A Successful Career In Hospitality Needs the Right Management Training
by Jane Smallman
Chef School Review Columnist
Employment in the hospitality industry is expected to grow faster than the average during the 2002-2012 period, providing many opportunities for an exciting and challenging career. Statistics show, however, that if your ambition is a career in management, the right sort of hospitality management training is more important than ever.
Why is Hospitality Management Training More Important Now?
Your qualifications will affect your career success in hospitality for the following reasons:
- The Increasingly Complex Nature of Hotel Operations. Job seekers who already have the special skills required are more likely to be employed.
- The Above-average Increase in Full-service Restaurants. This has led to a demand for more highly-trained personnel, placing new job seekers who already have these skills in a favorable position.
What Sort of Hospitality Management Training Program is the Right One?
Your exact choice of program should depend on what sort of career in the hospitality industry you want; findings published by the US Bureau of Labor Studies, however, have shown the following:
- Graduates of college hospitality management training programs can expect particularly good career opportunities, especially those with computing skills.
- Demand for people with special skills in hospitality management is increasing. This is especially true for those who have undergone industry-specific training at a college, technical institute, junior college or vocational school.
- Some form of postsecondary training demonstrates that the candidate has the motivation and maturity for a career in this demanding and challenging industry. Suitable programs include a bachelor's or associate's degree in Hospitality Management or the culinary arts, plus any of the many certification programs which offer appropriate hospitality training.
If your ambition is to make a management career in the hospitality industry, take the time to research possible study opportunities before you start looking for your first serious job - it could make a big difference to your future success.
About the author
Jane Smallman runs a mountain guiding business with her husband. Her early training was in hotel management and she has worked in the hotel industry in France, Holland, the US and the UK. Following this she worked in an administrative capacity for a number of not-for-profit organizations in the UK, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the Refugee Legal Centre. While doing this she earned a degree in Social Sciences through distance learning with the Open University. After graduation she progressed to the University of Sussex as a full-time student where she was awarded a Masters Degree in Social and Political Thought.
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Posted on March 21, 2005 at 1:16 PM
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