Interview Checklist

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Interview Checklist

• Please make sure to read the checklist and answer
  all quiz questions before your interview.
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Costs to NYQUEST

• Application Fee 100 CAD. Already paid.

• Program Fee 200 CAD for returning
  participants, 450 if you applied before
  December 1st, 500 if you applied on or after
  December 1st, but before February 1st, 550 if
  you applied on or after February 1st, 2015.

• QuestionIf I apply on December 30th,2014 my
  total NYQUEST fee (application program fee)
  will bea) 500 CADb) 600 CADc) 550 CAD

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Costs to Other Parties

• Police Check Cost depends on your home country.

• Medical Examination Cost depends on your
  physician and your medical insurance coverage.

• Canadian Temporary Work Permit Visa/Working
  Holiday Permit Depending on the type of work
  permit that is available and best-suited to your
  circumstances, a fee of 155 CAD may be charged.
  This is a third-party fee charged by Citizenship
  and Immigration Canada, not NYQUEST. We will
  advise you of this if it applies to your
  circumstances.

• Flights You are responsible for your own travel
  costs to and from Canada as well as your travel
  from your camp location at the end of your
  placement.

• QuestionThe cost of the flights are included in
  the program feea) True.b) False.

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Placement at Camp

• Placement can occur at any time from acceptance
  until July 1st, 2015.

• The position you will hold at camp is determined
  by the Camp Director. You may be placed in an
  all-round/general position or a more specialist
  position, or a combination of both.

• You will have an opportunity to review the camp
  placement and you must notify NYQUEST within one
  week after your camp placement is organized if
  the placement does NOT meet your needs, otherwise
  it will be assumed that you have accepted full
  responsibility for the decision to accept the
  placement.

• You will likely be working, living and sleeping
  in rustic living conditions in a cabin or tent
  with children (campers). You should be aware that
  you will give up a great deal of privacy and
  comfort, you will work long and demanding hours
  and you must adhere to camp policies. For
  example, curfews, sleeping/living conditions,
  type of food provided, time on/off, no smoking,
  no alcohol, inappropriate behavior and so on.

• Question
• If NYQUEST sends me a potential placement email I
  will have to
• A) Contact the camp director immediately.
• B) Review the placement and confirm with NYQUEST
  that I like the placement.
• C) Let NYQUEST know within one month if the
  placement does not need my needs.

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Canadian Work Permit and Passport

• You must apply for a passport immediately once
  accepted if you dont already have one.

• You will be entering Canada on a Temporary Work
  Permit or a Charitable Worker Work Permit (which
  allows you to work solely at camp for a set
  period only) or a Working Holiday Permit (which
  has open employment and valid for 12-24 months
  depending on your citizenship). NYQUEST will
  inform you of your work permit eligibility, based
  on your placement and your citizenship(s).

• QuestionIf NYQUEST organizes a Temporary Work
  Permit for me I am allowed to worka) at one
  specific camp for the time of my contract. b)
  at one specific camp for as long as I like.c)
  at any camp in Canada.

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Health Insurance

• NYQUEST will organize and purchase 10 weeks worth
  of health insurance for each participant provided
  you make full medical disclosure to the insurer
  and you qualify. Please note that this does NOT
  include travel insurance, such as trip
  cancellation insurance or baggage insurance. If
  you are a CCUSA Australia or Antipodeans
  participant you will receive your insurance from
  CCUSA/Antipodeans and this section does not apply
  to you.

• Your insurance coverage will start the day you
  arrive in Canada and it will cover trips to the
  USA that last less than 30 days. If your work
  placement organized by NYQUEST lasts longer than
  10 weeks then it is your responsibility to pay
  for and organize medical insurance to cover you
  for the remaining period of your work placement.

• QuestionWhat does the NYQUEST insurance
  cover?a) Medical insurance only for the time I
  am working at camp.b) Medical insurance, trip
  cancellation, and lost luggage.c) Medical
  insurance for 10 weeks, which can include
  travellling.

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Pocket Money

• For the summer (8-10 week contract) you will earn
  between 1,400 CAN and 1,800 CAN in salary.
  Your salary will be increased if you work at camp
  for longer than 10 weeks.

• You will receive accommodation and 3 meals a day.

• Pocket money may be paid bi-weekly, at the end of
  each month or at the end of your placement.

• Under Canadian law, camps are required to deduct
  an average of 5 of your earnings as CPP and
  Unemployment Insurance.  You cannot claim this
  money back at the end of the year. 

• QuestionThe salary I earn at campa) will go
  towards accommodation and food at camp.b) is in
  addition to free food and accommodation at
  camp.c) always gets paid out at the end of the
  summer.

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Program Information

• Medical Examinations You will be required to
  have a medical examination completed by your
  physician.

• Police Check All counsellors and support staff
  need to get a criminal background check. If you
  have a record your application can be jeopardized
  and further investigation needs to be done.

• Agency Fee The camp you are hired at will pay an
  agency fee for the support provided by NYQUEST in
  regards to your placement. If you do not complete
  your contract at camp, you will be responsible
  for a pro-rated portion of this fee, which could
  be as high as 400 CAD.

• Alcohol/Smoking/Drugs Alcohol and/or drugs are
  not permitted at camp. Further, Canadian
  provinces have different legal drinking ages. If
  you are under 19, you might not by law be
  permitted to drink or purchase alcohol.

• Homesickness You will need to consider that you
  will be at camp for at least 8 weeks and
  therefore have limited access to email and phone
  to connect with family and friends back home.

• Spring/Fall Work Some camps offer additional
  work in the spring (April-June) and the fall
  (September-November). If you would like to earn
  extra money and start your placement early or
  work at camp after the summer then please notify
  us of your preferences.

• QuestionIf I leave camp before the end of my
  contracta) I will have to pay a fee (up to 400
  CAD) to NYQUEST to remunerate for the agency
  feeb) I wont have to pay any fees.c) I will
  still earn my full salary.

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Well done! We look forward to giving you The
Best Summer of your Life! Please proceed to
schedule your interview now.