Description

Participants can work in different positions and departments.

* Kitchen assistant
* Room service
* Waiter / waitress
* Barman / maid
* Reception (only with an advanced level of Portuguese)
* Laundry
* Entertainer : only during summer and always combined with other positions
* Maintenance
* General Assistance
* Restaurant

Participants normally work 38 to 40 hours a week (5 days a week). This can vary depending on the region and season. The hotel's contribution will be between ¬150 and ¬300 per month, depending on the hotel and tasks carried out.

You can combine your placement with an intensive Portuguese course, although if you have a more advanced level you can start the placement straight away.

The aim of the programme is for participants to develop their work skills at the same time as improving their knowledge of the language, learning to work in a new setting and a new culture.

Highlights

This experience is for you if...

If you want to combine tourism with work, if you want a change in routine, without having to go to the other side of the world, if you have a few months free, and you don't know what to do with them.

This experience is not for you if..

If you want to do something extreme and you associate "change" with "distance", if you don't want to work, if your idea of a holiday is lying on the beach all day.

Qualifications

Requirements
* Participants should be between 18 and 35.
* Programmes can last from a minimum of 2 months to a maximum of 6 (with the possibility of extending the programme up to 6 months more, with additional costs)
* Basic Portuguese. Participants with no knowledge of Portuguese should take a 40 hour course before starting the placement.
* Participants don't need to have previous work experience, but hotels prefer participants who already have some experience in tourism.
* All participants need to have Liability Insurance

Job Types

• Culinary Arts / Cooking
• Interdisciplinary
• Tourism

Salary/Pay

The hotel's contribution will be between 150-300 Euros a month (depending on the hotel and the tasks carried out) plus free accommodation and full board.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American, Australian, Canadian and European Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Phone/Video Interview
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Written Application

Post Services Include

• Job and Internship Network

Puromundo Life Experience's Mission Statement

Puromundo's aim is to provide you with a great range of potential life experiences in order to let you choose the one that suits you best. We offer voluntary programs abroad dealing with both humanitarian issues and animals, as well as professional internships and adventurous expeditions that can be realized all over the world. There is a great variety of others possibilities though, if you want to travel and learn a new language we offer you plenty of language courses to choose among. On the other hand, you can take advantage of our Work and Travel section if you want to earn some money out of your experience while if you are looking for some glamour take a look to our Secret Plans. Thus, our mission is to make you live a once in a lifetime experience and give you the security to count on the support and the experience of our staff.