J1 Internships and Trainee Positions
E-JAM works in conjunction with J1 USA Sponsor, American Hospitality Academy (AHA),
in providing Training and Internship Programs for qualified Jamaican candidates.
National Program/Hourly Wage
All positions 12 months unless otherwise noted.
HOTEL |
LOCATION |
NO. OF POSITIONS |
POSITION |
DETAILS |
Hawks Cay Resort |
Florida Keys |
5 |
Food and Beverage |
Provides onsite housing |
South Seas Resort |
Captiva Island, FL |
4 |
Food and Beverage |
Provides onsite housing |
Casa Marina |
Key West, FL |
4 |
Food and Beverage |
Provides onsite housing |
Marco Marriott |
Marco Island, FL |
3 |
Food and Beverage |
Provides onsite housing |
Chateau on the Lake |
Branson Missouri |
5 |
Culinary |
Provides onsite housing March - January placements |
Essex Country Club |
Boston |
2 |
Food and Beverage |
Housing provided at no charge (males only due to housing) February start date |
Fiddlers Creek Country Club and Marco Beach Resort |
Naples/Marco Island, FL |
3 |
Food and Beverage |
6 month placements starting in November and December |
JW Marriott Marquis |
Miami, FL |
3 |
Food and Beverage |
10 days accommodation |
Pink Shell Resort |
Fort Myers Beach, FL |
5 |
Food and Beverage |
January Start Dates onsite housing |
Sorrel River |
Moab Utah |
3-5 |
Culinary |
6 month placement, Feb start dates, onsite housing |
Ranch |
|
4-6 |
Food and Beverage |
|
Park Hyatt |
Washington DC |
4 |
Food and Beverage |
|
Tides Inn, Part of the Leading Hotels of the World |
Irvington, VA |
13 |
Food and Beverage |
Provides onsite housing. April - December |
Hilton |
Hilton Head Island |
5 |
Food and Beverage |
February start date |
Hilton |
Tampa, Florida |
2 |
Front Office |
|
Sea Pines Resort |
Hilton Head Island |
5 |
Food and Beverage |
February start date, 6 month placements |
Chateau on the Lake |
Branson MI |
4 |
Culinary |
10 month placements, March start dates. Onsite housing |
Tides Inn |
Irvington Virginia |
13 |
Food and Beverage |
April start dates, 6 month placements. Onsite housing |
Gold Strike Casino, MGM Resort |
Robinson, MS |
5 |
Front Desk |
Experienced, has housing |
Boutique Hotel |
Orland, FL |
2 |
Culinary |
Prefer Asian |
Marriott Resort |
FL |
2 |
Culinary |
US $10 to start in Dec to May 1 then move to South Carolina Myrtle or HHI |
Marriott |
Georgia |
1 |
F&B Room Service |
|
Marriott |
Indianapolis |
1 |
FO or F&B |
|
Marriott |
Louisiana |
1 |
Culinary |
Very experienced - 3 plus yrs exp |
Marriott |
MN, Minneapolis |
1 |
Front Desk |
|
Marriott |
Mississippi |
2 |
Front Desk |
Includes free accommodation |
Marriott |
North Carolina |
1 |
Front Desk |
Start beginning Feb |
Hilton |
New Jersey |
2 |
Front Desk |
Prefer from English speaking countries/islands or Philippines or European |
Marriott |
NY, Albany |
2 |
Front Desk |
Excellent English and bubbly personality, February start |
Marriott |
NY, Long Island |
1 |
Food and Beverage |
Experienced and for Room Service |
Marriott |
OK, Oklahoma |
2 |
Food and Beverage |
|
Boutique Hotel & Convention Center |
PA, Philadelphia |
1 |
Director of HSKP |
Very Experienced |
Hilton |
PA, Philadelphia |
2 |
Food and Beverage |
|
Renaissance |
PA, Philadelphia |
1 |
Food and Beverage |
January start |
Embassy Suites |
PA, Philadelphia |
1 |
Front Desk |
Prefer English as first language or perfect English |
Marriott |
PA, Pittsburg |
2 |
Culinary |
Exp. hard worker, ready for the challenge |
Radisson |
PA, Pittsburg |
2 |
Front Desk |
|
Sheraton |
Pennsylvania |
1 |
Front Desk |
January start date |
Marriott |
Tennessee |
2 |
Food and Beverage |
|
Hilton |
TX, Dallas |
2 |
Food and Beverage |
|
Renaissance |
VA, Portsmouth |
1 |
Front Desk / Night Audit |
Must have night Audit experience |
APPLICATION DEADLINE
AHA host properties hire throughout the year, therefore there is not an application deadline. As soon as a hotel informs AHA of an opening, we begin sending resumes to the hotel from our data base, therefore positions do fill quickly – but new opportunities become available weekly. If your application is not already in the AHA data base, it is important to mention the positions may be filled by the time the AHA process is complete. Therefore, please view this list to learn the type of positions available, hotels and locations. We encourage participants to be open to location, but also express their expectations, for example "would love to be placed at a major chain hotel", "would like a city location" "seeking a placement in Florida". When requests become to specific, it does become more difficult and the special request fee applies.
RATES OF PAY, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
Providing information regarding pay rate, housing and transportation is difficult because each hotel varies based on the cost of living in the area, however the following outline will give you an average. Prior to an interview, host details including pay rate, housing and transportation are outlined.
Cost of Employee Housing
The majority of our host properties who do not offer their own employee housing provide 2 weeks accommodation at no cost, then the participant is expected to find their own housing. Prior to arrival the host property and participant is in communication and the host property manager sends the participant information about apartments and roommates in order for the participant to begin securing housing before they arrive.
The majority of our participants share bedrooms (in most cases, this is required when the host property offers their own employee housing). On average, a participant can expect to pay $300 - $400 per month on shared housing. Some locations will be less, some more - but this is also reflected in the rate of pay (in areas of higher cost of living, hotels pay more).
If a property does not offer their own employee housing, the participant should be ready to pay a security deposit, first month and sometimes last month when signing an apartment rental lease. Typically, the security deposit is 100% refundable as long as the terms of the lease have been met and the apartment is returned in the same condition as it was rented. Security deposit is normally equal to one months’ rent, sometimes lower.
Rates of Pay
The following rates of pay are an average:
Food and Beverage: The majority of these positions are tipped. Participants can expect to receive a lower hourly rate, and be permitted to keep the tips they received. In this scenario, a participant can expect to earn $9.00 - $11.00 per hour (with hourly rate and tips combined), on busy shifts, participants can expect to earn much more than this.
Culinary: Average rate of pay $9.00 - $10.00 per hour.
Front Office: Average rate of pay $9.00 - $10.00 per hour
Housekeeping Supervisor - average rate of pay $8.50 - $9.50 per hour
Number of Hours per Week
J1 regulations require the number of hours per week to be a minimum of 32 hours per week. There may be a few times the hours fall below this, but the majority of the time the participant should be scheduled over 32 hours per week. If a participant works more than 40 hours per week, overtime laws apply and the participant must receive their hourly rate plus one half for every hour worked over 40. In the event a participant falls below 32 hours per week on a consistent basis, AHA must be contacted immediately so we may help resolve with the host.
Travel Cost
Transportation to and from daily work schedule is the responsibility of the participant. Most of the participants live close to the hotel so they are able to walk, ride a bicycle or take public transportation.
Transportation from airport to hotel is the responsibility of the participant - in most cases the hotel will assist in organizing and in some cases assists with the cost.
Air Transportation is the responsibility of the participant.
PROGRAM FEE & REFUND POLICY
Program Fees Include:
- Placement in a paid internship
- Administrative cost associated with visa processing
- Visa Form Processing & Issuing of DS2019 Form
- Cost of mailing all documents
- Enrollment into AHA eCampus
- SERVLEAD and Service Basics Course Manuals
- AHA & AHLA Professional Certification Program
- Orientation and other pre-departure advisory services
The program fees DO NOT include:
- Medical Insurance for the duration of your stay
- Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) fee
- Non-Immigrant Visa Application at the US Embassy in your Country
- Travel Expense.
A) Pay-As-You-Earn Fees.
AHA’s payment program allows you to pay a portion of the fee in your home country, then pay the remaining program fees while you earn money in the USA. Payments are equal to $100 per month. Payments begin your first full month of training, and end your last full month of training.
| Program Length | Initial Payment (USD) | Monthly Payments During Program* | Total Cost |
| 5 months | $800 | $100 | $1,200 |
| 6 months | $950 | $100 | $1,450 |
| 7 months | $1,075 | $100 | $1,675 |
| 8 months | $1,225 | $100 | $1,925 |
| 9 months | $1,350 | $100 | $2,150 |
| 10 months | $1,475 | $100 | $2,375 |
| 11 months | $1,500 | $100 | $2,500 |
| 12 months | $1,550 | $100 | $2,550 |
B) Single Payment Fee Option – a savings of $100.00
Candidates also have the option to pay the total Program Fees in advance at a savings of US$100.00.
A $300 Deposit/Application Fee is required. If you are not placed on a job, the fee is waived and refunded 100% ($300). Once you are placed on a job the fee will be applied towards the program fees (it is not an additional fee.)
At no time will the Deposit/Application fee be refunded after the following:
· If a candidate is granted an interview and then cancels/drops out of the program.
· If a candidate wants a specific location placement a $300 “special request fee” will be charged.
· If a couple or two candidates want to be placed together at the same hotel or location, a $300.00, “special request fee” for each candidate will be charged.
· If a candidate has agreed to a special request fee and is granted an interview that meets their specific requests and then declines an interview or drops out of the program without notice a fee of $300 will be charged, plus $300 special request fee.
· If a candidate accepts a placement offer and then cancels a fee of $450, plus $300 special request fee if applicable will be charged.
Please do not accept interviews unless you are 100% ready to accept placement offer.
Refund Policy.
Refund of program fees are given when a candidate is denied the J1 visa at the embassy.
$500.00 will be retained from fees paid, plus $300 special request fee if applicable.
NO Refunds are given:
a. Once the DS form is issued
b. Once visa is issued
c. Once candidate has begun his/her program
d. Termination due to performance or rule violations
STEPS TO APPLY
Please make sure you read the program requirements carefully and that you are eligible to participate before applying. Please contact us if you would like more clarification regarding fees and refund.
A $300 Deposit/Application Fee is required. If you are not placed on a job, the fee is waived and refunded 100% ($300). Once you are placed on a job the fee will be applied towards the program fees (it is not an additional fee.)
At no time will the application fee be refunded after someone has accepted a job offering. Please do not accept interviews unless you are 100% ready to accept placement offer.
Refund Policy
J-1 Internship/Training Visa
Refunds are given under the following circumstances:
Participant is denied the J1 visa at the embassy – $500 deducted of the initial fee.
Withdraw from the program after accepting placement, prior to receiving DS 2019 form and/or visa – $500 deducted of the initial fee.
Withdraw from the program after accepting placement and DS 2019 form - $700 of the initial program fee.
To start the process you first need to register - the following documents are required for Registration:
- Completed Registration Form
- An updated typed resume
- Copy of passport, including any previously issued USA visas (valid up to 6-months after return date)
- Head shot passport size photograph (face camera directly and smile – photo taken within last 6mths)
- US$30.00 Non-Refundable Registration Fee.
- Create an account by registering online with a personal login and password then follow the instructions to complete the registration form. Upload your resume, copy of valid passport and photograph. (You can login at any time to upload additional required documents).
- After you have completed your online registration form you must submit your non-refundable registration fee of US$30.00. You can pay by credit card using our secure online payment system by logging into your account and click on “Make a Payment”). Or, payment can also be made at any RBTT Bank in Jamaica, A/C Name: E-JAM, Employment Jamaica – A/C #4410317200109647. If you made direct bank deposit you will need to upload a copy of your bank payment receipt, or fax a copy to Fax #: 876-795-0217. Contact support@ejamgroup.com if you have questions regarding payment.
Once your registration is completed, you will be notified within five business days with additional information from AHA, or E-JAM on how to proceed with your application.
