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About the company

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What you can expect working for First Choice

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About the company

 

First Choice Holidays PLC is a leading international leisure travel company. It operates from 16 countries and employs nearly 14,000 people across its many brands.

The Group operates in four Sectors each offering a particular type of leisure travel experience. It could be a two-week holiday in the Mediterranean or Florida, a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, sailing in the Caribbean, a cultural tour in Egypt or booking a hotel for a weekend away. First Choice can satisfy all these leisure travel needs and more.

Operating in a fast changing marketplace, First Choice believe they are leading the way in providing innovate, differentiated, leisure travel experiences for their customers.

As one of Britain’s leading leisure travel companies First Choice are passionate about giving their customers an experience which leaves them wanting to travel with them time and time again. To achieve this, their people put the customer first in everything that they do, constantly aiming to exceed their expectations. This service ethos extends further than just to those of them that directly deal with external customers, it also applies internally. If this sounds like something that you want to be part of – you may want to consider a career with us! 

To ensure that First Choice offer their customers what they want, they carefully research their needs and desires to be able to offer matching destinations, properties, products and services. First Choice continually audit, review and improve their offering to ensure that it’s the very best. At First Choice they think of themselves as innovative and do things a little bit different (and better!). As a result many of their products and services are exclusive to them - something which they are very proud of.

If you want to unlock your true potential in a market leading leisure travel company, First Choice is the ideal place. Join them in a role overseas, and you can look forward to the excellent training and support needed to guarantee every guest enjoys a holiday to remember. Whether you're careering down a slope in the Alps or soaking up the sun in the Med, you'll have the chance to explore a new country and culture.

All of First Choice's overseas positions are 100% hard work but you'll have fun too! You'll quickly see that you'll face plenty of challenges and will need to think on your feet. But if you thrive in a fast pace environment, you can look forward to some amazing experiences and genuine job fulfilment. If things go well during your first season with First Choice, you can apply for year round opportunities. Who knows, you may decide that you enjoy it so much that you wish to develop a long-term career with them - many before you have, and they are now in senior positions across First Choice.

 

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Positions they recruit for

 

Resort Representative

 

To be a success as a First Choice resort representative, you’re no shrinking violet, love meeting new people and of course, enjoy exploring new cultures and environments. It’s also important that you have excellent sales skills as well as an energetic approach – it’s a hectic but very rewarding job. It’s also important that you are calm and have the ability to deal with unexpected situations professionally, and you’re as comfortable building a rapport with customers as you are with suppliers.

You need to be highly organised and adaptable with excellent communication skills, ideally having previous experience working overseas.

 

To apply for this position you must meet the following minimum requirements:

 

g At least 1 years customer service experience

g Sales experience

g Able to speak a second language is desirable

 

 

Children's Representative

 

Could you rise to the challenge of entertaining children on holiday? If you combine a flair for inventing and delivering fun-filled activities with a responsible attitude, First Choice will give you the support to succeed.

 

To apply for this position you must meet the following minimum requirements:

 

g have at least two years' practical experience with groups or children or a relevant childcare

      qualification

 

 

Entertainers


As the star of First Choice's Holiday Villages or Family plus units, you’ll be responsible for keeping all their guests well entertained. When not taking centre stage you’ll be out and about making yourself known, helping everyone join in the fun. By day, you’ll be presenting a full and varied programme of family focused activities. By night, you’ll be centre stage – performing in shows, acting as host or compere. Ideally you’ll have a performing talent such as vocalist, dancer, comedian or speciality act, however, you may also have a talent in sports, DJ- ing or sound and lighting operation. Aged over 18, you’ll be as mature on stage as off.

To apply for this position you must meet the following minimum requirements:

 

g 6 months customer service experience

g   Entertaining experience

 

 

Resort Administrators


It will be down to you to make sure that everything works like clockwork. You’ll provide an efficient support system by helping to download, process and distribute rooming and transfer lists, in addition to liaising with hoteliers, suppliers and resort staff.

 

To apply for this position you must meet the following minimum requirements:

 

g Computer literate

g Good organisational skills

g Have a good knowledge of a second European lanugage

 

 

Ski Resort Representative


As a ski resort representative, you’ll be organising lift passes, ski school and lessons, a varied and enjoyable evening entertainment programme and giving advice to our customers on how they can get the most of their holiday. You’ll also be motivated by sales, have some ski or snowboarding experience and, ideally, a second language.

To apply for this position you must meet the following minimum requirements:

 

g Previous sales experience

g Previous ski or snowboarding experience

g Able to speak a second language is desirable

 

 

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What you can expect working for First Choice

As an employee of First Choice, apart from a competitive salary based on your skills and experience, you’ll be able to enjoy an excellent range of benefits. First Choice recognise that everyone is different, which is why they have a such a wide range of benefits on offer.

As a leisure travel company they know how important holidays are and we have a number of benefits encouraging their employees to make the most of their products and services at low prices, for example through holiday concessions and discounts. In many areas they also offer a range of benefits that can further improve your lifestyle, including interest-free loans for season tickets, childcare vouchers and discounted healthcare, to mention but a few.

At First Choice you’ll also be rewarded in many other ways – they offer lot’s of opportunities for professional growth and development and where possible they aim to provide flexible arrangements for an improved work-life balance.

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