Many young people take time off after high school to travel and see the world.
Hospitality is the best way to fund such travels. You can pick up a job
anywhere around the world. The more qualified you are, the more experienced you
are, the easier it will be to find a great hospitality job that will take you
to your next destination.
Trainees who have completed hospitality course have told us about the amazing
places their hospitality skills have taken them. When you start your first job
at a coffee shop, café, takeaway shop or family restaurant you don’t realize
the opportunities that lie ahead. You can’t imagine all the job opportunities
that are available once you have a basis in hospitality.
Hospitality teaches the importance of team work. Not many cafes and restaurants
have single- person teams so you have to learn how to work with others and the
importance of team work and conflict resolution. In hospitality, you interact
with people from all walks of life. This opens your mind to other cultures and
ideas and teaches the values of tolerance and respect.
If you’re the sort of person who likes getting up at the same time in the
morning, having the same breakfast, putting on a suit and tie, and then
catching the same train into the same office, day after day after day, then
hospitality probably isn’t for you. It involves a great deal of variety, not
only in terms of the hours you work, but also the work you do during those
hours.
Just as there is the potential for rapid horizontal movement, you can also make
your way up the ladder very quickly in hospitality. If you work hard, acquire
your qualifications get on with customers and colleagues, and show initiative,
very soon, you’ll find yourself in a senior position managing people and
projects.
A lot of people manage hospitality jobs around their study at both school and
in university. It is also a great stop-gap for when you just don’t know what it
is you want to do career wise. In our current job market, many young people
take time to find a job once they are qualified. Hospitality can fill those
in-between times in your life and provide you with an income and a purpose
The demand for hospitality jobs will never run out as long as there are people
and food. This makes hospitality one of the most stable industries today. It
also makes hospitality one of the most ideal providers of lasting and solid
careers.