Seasonal Work and Holiday Jobs By Activity

Adventure / Extreme Travel

Looking to travel or an activity holiday?

There are a wide range of opportunities like sky diving, scuba diving, trekking, rafting, gliding and more. When you are backpacking there are lots of outdoor activities and gap year adventure trips with extreme travel activities.

Gap year adventure tours and career break activities can include white water rafting, extreme sports and adventure sports. Tour operators can arrange outdoor adventure holidays, big city adventure, hiking holiday, trekking and activity holidays.

Art / Drama / Music

Instruct in a wide range of performing arts including assisting music classes or leading drama lessons.

Work experience can be a good way to get children jobs, you could consider work painting, drawing, children dance work, training to be a drama instructor.

If you enjoy music you could become a music instuctor as there are a wide range of jobs in music. Jobs in the arts can include drama positions, becoming a music teacher, art teacher, drama teacher or even a career in with fashion jobs.

Summer camps hire a lot of staff for entertainment jobs, dance jobs, art jobs, music jobs, drama work and music roles.

Au-Pair Jobs

Live-in work with families working as an au-pair, childcare helper or nanny available in Europe, the USA & Worldwide.

Au-pair jobs are popular, in demand and available worldwide. They are suitable for single woman and sometimes men who are aged 18-27. They offer the chance to study a foreign language and culture while living with a family. Au-pairs typically work up to 25 hours per week over 5 days and may be treated as family members. Holiday au-pairs will often travel with a family on an overseas vacation. Work permits for live in childcare helpers are easy to obtain and many agencies will arrange an au-pair job placement for a small fee.

Nannies are expected to have formal training, be qualified and/or highly experienced and will live in with a family and take full time charge of children. A nanny job will pay a full time salary.

Au-pair placements and nanny jobs are suitable for people who have a love of children, are mature, trustworthy and reliable, non-smokers, have good personal hygiene and it helps if you are an early riser, patient and have a good sense of humour.

Bar Staff Jobs

Work in a bar, serving customers, assisting kitchen staff, waiting tables and general hospitality jobs

Bar job roles can include bar waiting jobs, bartending jobs and bar management jobs. Summer bar jobs are popular with club bar jobs in Ibiza, jobs in bars in Tenerife, bar jobs spain and bar jobs abroad.

Summer bar jobs in Europe are popular, whilst people also work in bars at ski resorts in winter. In the UK a lot of Australian and South Africans on work visas look for bar jobs in London, hotel bar jobs, restaurant bar jobs, bar waiting staff jobs and part time bar jobs.

Bar work jobs can include live in bar jobs which are very popular with gappers and travellers looking for jobs in bar work. Bar manager jobs are available after gaining hospitality work experience.

Beauty Therapist

Looking to become a beauty therapist?

There are a wide range of beauty therapist careers with beauty therapist jobs in the UK at health spas or you could even go abroad and become a beauty therapist in Australia.

Beauty therapist training and beauty therapist courses can get you work experience when you are a junior beauty therapist. Beauty therapist courses can be a great way to get beauty therapist work as you will get experience providing beauty therapies, facial treatments, waxing, skin care, massaging and nail manicure.

Beauty therapist employment and beauty therapist jobs can lead to a different health care career, maybe as a holistic beauty therapist but there are also beauty therapists wanted abroad.

Campsite Jobs

Campsites and holiday camps employ a huge number of staff during summer months and are a fun and enjoyable way for young people or students to spend a season in the sun and warmer weather. The country with the highest demand for staff is in France but campsite jobs are also available in UK, Austria, Denmark, Norway and other countries throughout Europe.

Campsite courier jobs include cleaning tents and caravans, greeting clients, introducing the facilities and local attractions and dealing with any problems such as illness. Bigger campsites also require resort representatives, nannies and childcare helpers, entertainers and sports instructors. Free accommodation in tents or caravans is usually provided.

When is seasonal work in campsites and holiday camps available? Contracts are often for full or half seasons between April and September. Posts are usually filled by Easter so it is best to apply early. However, last minute places are also available.

Care Work

Live in work is rewarding and varied, working with children, young people and on health care projects.

Training in care work is a good opportunity to build a rewarding career within Health and Social Care.

Care work recruiters hire working holiday visa participants and also provide you with full training to work with clients and the opportunity to study towards an NVQ in Health and Social Care with us covering the cost.

A lot of care work jobs are live-in, when on an assignment you will be provided with food and accommodation.

Career break

Career Break

Chalet Staff

Winter Jobs Working in a chalet on a Ski Resort

Ski chalets jobs can include cooks, cleaners, chalet girl work and chalet hospitality hosts. Ski chalet staff and chalet hosts are needed at ski resorts in winter. During summer chalet staff can find work in Europe and abroad.

Chalet work in France, Canada, Italy and winter jobs in Canada are popular with travellers on the Canadian working holiday visa. Gap year chalet host work can be hard work, but a great opportunity to ski, snowboard and live abroad.

Cook / Chef Work

Preparation and cooking of food, creating menus, assist in running a kitchen.

Chef employment and cook jobs are available in the UK, Europe and abroad.

Chef cook jobs and kitchen positions can include pastry chef, private chef work, kitchen porters, professional chef, restaurant chef manager, food chef and head chef jobs.

Chef internships and hands on cooking work placements are a great way to get cook and kitchen staff employment or to become a head chef or executive chef.

Cruise Ship Jobs

Job and career opportunities aboard cruise ships featuring work vacancies with major and minor cruise lines, concessionaires and recruitment agencies specialising in cruise ship work.

Cruise ship job opportunities are available for chefs, catering and bar staff and cleaners as well as entertainment and leisure vacancies including musicians, sports and fitness instructors, casino staff, beauty therapists and childcare assistants. Renewable contracts of 4-6months are offered.

Travel around the world and make money, work on board a cruise ship.

Dance Work

If you have a passion for dance you could train to become a dance instructor, creating and teaching dance, organise plays and arts performances.

There are a wide range of dance work placements, including dance assistant jobs, dance choreographer jobs, dance coach jobs, dance fitness instructor and dance studio jobs.

You can find dancing instructor jobs at summer camps whcih have a wide range of dance instructor jobs. You could get a job as a dance teacher instructing dance to children providing dance instructor training. Summer dance instructor jobs in Ibiza and Europe with dancing jobs at clubs are extremly competative.

Education Programmes

Educational placements can include teaching or assisting in schools with children or working on community projects within communities around the world.

With educational work you have the option to be part of an education and work placements, studying and gaining hands on work experience.

You could study abroad on a gap year, education teaching jobs and TEFL teaching with development education projects are incresingly popular.

English Language Teacher

Jobs are available worldwide for English Language Teachers, and many English language institutions run summer courses requiring language teachers and activity leaders. Teachers generally have EFL training, previous experience, hold an English Language Teaching Qualification such as TEFL or TESOL or be undergraduates on a language course.

If you would like to take a TEFL / TESOL courses, they are available in 280 centres in UK and worldwide and should include an opportunity to gain practical language teaching experience. Courses may be full or part time, duration and costs vary. Widely recognised certification includes Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching for Adults) and Cert TESOL awarded by Trinity College London.

Farm work

Farm work available includes fruit picking, agriculture work, farm jobs and farm working holidays. Each year there is demand worldwide for casual and itinerant farm workers to bring in the harvest crops. Some farm work placements are live-in and others offer accommodation and meals in return for hands on help.

Farm work in Australia and farm work in New Zealand is very popular with backpackers and travellers on seasonal working holiday visas.Temporary farm work, harvest jobs, casual agriculture positions and full-time farm work are available year round. You can even find seasonal gap year farm jobs in the UK and Ireland, with the option to get farm work experience at organic farms.

Farm and agricultural work is often outdoors, in rural areas and while the work can be hard and physically demanding you can earn cash quickly while having a enjoyable experience in good company.

Field guide training

Gain experience and a field guide course qualification.

Safari guide training in Africa and Australia are popular. Wildlife Courses and game ranger courses like FGASA are a great way to train as a game ranger and game ranger guide.

Safari school and safari training can include wildlife training, weapon handling & dangerous animal courses. Other options include tracking courses, birding trips, birding courses, bird safari's and bush experiences.

Gap year

Gap Year

Holiday Resort Work

Each year many Holiday companies hire staff to work at their holiday resorts and it is possible to find jobs year round; at alpine and ski resorts in winter and in popular holiday destinations during summer.

Resort staff and holiday company reps are required to greet and assist guests while opportunities exist for instructors across a range of leisure activities including water sports, fitness instructors, scuba-diving instructors, tennis coaches and winter jobs for skiing and snowboard instructors.

In UK and Europe big holiday companies offering package holidays to resorts hire seasonal staff every year. Those with the right paperwork or a working holiday visa can find work on the spot in numerous destinations with a sizeable tourism presence hospitality jobs, as receptionists, chefs or as casual workers. Summer and Winter jobs are also available in America and Canada where large numbers of staff on seasonal work permits are hired.

The pay for jobs at holiday resports tends to be quite low but there can be perks on offer, for example free ski passes, transport accomodation and meals. On resorts the working atmosphere is ideal for outgoing social personalities who like to work hard and play hard,have fun and enjoy helping people have a great holiday or vacation.

Hotel Jobs

Hotel jobs and holiday resort work is available worldwide and can allow you to enjoy some of the worlds most beautiful places while being paid and provided with free board, accommodation and meals. Many hotels recruit throughout the year while seasonal holiday resorts have highest demand for staff during summer months when owners rely heavily on students and foreign staff.

Unskilled hotel jobs include laundry, bar work and even something as easy as washing dishes, while candidates with good customer service skills or the ability to speak multiple languages could find a job as a receptionist or general assistant. Those with experience of specialist skills are in demand on resorts to work as resort representatives, chefs, childcare helpers or to provide entertainment.

Make sure you apply early as demand for seasonal opportunities can be high.

Instructor Courses

You could take an instructor course to get qualified in a specific field of work. These courses could help when looking for a career in childcare, sports instruction or even adventure sports instuctor careers.

By taking instructor courses you will gain experience in a wide range of activities, PADI instructor courses train you to be a qualified scuba diver where you will be able to lead instructor courses and teach others skills.

Winter ski instructor courses and snowboard instructor training courses can help you get a winter ski resort job. Ski instructor courses in Canada and Australia are popular with people on adventure gap years.

Internship

Full and part time internship programs offer the opportunity to work within a company for an internship career gaining knowledge and skills of the industry.

A lot of students take summer internships, some of these are paid summer internships and on completion of a uni course there are a wide range of undergraduate internships and graduate internships.

If you apply for a working holiday visa abroad, you can search for internship jobs in the USA, Canada, Australia and worldwide.

Jobs / Professional Work

Find employment, full time, part time and voluntary work worldwide.

Some jobs often require a degree of skill in the area you are working in, or if you are looking to gain work experience you could take part in voluntary work placements overseas.

There are a wide range of work placements available including professional work, student jobs, jobs assistants, graduate jobs and summer and winter work.

You will be find a job in most worldwide countries depending on the visa system. A lot of people on gap years take working holiday jobs abroad in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA.

Media / Journalism Work Experience

Jobs in the media is a very popular career choice, especially with students.

Media journalism jobs and interships with media companies are very compatative, a lot of people seeking media work experience opt to take a gap year abroad part of voluntary journalism projects.

When working in the media you could get to report on current events and be part of a production crew working in television. You could apply for media work at a newspaper or broadcast media, graduate media jobs or media production jobs.

Medical, Health, Medicine

Assist in hospitals, clinics with voluntary organisations for short and long periods.

When looking for health employment and health care jobs you will find a range of opportunities and medical careers.

A lot of students study health education and then take year out work placements in medical research jobs, health jobs and medical research jobs.

You could start out in a medical assistant job or part time medical jobs before looking for medical job openings and public health work careers.

Music Festival Event Jobs

A growing number of events and festivals occur during summer and huge numbers of volunteers are required to work as stewards. Jobs include everything from providing first aid to acting as litter pickers. Volunteering at a summer festival means you can gain free entry and access to events that are sold out. While festival jobs can be hard work you can get to see your favourite bands and some staff stay in a separate camping area where hot showers and meals are provided free of charge.

PADI Course

Learn how to scuba dive or even take a different career path and train to be a PADI scuba dive instructor.

At a diving school you can take a wide range of dive courses, learn to dive with an open water course, padi advanced open water diver course or padi certification course.

People take PADI courses on gap years, in South East Asia PADI courses in Thailand are popular with backpackers.

Some people even take padi instructor training and become a qualified PADI dive instructor. There are PADI jobs abroad and when you have experience giving scuba diving lessons you can instruct other people to learn how to be a PADI scuba diver.

Receptionist Work

Receptionist and Temp jobs require communication, organisation skills, telephone and computer skills.

There are a wide range of receptionist jobs, including being an administrative receptionist, assistant receptionist, front desk receptionist, hotel receptionist, office receptionist and more.

You could pursue a receptionist career after taking a receptionist course which will make it easier to find receptionist work / receptionist job positions.

Scuba Diving

Learn how to scuba dive or even take a different career path and train to be a PADI scuba diving instructor.

At a diving school you can take a wide range of scuba diving courses, learn to dive with an open water course, PADI advanced open water scuba diver course or scuba scuba dive certification course.

People go scuba diving on gap years, in South East Asia PADI courses in Thailand are popular with backpackers. Some of the best scuba diving vacations can be where you learn how to scuba dive and then as part of a group or scuba diving tour you explore the sea.

Some people even take padi instructor training and become a qualified PADI dive instructor. There are PADI jobs abroad and when you have experience giving scuba diving lessons you can instruct other people to learn how to be a PADI scuba diver.

Ski / Snowboard

Qualified ski/snowboard instructors can find ski and snowboard jobs in Europe and North America during the northern hemisphere winter and in New Zealand and South America during the southern hemisphere winter. Winter ski work can include instructing ski/snowboard lessons, assisting on ski slopes, lift operators, slope patrols and general ski resort staff. Ski snowboard instructors working in a resort can expect free ski lift passes and enjoy the slopes and social scene during days off.

A number of organisations offer ski snowboard training and courses, would be instructors should seek a course offering an internationally recognised qualification.

Instructor jobs at European resorts can be arranged via a large ski tour operator or at the beginning of a season in a resort. To work at an American of Canadian winter resort a working holiday visa is required, placements can be arranged via a number of companies.

Ski Resort Jobs

Work a winter season, find a job at a ski resort Ski jobs are available from late autumn, through the winter months throughout Europe, the USA & Canada & New Zealand. If you have a passion for skiing, snowboarding or winter sports working at a ski resort in the Alps or Rocky mountains can be a great way to fund a season on the slopes. Ski jobs include chalet cooks, ski lift operators, Ski / Snowboard instructors, shop assistants, catering staff, DJ's and childcare assistants.

Ski jobs in USA / Canada must be arranged by overseas applicants in advance and centralised agencies, booking agents or travel companies can arrange your placement and working holiday visas. Exchange volunteer programmes are also available.In Europe it is also best to arrange a ski resort job in advance by applying early (in summer or late autumn) or making enquiries a year before although you can still find jobs available on the spot in season in hotels, bars, restaurants, lift stations and shops.

Sports - Land Sports

There are a wide range of land sport holidays worldwide. Land sport instructors and needed in the UK and abroad, land sport instructor work placements and volunteer sports projects are in demand with travellers.

When coaching land based activities, from football coaching, cricket coaching, basketball coaching and more you have the option to take instructor courses.

Football coaching jobs in the USA is popular on sport gap years, summer camps recrtuit sport instructors during the summer. Responsibilities include teaching sports, leading and assisting with all types of sports activities.

Voluntary sport instructors are need in developing countries to help with community football coaching jobs and action sports projects.

Sports - Water Jobs

Waters sports instructors teach water based activities including surfing, windsurfing, sailing, yachting, kayaking, scuba-diving and kite surfing. Qualified Watersports instructor jobs are in demand at sports activity centres, summer camps and specialist clubs. Swimming pool attendants and swimming teachers / coaches are also in demand on holiday resorts, summer camps and campsites.

Water sports instructors are expected to have certification from a recognised worldwide body- for example from the Royal Yachting Association for sailing and windsufing or PADI for diving instructors. Jobs can be found worldwide and a number of agencies can organise paid placements.

Sports Instructor Work

There are a wide range of sport gap years and sporting holidays worldwide. Sport instructors and needed in the UK and abroad, land sport and water sport instructor work placements and volunteer sports projects are increasingly in demand.

Coaching in sport is a popular career with kids sports coaching, outdoor sports instructor, private sports instructor and school sports coaching.

Teaching sport and coaching sports with voluntary organisation or at summer camps are programs students take. There are a range of sport courses to help you become a sports fitness instructor and help find sports instructor jobs.

Summer Camp Jobs

Summer camps jobs in the USA is a great way to have a fun summer.

International programs like Camp America, BUNAC summer camp USA, Interexchange, CCUSA, Camp Leaders offer USA summer camp jobs and J1 work visas.

Applications for summer camp counselor jobs in 2010 are open and are very popular with students who can work during summer before going back to education. Jobs at summer camp include summer sports instructors, cabin counsellors, cooks / chefs, maintenance staff, music instuctors

Summer camp work is also available in the UK, Europe and worldwide where there are lots of youth camps, girls camps, boys camps and religious camp jobs.

Summer Jobs

Summer jobs and paid working holidays are a popular way for students, young people and travellers to enhance a CV and provide a way to earn much-needed cash while travelling and visiting new places around the world. Plus, they are a great opportunity to meet new and interesting people!

A wide range of seasonal work and paid holiday jobs are available in European countries, the USA, Canada and many other places around the world.

What sort of paid opportunities are available? Popular summer jobs include: working at a summer camp, teaching English as a foreign language, agricultural or farm work, bar work or working at a music festival.Tourism provides lots of opportunities for summer job seekers and season workers, with a range of opportunities for casual work including hotel jobs, holiday resort work, restaurant and catering staff, childcare and jobs in the entertainment industry. Sports activity centres can also be great places to work a season for those who enjoy outdoor activities, water sports, horse riding and working outdoors.

Teaching

Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) is a popular option for people seeking to learn a new language and live in a different country.

Some gap year teaching placements are voluntary, but you can find paid teaching jobs in the UK and abroad. Popular destinations include teaching in Thailand, teaching in China and teaching in Japan.

Some people take TEFL courses and tesol courses which help you prepare to be a teacher. ESL teaching and language teaching vacancies can be found worldwide.

Tour Guide Training

Train to be a tour guide, with tour guide jobs available in the UK and abroad you will be able find summer work, winter work and different career travelling.

Tour guide jobs in Europe are popular with Australian working holiday visas. You can apply for tour guide job vacancies online or direct with a tour operator. You will need to be enthusiastic, good leadership skills, organisation and people skills.

Being a tour guide lets you guide people through a travel experience worldwide. You could lead adventure tours, gap year tours become a private tour guide or even work as a city tour guide.

Tour guide jobs

Tour Guide Jobs

Travel Sales

Do you have a passion for jobs in travel sales? Does a career in sales appeal to you? From working for a tour operator to a large holiday resort there are a wide range of work opportunities available worldwide.

Travel sales jobs are available in the UK and abroad. Sales jobs in travel, travel sales marketing jobs and travel sales consultant jobs are popular with people seeking to work and travel worldwide.

Water Sports Instructor

There are a wide range of water sport gap years and sporting holidays worldwide. Water sport instructors and needed in the UK and abroad, water sport instructor work placements and volunteer water sports projects are increasingly in demand.

Coaching water based activities, from kayaking instructors, surfing instructors, canoeing instructors, sailing instructors or water ski instructors is a popular career path. Adventure sports instructors have the option to take instructor courses, PADI scuba diving instructors can instruct scuba diving lessons worldwide.

Adventure holidays being a water sports instructor at summer camps and on gap years is increasinly popular with students.

Winter Jobs

There are a wide range of winter jobs available in 2010 at a ski resorts in Europe and abroad.

Winter work can include chalet staff, cooks, cleaners, lift operators, slope patrols and general resort staff. If you are looking for winter jobs you could train to become a ski or snowboard instructor.

There are lots of winter ski jobs available at ski resorts, jobs in the alps are very popular with people seeking adventure and travel gap years. There is a need for seasonal winter staff worldwide with ski workers and snowboard instructor jobs available year round.

Winter ski work can include instructing ski lessons, assisting on ski slopes, lift operators, slope patrols and general ski resort staff. Popular ski work programs include winter jobs in Europe, winter jobs in France, winter jobs in New Zealand and winter jobs in the USA.

Winter jobs in Canada are popular with people on working holiday visas.

Work Placements

Find employment, full time, part time and voluntary work placements worldwide.

Some jobs often require a degree of skill in the area you are working in, or if you are looking to gain work experience you could take part in voluntary work placements overseas.

There are a wide range of work placements available including professional work, student work placements, graduate placements, jobs assistants, graduate jobs and summer and winter work. You will be able to find work placement abroad in most worldwide countries depending on the visa system. A lot of people on gap years take working holiday work abroad.

Popular year out work programs include work placements Australia, work placements New Zealand, work placements Canada and work placements USA.

Working holiday jobs

Working Holiday Jobs