Though the sun is high in the summer sky snowheads will be counting down the days until the first snows touch the mountain tops in the Alps. But working travellers needn’t confide their job search to Europe. North American ski resorts will also begin welcoming holidaymakers in November and will have need of a temporary intake of workers from then until the end of the ski season in early April to serve beers, cook breakfasts, clean rooms, hire out skis and staff ski lifts.

In the northern hempisphere the summer sun is still some way off beating down on us with any concentrated intensity. The duvet is still on the bed and winter coats still in use. Nonetheless, recruitment for the ski season is under way.

Though the summer season hasn't even started it is already time to start thinking about snow covered mountains and what they can do to please the bank manager.

Working out of ski equipment stores, the boot fitter is interested in shoes, insoles and their fit.

While on the SBIT website we ran all their members through Google and have linked to their recruitment pages below in a nice, quick view list. We’ve asterisked those that mention they will accept British passport holders to at least some degree.

There is some hope for British seasonaires in France if they can demonstrate strong relevant experience.