Business Travel Jobs
Travel Jobs: Adventure Ambassador for Fresh Tracks Travel
Want to travel for work, but you’re just not the savvy business person? Don’t we all. Fresh Tracks Travel has a heck of a “job” for adventurous travelers out there. Okay, it’s more of a free trip than an actual job, but certainly worth looking in to if you have big plans coming up.
Fresh Tracks Travel is based in Vancouver, Canada, and is an independent travel and adventure company. My kinda people. They are looking for people to fill the roll of Adventure Ambassadors, which …
Date: September 6th, 2007 |
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Travel Jobs: BootsnAll Travel Network is Hiring
BootsnAll Travel Network (of which the Business Travel Logue is a tiny fraction) is hiring. No, it isn’t a traditional TRAVEL job, but you do get to work with the BEST independent travel network in the universe. The company is looking for a Web Project Manager and Developer. This is your opportunity - carpe the diem…
What will the job be:
- Managing a team of overseas developers.
- Designing and planning databases.
- Final QA and implementation.
- Coding on development projects.
- Participate in the technical planning …
Date: May 26th, 2007 |
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Work for a Company that Cares - 2007 Company Honor Roll
Companies that Care judges companies based on 10 criteria to determine how well they treat employees. The companies that achieve the Honor Roll are the top 35 caring companies as determined by the organization. If you’re looking for a travel job for a company that will treat you right, you might want to check out the list.
According to Marci Kolbez, founder of the center, “Some employers were concerned about the well being of their employees and it permeated everything they did. In those organizations the employees felt it and they really aligned their own values with those of the company. You could see they tried hard to make the business successful because they felt the business was trying hard to help them be successful.” Wow, you mean some people have jobs where they WANT to be because the company treats them WELL? Apparently so. I think it’s glaringly obvious that if you take care of your people, your people will take care of you but many, many employers (like my last sales employer) seem to have trouble understanding that concept.
Anyway, here they are. The 2007 Center for Companies that Care Honor Roll. The companies on the list spent 12 to 15 hours filling out applications to be considered for this honor. If they’re on this list, it’s because they really made an effort to be. If a company isn’t on this list, it doesn’t mean it isn’t a fantastic place to work. They may just be unfamiliar with the center or not have turned in an application.
Date: April 10th, 2007 |
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Travel Job: MySpace and New York Times Jounalism Internship in Africa
My Space and the New York Times are working together to offer the second annual “Win a Trip with Nick” African reporting competition. This essay competition will allow one college student and one middle or high school teacher the opportunity to travel to Africa with the Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Nick Krisof in June. This is a HUGE opportunity for any person who fits the limited criteria and who would like to pursue a career in travel journalism in the future.
MySpace is creating a customized community to “engage users in the contest and offer video from the expedition, raising awareness about the challenges facing strife-ridden African nations.”
“Traveling through Asia and Africa when I was in college was a turning point in my life,” said Kristof. “My hope is that the student and teacher who join me this summer will be similarly affected and will share their discoveries about Africa and its people with their peers and their students.”
Date: March 16th, 2007 |
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Travel Jobs: Sports Reporter for Major League Baseball
Sports Reporter jobs let you travel and watch baseball - at the same time. Who could ask for anything more? MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, is hiring freelance and full-time columnists to cover the 2006 season.
What do you do? Write columns for your team from live games around the country; report off the field news with respect to the team; non-column writing (not sure what that means); factual/intelligent reporting; analyze and provide commentary; represent the company in a professional manner (so no acting like …
Date: February 6th, 2007 |
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The Business Travel Widget
Can’t get enough of the Business Travel Logue? Well, now you can have your very own BTL widget on YOUR website! Thanks to the brains behind the operation, a Business Travel Logue widget is now available. This handy tool will allow you (and others) to keep up to date on all of the latest business travel news.
Get it here and feel free to plaster me all over the web.
Date: June 30th, 2007 |
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Travel Jobs: Airline Pilot
This is a guest post from my amigo, Captain Steve, who is a loyal member of the BootsnAll Travel Network. He has been a pilot for sometime and is WAY better qualified than I am to tell you what you need to do to get in the biz.
Ah, the life of a professional airline pilot – anyone who’s seen the movie “Catch Me If You Can” knows it’s a life of ease and glamour, right? Yes, it can be that way, but as with most things, the reality is …
Date: May 13th, 2007 |
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Travel Jobs: Behavioral Interviews
Behavioral interviews are the trend of the time in human resources. To put it nicely, this interview style is a load of crap.
I’m happy to tell you my recent job search and subsequent training have come to an end. I am happily installed in my new profession and place of residence in Newark, New Jersey. That being said, it was hell just trying to find a travel job.
For those of you who are now on your search for employment that extends beyond the borders of a cubicle in an office, I’m afraid you’ll encounter the above mentioned behavioral interview method. I’m sorry for that. The problem with this style is that it is not in fact determining the best candidate for the job but only the biggest B.S.er in the interview group. I’m not saying the questions asked aren’t a valid indicator; I’m saying the method is bad. Interviewees are put under pressure to come up with a stellar response on the fly. That’s an important trait if you’re planning on a sales career, but it isn’t really necessary for most jobs. Many well qualified candidates are slipping through the cracks because they didn’t come up with a great “Name a time you went above and beyond the call of duty” response, even though they may have actually gone above and beyond the call of duty on many occasions. It’s just hard to come up with the best response under that kind pressure. Does that indicate a person can’t ACT under pressure? Of course not. Just like having an argument with your boyfriend, these applicants think of the BEST responses when they’re brushing their teeth that night - after it’s just too late.
Date: March 18th, 2007 |
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Chivas Life Ambassador - Chicago Auditions
Chivas Regal will hold open auditions for the Chivas Life Ambassador positions that I mentioned a while back in Chicago on February, 24, 2007. Just a little update for those of you in the Midwest. The audition will be held at 170 West Ontario Street, Chicago. Bundle up and make your way through the snow. I think it’s worth it.
Even if you don’t think you want to be a Chivas superstar, you can still join the Chivas Circle club and attend some pretty hot events at …
Date: February 16th, 2007 |
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Travel Job: Spring Break Blog in Mexico
If you’re looking for a travel job to fund you spring break shenanigans this season, look no further…Business Travel Logue has you covered. Listen up: If you happen to be the one spring breaker in a million who can lay off the free shots long enough to run your spell check, TPN Events, located in Seattle, Washington, is searching high and low for the perfect someone to write the spanking new Spring Break Blog. Whadda ya’ get? FREE AIRFARE from the continental United States, FREE accommodations and a …
Date: February 1st, 2007 |
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