Hotel Careers
A people business
A career in hotels offers:
- Great career opportunities
- To suit almost anyone
- At all levels
- Working full time or part time
- Giving you rewarding Career Progression
All kinds of hotels
The hotel industry provides every kind of accommodation to suit every kind of taste:
- Business and Leisure guests
- From global hotel brands to individual guest houses
- From luxury hotels to budget hotels
- From country house to no-frills
- From trendy boutique hotels to bed & breakfast
They all have one common aim - excellent customer service!
What does a career in hotels offer?
There are a wide variety of career opportunities in hotels. Take a look at the Job Profiles for more information or read the Case Studies for real life examples.
With a job in the hotel industry you can expect:
- Excitement and variety
- Great career progression
- Competitive salaries
- Job satisfaction
- Flexible working
- Staff Discounts
- Recognition schemes & rewards
- Top quality training
- Uniforms & Meals on duty
- Pension schemes
Entry routes into the hotel industry
There are lots of ways to get started in the hotel industry:
- Work experience/job tasters
- Entry level job
- Hospitality Young Apprenticeship
- Hotel company training scheme
- Earn as you learn
- College or University course
- Foundation Degree
- Modern Apprenticeships
- National Traineeships
- Hotel graduate programmes
Read the Case Studies for real life examples of how some people started their careers in hospitality or read more information on useful qualifications for the hospitality and catering industry.
What are the qualities needed?
You will need to be:
- Adaptable & approachable
- Committed & communicative
- Dynamic & driven
- Energetic & enthusiastic
- Flexible & friendly
- Outgoing & open
- Sociable & sincere
- Motivated & measured
- Team Leader & team worker
But overall you'll need a passion for people!
What about qualifications?
In addition to possessing great People Skills, you can obtain qualification through:
- School and college based courses
- University courses
- Professional qualifications
- Skills-based qualifications
- International qualifications
See our Resources section for details of where to find out more information or read more information on useful qualifications for the hospitality and catering industry.
Training & development
There’s always the opportunity to develop new skills by:
- On-the-job training
- Mentoring
- Professional qualifications
- Practical qualifications
- International training
Career progression
Your career will progress in a multi-skilled environment, providing you with:
- Transferable skills
- Diversification
- Rapid internal progression
- Recognition of your potential
- Rewards
- Job satisfaction
- Success for you and your company
What’s it like working in a hotel?
A career in the hotel industry can provide many opportunities and can be very different from other industries:
- Challenging but comfortable
- Stimulating but secure
- Exciting and energetic
- Rewarding and reassuring
- Learn from experience
- Interacting with customers
- Every day is different
- Meeting new people
- Develops confidence
- Grow as a person
- No set routine
- FUN!
Take a look at Case Studies for real life examples of careers in hospitality.
Hotels need people like you!
View the Job Profiles for more information or read the Case Studies for real life examples of how some people started their career in hospitality.
Look at some of the great hotel companies you could be working for in Company Profiles.
Start your career now in the hotel industry!