2011

Most of the working abroad posts we feature on The Working Traveller are researched, ‘how to’ type pieces. Though I have plenty of travel tales to tell it is a rare day when I have not been able to duck out of sight when physical labour is mentioned.

Aside from four hours tending bar in a Turkish hotel and transporting business cards from Bolivia to Peru in exchange for a free lasagne my experiences in the workplace have, thankfully, been limited. As a consequence any first hand tales of looking after the spawn of the rich in Monte Carlo or working a season in the Alps aren’t going to come from my pen.

Posted in Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Volunteering, Working

Tags: australia, cambodia, catering, sihanoukville, work in hostels

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A Week in Amsterdam – Hostel Jobs in Amsterdam

Posted by The Working Traveller on November 25th, 2011

Amsterdam has more museums per square metre than any other city in the world. Combine this with an acclaimed club culture and a large but walkable historic centre and there are plenty of reasons for tourists to visit the city.

They have even managed to turn their red light district – an area that would be avoided in most other cities – into a tourist attraction.

Though it remains to be seen how changes to Amsterdam’s famous liberal drug policy will affect young visitor numbers, Amsterdam is sure to remain a backpacker favourite and a place where many visitors resolve to stay longer than they originally intended.

Posted in A Week In..., Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Working

Tags: amsterdam, netherlands, tourism jobs, work in hostels

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A Week in Amsterdam – JobSpy: Comedy Club Jobs with Boom Chicago

Posted by The Working Traveller on November 24th, 2011

Where: Amsterdam
Who: Boom Chicago

Join the 50 great people and two jerks who keep this established comedy club running. Boom Chicago performs comedy shows around the world but it is in their 225 seat Amsterdam theatre where both behind the scenes and on stage roles are offered to English speakers.

The multimedia-improvisation-sketch comedy shows are performed in front of an audience enjoying a meal and drinks. Though kitchen staff are currently not being recruited wait staff and runners are needed to keep the food and drinks coming.

Posted in A Week In..., JobSpy, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality

Tags: amsterdam, catering, netherlands

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The A to Z of Gap Year Travel

Posted by The Working Traveller on September 23rd, 2011

If rumours of the gap year’s demise are true then this post will go mostly unread as students instead forego a break between A levels and university to avoid the rise in tuition fees. Plenty though will either worry about the financial hangover later or consider a year out a worthwhile investment in their future.

A is for… Archaeology
While a gap year can be all about living in the moment it can also be a chance to venture into the past. Past Horizons lists numerous digs around the world where volunteers are welcomed.

Posted in Camp, Leaders & Kibbutz, Childcare & Domestic, Teaching English, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Travel Features, Travelling, Volunteering, Working

Tags: accommodation, archaeology, australia, catering, childcare, crewing, europe, festivals, gadgets, gap year, health, insurance, internships, jordan, languages, overlanding, petra, queensland, rtw tickets, safety, summer camps, tefl, theme parks, usa, Volunteering, work exchange, wwoof

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Scary Work in the UK This Halloween

Posted by The Working Traveller on September 7th, 2011

Equal opportunities legislation outlawing discrimination against women, ethnic minorities and the disabled has yet to be extended to the undead. This combined with the undermining of disability benefit claims by courtroom film evidence showing zombies running has led to increasing poverty in the supernatural class.

Fortunately the Halloween holiday provides zombies, ghouls, ghosts, monsters and vampires with a few weeks of legitimate employment and a chance to vary an otherwise all brains or blood diet.

Attractions all over the UK take on short term seasonal staff for a couple of weeks leading up to October 31.

Posted in Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Volunteering

Tags: paid jobs, seasonal work, theme parks, uk

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JobSpy: South American Explorers Seek a Manager for their Quito Clubhouse

Posted by The Working Traveller on September 1st, 2011

Where: Quito, Ecuador
Who: South American Explorers

South American Explorers is a non profit organisation providing travel advice and services to their members through their clubhouses in Quito, Cusco, Lima and Buenos Aires.

SAE is looking for someone with a passion for South America and who enjoys meeting people to take on the position of manager of their Quito Clubhouse. Enthusiasm and energy are required to promote SAE and organise cultural and social events in the area.

Other tasks include fundraising, supervising volunteer staff and maintaining the services expected by SAE’s membership.

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Tags: ecuador, paid jobs, quito

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Running the Rickshaw Run

Posted by The Working Traveller on July 14th, 2011

Where: UK but with frequent trips to India
Who: The Adventurists
When: Permanent

The Adventurists are looking for someone to run the Rickshaw Run, one of the many interesting capers this organisation presents to the public in an effort to enliven our dreary lives now that maps no longer have edges.

While at first glance these people look like the sort that shouldn’t be allowed to run with scissors, let alone lead expeditions around South America, Asia and Africa, the reality is a great deal of professionalism is required to make these things happen with minimal casualties.

Posted in JobSpy, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Working

Tags: admin, paid jobs, travel jobs, uk, work in the UK

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