| The hotel industry is part of the wider hospitality | | | | training and get the specific training needed for the |
| industry that includes tourism, event planning, | | | | job. |
| transportation and food service. Hotel jobs range | | | | 2. Take a course. There are many nationally and |
| from housekeeping, waiters and waitresses, porters, | | | | internationally recognised courses that you can do |
| cooks, management, marketing and human resources. | | | | that are relevant to the hotel industry. More |
| Below are three ways you can get a hotel job and | | | | specifically there are colleges that specialise in |
| start a career in the industry. | | | | hospitality courses and even offer placements after |
| 1. Start as an apprentice. One of the best ways is to | | | | the training. This is very useful as it can save you the |
| just apply for an opening and learn on the job. The | | | | time and effort needed in looking a job. |
| advantage with this is that you save years that | | | | 3. Submit an application. There are many hotels |
| would have been spent going to school to study and | | | | across the globe and many coming up every year. If |
| use that time to get work experience which is very | | | | you want a hotel job it is good to send your |
| useful nowadays. It may mean you start small but if | | | | Curriculum Vitae to the different hotels available in |
| you are a good learner and are seriously considering a | | | | your country and let friends and family know that |
| career in the industry it is well worth it. Also you may | | | | you are looking for a hotel job. And it is much easier |
| find that the hotel is willing to train you in-house and | | | | for you to find a hotel job if you have already |
| also send you on a training course in some specific | | | | worked in some area of the travel and tour industry |
| field and so you can even end up saving money on | | | | and you have qualifications in the industry. |