A career in hospitality

Hospitality is the 3rd largest private sector employer and represents 10% of employment in the UK, which means that every 10th person with a job in the UK somehow works in hospitality or in a related field. Like no other sector it offers many different career opportunities and career paths.

You could be working in a hotel, the food service industry (ie. restaurants ), travel & tourism (ie. airline, attraction or a cruise ship); you could be working for a music venue or football stadium, or you could work in a support function like IT, Finance, Sales & Marketing or Human Resources - hospitality covers a wide area.

Hospitality teaches you many transferable skills that are instrumental for your personal development and future career opportunities and choices.

It is one of the most rewarding industries as you work with people.

Communication skills, people skills, flexibility, and a willingness to help are the foundations that can build a successful and rewarding career nationally and internationally.

Working in hospitality opens a new world, it offers you a platform to travel with your job. Your skills can be applied at any place in the world. So why not give it a try?

Job Examples

  • Hotel Manager

  • Event Planner

  • Financial Controller

  • Group Sales

  • Chef/ Cook

  • Concierge

  • Front of House/ Receptionist

  • Food & Beverage

  • Information and Technology

  • Housekeeper

  • Maintenance

  • Health & Safety

  • Engineering & Property Manager

  • Adminstrator

  • Human Resources

  • Marketing

 

Key Attributes

  • People Skills

  • Communication Skills

  • Leadership Skills

  • Flexibility

  • Empathy

  • Teamwork

  • IT iterate

  • Creativity

  • Problem-solving skills

  • Organisation skills

  • Literacy & Numeracy

  • Willingness to help

  • Enthusiasm

Meet our commercial and Operations Director Kerian Barnes

Kerian started working straight after college and started her career as chef.

She is now Commercial and Operations Director for 20 hotels and looks after everything from housekeeping issues to employee satisfaction.

Meet Rebecca

our Guest Service Supervisor from the Hampton by Hilton Park Royal and Marketing Intern and read a bit about her journey in hospitality and how her one-year marketing placement and operational work experience has shaped her idea of what she wants to do in the future.

>>>>Read her full story here<<<<