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European ski industry jobs.

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-SnowSnoli-
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I know it's due to most companies having their HQ in America, but a lot are bast in Europe. All adverts/industry jobs I come across seem to be America based.

So any european job opportunities?
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Is it common for ski industry jobs to offer sponsored visas?
Nov 8 2013 2:33PM
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Nov 9 2013 12:13PM
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Rachy
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The jobs are there. . . lots of them.

There are a few issues with the HR world in Europe though. One of the major ones is that there isn't a "hub" for industry positions. European positions tend to only make it onto the companies websites and then on occasion major HR sites, but are lost in the sea of job opportunities. Another set back is language barriers. We don't have this problem in the US/Canada so jobs have a huge applicant radius. VS in Europe where a position may requirer a fluency in both Italian and German When you only know French, and German and the job posting only makes it on an Italian site.

I recall a position for Volcom Europe in which we were emailing universities to see if they had recent graduates that would be qualified when the job posting only received 9 applicants. The same position in the US would have been closer to 1000.

Nov 9 2013 6:49PM
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This is relevant to my interests
Nov 12 2013 11:41AM
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Most of the biggest brands still call Europe home so there are plently of jobs out there. Its just a case of meeting the right people and I will admitt its actually easier to meet these people working out in North America. I have chance to meet some very seniour people during my time working in Whistler and this has given me alot of very cool opertunities. So overall make sure your working somewhere top end that the big companies have an interest in. If you can try to work with athletes too, that can be a great way into a company I have found.
Nov 14 2013 2:47AM
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On this website, you could finding internships and jobs offers in Europe : http://www.aspom.com/en
It's still rather new, and most of the offers concern the surf industry but you'll still find some ski related offers, and more global offers (Monster, GoPro etc)

Hope this helps !
Nov 14 2013 6:02AM
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Thanks guys :)
Nov 14 2013 6:40AM
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Rachy
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They mean well.... it's drupal which makes me happy... But they need to invest some money into the design/functionality of that site if they actually want it to take off.
Nov 14 2013 9:54AM
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Very true about the language barrier.
When speaking English in Europe is key, it's quite necessary to speak either French or German, if not both, to work in the ski industry here as most companies have their HQ in France, Austria, Germany or Switzerland.
My personal opinion is going to trade shows is the best place to meet the right people, and introduce yourself to them. Also great to meet many people from various companies during one day or two there.
If you're based in Europe, flights to Munich for ISPO are not expensive and you'll find all the European ski industry there.
Also, they have a job offer corner with plenty of positions available around Europe.
Nov 15 2013 5:51AM
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Also the craziest place to meet the ski industry aha, I got to go a couple of times with work. When drinking with reps at 10am is standard practice you know the day is good haha.
Oh and 2011 ISPO ride had hourly pole dancers.. such win.
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