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Welcome to the World of Hospitality Management

By Craig Friesen
craig.friesen@careertrainingdirectory.com
Career Training Directory Columnist

Do you have what it takes to manage a hotel or restaurant? How would you know if you did? Do you want to seek out hospitality management jobs? Finding answers to these kinds of questions might be all that you need to embark on a hospitality management career.

Hospitality management schools can provide the essential training you will need to be successful at whatever hospitality management career you decide on. Requirements for hospitality management jobs will likely either include a degree in a hospitality management field or a liberal arts degree combined with related experience.

What is a Hospitality Management Career?

Hospitality services can be found at restaurants, hotels, resorts, and at almost any place where tourism flourishes. Behind every clean room, resort package, or dinner menu is someone who made that service possible either directly or indirectly.

Hospitality management jobs can include administrative duties but often require interaction with clients and employees. People who have good leadership skills and interact well with others can do well in a hospitality management career.

Deciding Which Hospitality Management Jobs to Aim For

Unless you already know which branch of hospitality management you want to work in, finding a hospitality management school with a variety of degree or course options might be the way to go. Colleges and universities may offer undergraduate as well as graduate degrees in hospitality management.

Your hospitality management career can also be enhanced with additional courses, seminars, or certification in specialty areas. You may find that some of the course requirements are similar whether you are studying for a hospitality management career in hotels, a culinary position, or more broadly for tourism. Some hospitality management school programs may offer work placements while you study which can give you a real edge by providing excellent experience and employment contacts.

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Hospitality Management Careers

About the Author

Craig Friesen is a freelance writer living in British Columbia, Canada. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from University of Manitoba and a Master of Divinity degree from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana.

Posted on: October 17, 2005