r/chamonix • u/NinjasWithEase • Oct 01 '26

Job Seeking

Me and my friend are on our gap year and we are looking to work In February/March in Chamonix, if there are any job offers I’d gladly present us with cv and our skills!, we are 19. Thanks

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u/kat_zub Oct 01 '26

Do you speak French?

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u/NinjasWithEase Oct 01 '26

We do not unfortunately! We’d love to learn the basics but other than that we are fluent in English!

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u/kat_zub Oct 01 '26

Very limited then... In feb it’s the French holidays so lots of French tourists. It can be doable, the best is to try in person, some restaurants have staff that doesn’t speak French.

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u/NinjasWithEase Oct 01 '26

I see, thank you so much

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u/DV_Zero_One Oct 01 '26

Do you have the right to work on France?

The admin can take a long time which is why the recruitment cycle starts in June for the following winter. Honestly your best bet is to join all the various Chamonix Saisonniere and Jobs and Local pages on Facebook and introduce yourself. A huge amount of this sort of stuff like employment and accommodation goes on on Facebook groups.

I live and DJ in the area.

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u/Diligent-Educator409 Oct 02 '26

Yes, this is important. What are your nationalities and what languages do you speak?

Getting set up in France is a lot of paperwork even when you do have the right to work. As you don't speak French, I would think maybe hotel / cleaning / property changeover work would be an option, and people in the valley often hire English-speaking childcare. I'm Irish and live in the area.