How to Find Opportunities Worldwide After Receiving a Hospitality Management Degree

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If you decided to pursue a degree in hospitality management, be glad that you did. Career opportunities abound in virtually every corner of the globe. Just like education, hospitality is a career area which practically never abates. Even during tough economic times, jobs in hospitality--which comprises a very diverse field of businesses, from restaurants to bars to hotels to resorts and more--stay fairly stable. The best thing about the hospitality industry is that you can find job opportunities all over the world. Here are a few tips and resources for netting a job overseas.

1. Talk to Alumni from Your School.

Alumni connections are often the best way to get a job once you've completed your degree. Your school probably has an alumni database, which lists where they are now. Find alumni working in sectors and countries which appeal to you, and shoot them a friendly email asking for advice. They can usually put you in touch with the right people to get your foot in the door.

2. Emphasize Languages in Your Resume.

An important aspect of getting a job in a foreign country is to have diverse and solid foreign language skills. The more languages you are familiar with, the better. This is especially true of the hospitality industry, in which speaking two or more languages will help you better interact with a diverse clientele.

3. Get a Job with a Local Branch and Ask for a Transfer.

A very common way to find worldwide opportunities in the hospitality industry is to start with a local hotel, restaurant, or other establishment that has branches worldwide. Once you've worked locally for awhile, you can build the clout needed to move up and work elsewhere.

4. Leverage the Web to Search for Opportunities.

The Internet is one of the best ways to scope out hospitality jobs across the globe. There are several job search engines geared specifically toward careers in hospitality management. CatererGlobal.com is one such site in which you can search by job title, location, and work environment. My Gulliver is another site that offers job listings in the hospitality industry worldwide.

5. Dress to Impress.

When you do get an interview for a position, be sure to remember that professionalism in dress and manners is doubly important in the hospitality industry. Since hotels and restaurants often thrive on their overall sense of style, make sure you are familiar with "the look" that a specific establishment aims to achieve, and try your best to play the part.

In the final analysis, if you have people skills, if you are interested in experiencing a wide range of locations, and you are committed to excellence with an eye for detail, then the sky's the limit for you in the hospitality field.

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This guest post is contributed by Roger Elmore, who writes on the topics of hospitality management degree.  He welcomes your comments at his email id: rogerelmore24@gmail.com.

Interview Tip 2 - What You Need To Do Before An Interview

There is one thing you need to do before the actual interview, is to get interviewed. Means, you should prepare yourself through practice interview or mock interview. Very few people do it before their actual interview. By doing so, you can set yourself apart from the competition. You can get constructive feedback from the mock interviewer so you can overcome the weaknesses you will likely to have in your real interview.

You will also get fluent in answering the difficult question if you practice sample questions. But, remember do not try to cram the answers of the interview questions, just remember them naturally.

Interview Tip 1: The Most Important Aspect of Successful Interviewing

It is not your Resume, not your Degree, not even your past Experience that makes your interview a success. It is actually your “Passion” about a particular job you have applied and interviewed for. Show your enthusiasm to the interviewer. Demonstrate that you are very much passionate about the job; you are ready to take charge and positively impact to the growth and betterment of the organization.

When you show your true passion to the employer, it creates a difference which set you apart from the crowd of candidates. Employer would prefer you rather than the other superstar candidates who have higher qualifications and most relevant work experience. Hence, take enough passion and enthusiasm while you go for an interview.

Coming Soon with the Series of Tips

Alright guys, here I come back again to blogging. I was quite busy lately with my studies and job related matters. Now my exams are over and I have settled down with my current job, hence I can find enough time to write some good post to help my readers with some good educational and career advices.

From the next week onwards, I am going to start a new series of posts which I call “Every Week A New Tip”. You must have understood that I will provide a new tip every week and all the tips will be related to education, career, motivation, growth and a like. So, guys don’t forget to visit this blog often. You have a very good option to subscribe to the email updates by clicking here if you want every tip in your email inbox.

I have a plan to firstly write about interview tips. So, stay tuned guys.

Good Bye MBA With the Hope of New Beginning

My MBA course work is about to finish, only one week left. The feelings are mixed, sometimes I feel Thanks God it’s finished, but sometimes it makes me very sad when I think that it’s going to be over. No more university life, no more university friends, no more joke exchange after the class in the university café.

It is all the part of life, people come and go and the life goes on. All you take with yourself are the memories. Memories for the whole of your life.

The journey of my MBA started in January 2008. When I first entered the campus I found a new world. A new place, new faces, everything was new for me. I was enriched with great enthusiasm but I was bit nervous as well.

When I entered the class, some people were already sitting. Few looked at me but I took the front seat without looking back at them and started to wait for the teacher. It was a class of microeconomics. I still remember the guy who taught us this subject. Although he was very strict but he gave all the students jump start to their academic career.

Soon afterward, we students started to know each other and became friends. I also found some guys (or you can say they found me) and made a study group. The time started to move on. Days are gone, months are gone and even the years are gone. And now I am just a few steps away from my graduation.

I found the whole journey very painstaking. Taking a job and studies together was very tedious, but I learned a lot. I have developed my personality to progress in my professional as well as personal life. Now I find myself more intelligent and wise decision maker. Improved everything which a professional needs to have in his personality.

Let’s hope for good and I pray that we all friends should be friends forever and progress in our life greatly. God bless us all.