Has anyone worked as a DM/instructor for club med? what was the pay like? how bout daily life? accommodation's? Anything else?
Working for Club Med
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I have, it's a blast but you do work your butt off! Hardly any days off very long hours and hardly any pay ($600 a month) but they do give you room and board and fly you down to the resort you'll be working at. Unfortunately you will not find out which resort you will be working at until you accept the job. PM me if you have questions
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Long time ago, brought down near the end of the season as relief instructor for an injured GO. My former roomate who had just graduated from college had worked all season as an instructor.
It is like any resort service job.
Downside: Long hours, low pay. As a scuba instructor, you worked early in the morning and if you were in the evening show, it made for a long day (we were usually excused from most routine work, though). Diving was OK, mostly escorting tours and teaching resort course or other things, filling tanks, schlepping gear, no different than most dive places. You always smile when on duty
Upside. Great people. GO (workers) and GM (guests) had great rapport with each other, although some guests thought they were entitled to know your life history. People are from all over and actually very cool. Most divers were OK and genuinely happy to have you along, with one or two exceptions (Manhattan lawyers). Equipment and boats were basic but well maintained. Lots of fun, like being a counselor at a summer camp for kids and grownups (depending on the club).
I did it as I was changing jobs to go back to school. Made for a nice transition. Would not do it more than one season.
I see from your profile you are 20. As far as I am concerned, there would be no better time for you to do it than now. I think you will find a lot of people your age working at the club.
While a second language was not required when I worked there, if you told them you spoke a second language they would conduct the interview in that language.
For me, it was a great experience, but a very short one. Each village has a theme song that the GO was expected to learn and sing in the show. The other night at the hockey game the song from the village where I worked was played and it brought back all kinds of fond memories. I also found I knew the words and the dance step, which I did not attempt to do.
It is like any resort service job.
Downside: Long hours, low pay. As a scuba instructor, you worked early in the morning and if you were in the evening show, it made for a long day (we were usually excused from most routine work, though). Diving was OK, mostly escorting tours and teaching resort course or other things, filling tanks, schlepping gear, no different than most dive places. You always smile when on duty
Upside. Great people. GO (workers) and GM (guests) had great rapport with each other, although some guests thought they were entitled to know your life history. People are from all over and actually very cool. Most divers were OK and genuinely happy to have you along, with one or two exceptions (Manhattan lawyers). Equipment and boats were basic but well maintained. Lots of fun, like being a counselor at a summer camp for kids and grownups (depending on the club).
I did it as I was changing jobs to go back to school. Made for a nice transition. Would not do it more than one season.
I see from your profile you are 20. As far as I am concerned, there would be no better time for you to do it than now. I think you will find a lot of people your age working at the club.
While a second language was not required when I worked there, if you told them you spoke a second language they would conduct the interview in that language.
For me, it was a great experience, but a very short one. Each village has a theme song that the GO was expected to learn and sing in the show. The other night at the hockey game the song from the village where I worked was played and it brought back all kinds of fond memories. I also found I knew the words and the dance step, which I did not attempt to do.
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