Job description:
Participants will work in a retail store in Vail. They will need to interact with customers all day and therefore the must posses excellent customer service skills and English language skills. As a sales associate, participants will be working the cash desk at the check out, handling cash, approaching customers, assisting customers with merchandise as well as helping with questions or problems. They will also be straightening the store and cleaning the store during quiet hours or before or after the store is open. Additional duties include setting up displays and arranging merchandise. Sales clerks will also need to keep a record of sales, prepare inventory of stock, or order merchandise. Participants must have a working knowledge of U.S. currency and must be friendly and courteous to customers and have excellent customer service skills.
Average hours/week: 35/40
Start date: June 1st
End date: September 15th
Housing:
5 bedroom 3 bathroom townhouse sleeping 7 tenants: 2 bedrooms with 2 tenants in each bedroom, and 3 single bedrooms. Each participant will have their own bed. The house is located right across a street from a bus stop
Destination:
Vail is a beautiful and popular ski town located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It is a small tourist town with many events and opportunities for outdoor recreation. Vail Village is a pedestrian only village with great shopping, dining and adventurous activities. However, almost no locals actually live in Vail Village, rather in the areas within a 5 mile radius and a free bus ride away. Some locals live as much as a 15 minute drive away, with a convenient $4 bus ride that runs hourly.
