LEARNING FOR LIFE Hospitality lets you take flight
WITH our TV sets bulging on a diet of programmes about baking, it’s small wonder many of us are tempted to look at turning a love of cooking into a career in hospitality.
It’s not only a rapidly growing
sector offering a huge range of roles – whether that’s in a restaurant, hotel, on a cruise ship, a pub, or in contract catering – but an industry that now creates one in every five newjobs in the UK. The diversity of the sector pro-
vides buckets of opportunity for all ages and abilities, to those with confidence and an enthusiasm for customer service. In fact, just over a third of jobs are offered to those under the age of 25. While the hoursmay be long and
pay levels might start low, it is an industry in which the sky is liter- ally the limit, whether that’s rising up the career ladder at home, or let- ting your new skills take flight around the world. The industry also boosts a quick progression path for the right candidates, with more people achieving manage- ment status by the age of 30 than in any other sector. Most of the chain hotels offer ap-
Pooja Kaushik is the hotel’s
human resources co-ordinator. She said: “Our HR director started out as a food and beverage supervisor and as a company we firmly be- lieve in training future generations to be customer confident. These life skills are transferable, you just need that urge to learn. “There’s also one of our 600
properties in 110 countries around the world to consider when it comes to choosingwhere towork.” The Marriott runs career events,
leavers or there’s higher or further education, learning on the job or a degree in hotel or cateringmanage- ment to think about Progression andmobility across departments is actively encouraged, as is special- ism. The Tudor ParkMarriottHotel&
prenticeship schemes for school- Country Club in Bearsted, like
many other large group hotels, of- fers staff ongoing training and de- velopment. The four-star hotel also actively encourages staff to work up the career ladder or to move into newareas,with its restaurants, golf club and leisure centre offering further chances to change direction and specialise.
works with schools, such as Corn- wallis andMaplesdenNoakes, and the Jobcentre. It also provideswork experience and placements, which are so crucial to anyone looking for a job within hospitality and has its own apprenticeship scheme. Formore details
visitwww.mar-
riott.com/careers. You could also check out the dozens of websites offering further information and colleges, such asHadlow,which of- fers courses including food safety in catering.
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