need a little info here...
i'm a college grad looking to move to vi's in april (gotta get off the mainland) anyways, i have a lot of experience working at resorts in the recreation department..... windsurfing instructor, kayak tour guide, and snorkling guide. any jobs available that i might be interested in (not real picky, just need some kind of income at first.... main concern is housing! any help or info would be sweet.
Hello Doug,
If you go to the search feature on this board you will find a couple similar post, with good informaiton on them.
Yes you can find jobs in the recreation field and recreation in resorts.
Housing, you might want to stay in a b&b type set up for a week or two, then look for an apartment. Pick up an Island Trader when you get there, that newspaper has listings for apartments. (That is for St. Thomas.) St. John housing will be lots more difficult. St. Croix will also have oppurtunities for recreation type jobs as well as St. John, but St. Thomas has more options for this, and will probally lend for an easier atomosphere for a young grad to move to. (St. Thomas is a bit busier then St. John and St. Croix.)
--Islander
Thanks a lot for the help... Can you think of any resorts off-hand that have pretty 'big' recreation departments (ie watersports). If not, thanks again for the help.
Doug
Dou: The bigger resorts have watersports programs: Frenchman's Reef, Renaissance, Sapphire, Sugar Bay, Bolongo, etc. Some of them are concessionaires, so you would need to wander around and network. There are also some other possibilities like the parasail, kayak and sail operators, etc. These are all going to be face to face contacts...
Doug, you are welcome.. 🙂
As East Ender already has filled you in, the resorts and hotels will be the places to get jobs in water sports. If you know anything about sailing and boating there are quite a few charters as well.
--Islander
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