Employment opportunities during the summer for students from Europe (San Diego: ski resorts, find a job)

[Internazionale]

Hello

I am a student from Europe and I am trying to come to San Diego this summer. Main condition for obtaining a visa is filled job offer from some company.

I have sent many e-mails but there are few answers and nothing concrete. I tried to contact Seaworld and Zoo but with no luck.

I was wondering can someone recommend me some restaurants, bars, shops, museums or something similar where they will need temporary workers during the summer? It's really hard to find a job for 3 months when I am so far away.

Thank you!

[sandiegoguy22]

im gonna save you some time - the economy here is beyond terrible. minimum wage jobs have 100s of applicants. there's plenty of people that dont have/get jobs for over a year, im talking about minimum wage jobs. temporary or permanent, doesnt matter.

i dont think you'd get a job here. if u wanan spend your summer in california, u should try other cities.

but wait for more replies, maybe they have something positive to say about this sorry ass piece of **** excuse for an economy

[earlyretirement]

Yeah, I agree that San Diego will probably be tough. I'm not sure if the mountain ski resorts in other cities are all open during the summer. I know some of them are in Colorado (we went to Breckenridge last summer and they had summer activities).

We went to Lake Tahoe a few weeks ago and many of the employees were from Argentina and other foreign countries. I know many resorts typically hire people from other countries but really low wages I'm sure.

Also, try Disneyland and those type of theme parks. I had several friends when I was living abroad and they all were sponsored to come and work for the summer or several months out of the year. So you might want to try them.

[Internazionale]

A few friends are also planning to visit San Diego during the summer so I hope we will manage to find something. I know that last summer there were many students from Europe in San Diego.

I know that I will be probably working a job with minimum salary but it doesn't matter. I would like to improve my English and learn something new about USA and Americans. I think I'll be able to survive for 3 months.

I still hope someone will contact me. Perhaps even someone from this forum.

[tonyinsd]

If your goal is to focus more on getting exposed to American culture and improve your English and you've got enough money to pay the bills for a few months, do it.

Consider it a semester abroad and if you find a job, great. If not, well, you expect to be spending money during your semester abroad so no problem.