Tiny Tots Nursery School


Hospitality lets you take flight Teeny Tiny Tots


Est.1969 • OFSTED Inspected Tel: 736270 / 630001


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.


SCHOOL HOURS


Weekday Mornings 9.15 to 3.30 for children 2to 5 years of age


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-


A very successful parent and child group. Grandparents welcome too!


Wednesday afternoon 1.30pm - 3.30pm for children 0 to 2years. (Term time only)


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-


R.A.D Ballet I.S.T.D. Tap & Modern 3 years to senior level Street Dance


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


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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&


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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.


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properties in 110 countries around the world to consider when it comes to choosingwhere towork.” The Marriott runs career events,


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-


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LEARNING FOR LIFE


LEARNING FOR LIFE Grow your business skills


GROWTHon a personal and professional level is a key aimat theKent Business School,which has more than 25 years’ experience in delivering high-quality degrees.


The school, which has bases on


the University of Kent’s campuses inCanterbury andMedway, offers tailored training programmes and strategic masterclasses for busi- nesses, aswell as a popularMaster of BusinessAdministration course. One person who benefited from


the latter is Simon Rudland, the Head of Retail Operations atWait- rose. He said: “Having studied formy


MBA at KBS, I was keen for my team to benefit from the same learning experience. Attending strategic masterclasses enabled us to lift our heads up from our own operations and look, conceptually and theoretically, at the forces and models that are at play within our industry and our business. “It has provided uswith a differ-


ent and refreshed perspective on the challengeswe face on a day-to- day basis.” Kent Business School is in the top


20 in the UK for business,manage- ment and marketing graduate ca-


Kent Business School’s new building in Canterbury and right, Carl Lincoln This scheme, called Pitch It!, has


reer prospects. As part of their work with em-


ployers, organisations are invited to provide a business challenge for student teams, who then research and analyse the issues, looking at practical, innovative solutions and then pitch to a panel of representa- tives, highlighting their findings and recommendations for consid- eration.


involved many local, regional and national businessed and led to stu- dent projects, internships and job offers. Carl Lincoln explained: “I took


part in a Pitch It! Session for Inte- grated Technologies Ltd (ITL), an internationalmedical device design and manufacturing company. The directors were so impressed they


offered me a job in sales and mar- keting and I have been working at ITL ever since.” This year, the Canterbury branch


will be moving to a brand-new building, while theMedway site is based on the Historic Dockyard in Chatham, in the Sail and Colour Loft – a building originally built in 1723.


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