SAS Job Opportunity en Español
Formulario de Solicitud de SJO

SAS Job Opportunity (SJO) Program.

SAS offers a wide range of services for all needs, combined with those offered by the Centro Cultural Turístico Guanín, Inc. The SAS Jop Opportunity program has been designed to help youth, in both the short term and the long term, achieve their dreams, to improve the quality of their lives by working in a foreign country on a guaranted job contract for 6 months or 1 year in a variety of areas, for those both with and without experience, and some whose contracts include housing and even food.

Jobs through this program are available in the U.S.A., Canada, and Spain.

Who can apply?

1) The program is open to everyone, without regard to gender, who is between 18 and 40 years old and has:

• A) Good mental health
• B) Good physical health
• C) A high-school diploma or equivalent
• D) At least a basic level of English conversation and comprehension

How do I apply?

2) If you fill the above requirements, then:

• a) Fill out the SJO application
• b) Deposit the filled-out application with 2 photographs size 2" x 2" (front view)
• c) A copy of your passport that is valid for at least 1 year
• d) Good Conduct certificate
• e) A letter of recommendation from a reponsible person who has known you for at least 1 year

How do I get a work visa?

3) SAS Job Opportunity program assures you a work contract for 1 year as well as the work visa for 1 year for whichever country you apply.

After having followed all of the above steps, you will participate in a presentation about the work opportunities in the country of your choice. If you qualify, SJO is in charge of providing you with the authorized, signed and sealed contract and work visa for 1 year, letting you know the positions available and ensuring you of a job in the country that you selected.

What can the program offer me?

4) SJO will provide you with all the required orientations before your arrival in the solicited country in order to avoide culture shock and lost time, as well as with information regarding the job position that you will be filling, the rules and regulations of the company, your rights, etc. We will also:

• a) Take charge of the legal processing of all your documents
• b) Process your 1-year work contract
• c) Process your 1-year work visa
• d) Provide transportation from the airport to your hotel with a staff member who specializes in assisting you from the moment you arrive, even introducing you to your workplace
• e) Help you locate a hotel for your first two weeks in the new country; note, however, that some of the contracts include housing, so those of you with this kind of contract will not require a hotel stay
• f) Provide you with assistance during your first days in the country
• g) Introduce you to your workplace
• h) Provide an orientatioon to how to use local trains and buses, if necessary.

How long will the process take?

After having completed the steps described in how to apply (steps 1 and 2, above), it will take between 90 and 120 working days to process your application, not counting holidays in the country where you have solicited work. A few work contracts take more than the average 15 days because of complications related to the visa process.

What is NOT included in the program?

SAS Job Opportunity works hard to give the best of the best service, so that our clients are totally satisfied. Everything mentioned above in section 4 is covered by the program. What is not covered includes:

• 1- Airfare
• 2- Cost of the work visa
• 3- Lodging except for those who have work contracts that include housing.
• 4- Food in the country you have chosen, except for those who have work contracts that include food
• 5- Costs of obtaining and processing your passport, etc.

English Form SJO
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