HALF MOON ENTERPRISES
PO Box 5308
Laconia, NH 03247
(603) 366–4315
halfmoonjobs@weirsbeach.com

Dear Student:

Thank you for your interest in applying for employment during the summer. We are located in Weirs Beach (a suburb of Laconia) in the central part of New Hampshire, 100 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. We are a resort on Lake Winnipesaukee, open from May through October only.

Our resort consists of: a sixteen-unit motel and twenty cottages; two large amusement arcades (with skeeball, video games, pinballs, photo booths, etc);  a gift shop and jewelry store; a bumper car ride, and two car parks.

We employ about 36 people overall. About 12 of our employees are foreign students, and the rest are Americans from the local area.

Students may work as arcade attendants, bumper car attendants, car park attendants, arcade cashiers, sales clerks, stock clerks, housekeepers, groundskeepers, or poolkeepers.

Students will not work all the time at the same job; rather, they will be trained and will work in several of the different businesses over the course of their summer employment.

Students are scheduled for a 7 to 11 hour day, six days a week, for a weekly average total of 50 hours. Typically, in May, June, and September, students will work less than the average; while in July and August, students will work more than the average.

The assignments and hours scheduled vary from week to week. For example, one or two days as a cashier or arcade attendant, one or two days as a sales or stock clerk, and one or two days as a housekeeper or car park attendant.

Sometimes students work the day shift, and sometimes the night shift, as we are open from 9 a.m. to midnight. Usually, students will work a split shift, with a short, 3-to-5 hour shift in one business, and a longer, 6-to-8 hour shift in another business, with a 1-to-2 hour break in-between.

The wage is $_____ an hour. Our company does not pay a higher wage for overtime. Students will not earn tips.

If the work agreement for the season is completed, a bonus of $_____ will be paid to the student.

Accommodations for our foreign student employees are in Clyde House, a lodging house across the street from the beach. The house has a shared living room with a cable color TV, wireless internet, and a large porch with a view of the lake. It is less than a 5 minute walk from the house to the business. Students share a room with one or two other students.

The cost of accommodations at Clyde House is $_____ per week. The rent will be deducted from the student’s weekly paycheck. However, if the student has not stayed at the house for a full week, the rent will be pro-rated on a daily basis.

A security deposit of $_____, in cash, is required, and will be due on July 1. Students must leave their room clean and return their room key. Common areas of the house must be left clean, or the student will forfeit their entire deposit.

Students can prepare their own meals at Clyde House, which has a shared kitchen with a dining area..

We prefer our students to arrive in Weirs Beach between late May and late June. Most of the students that we hire will arrive during the first week in June. Students start work one or two days after their arrival in Weirs Beach.

For most students, the last day of work will be on the Wednesday after Labor Day. These students may depart Weirs Beach on the Thursday after Labor Day. For those students who need to return to school earlier than usual, the earliest day to finish working would be the Sunday that is one week before the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. For those students who wished to work as late as possible, the last day of work would be the Sunday that is two weeks after the Sunday of Labor Day weekend.

Students may have up to six days of unpaid vacation. Student vacations are optional; they are not required. Many students choose to forego their vacations so they can continue working and earning money. However, if students wish to take a vacation, they may choose to vacation either between Monday to Saturday, two weeks before Labor Day weekend, or between Sunday to Friday, the week before Labor Day weekend. The latter week is much preferred for student vacations, as business is very slow at that time, and students would normally receive reduced hours during that week anyways. In either case, time off during these two weeks must be cleared with management, as we cannot have too many employees off at the same time. Emergency time off can also be arranged.

We have employed help from abroad since the 1980’s. Over the years, we have had students from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Italy, Portugal, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Taiwan, Turkey, Russia, China, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and other countries. Sponsoring organizations have included CIEE, CCUSA, InterExchange, ICEO, SPIRIT, CCI, Geovisions, and other organizations.

A J-1 working permit is mandatory. To apply for summer employment, please e-mail us at halfmoonjobs@weirsbeach.com. Please follow the email format described below when applying, and be sure to include all the requested information. If your email application is incomplete, you will probably not receive a job offer from us.

Thank you again for your interest in becoming an employee of the Half Moon Enterprises.

Sincerely,

Robert Ames
Half Moon Enterprises

P.S. You can check out our web site at weirsbeach.com for information on the area and our businesses. Note that in addition to the Half Moon, we also own and operate the Clyde Park and Foster Park car parks.

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