Hotel Jobs

What does a career in hotels offer?

There are a wide variety of career opportunities in hotels.

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

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

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!