When you start your first job in the hotel industry, you’ll hear many phrases and acronyms that you may not have come across before. Sue Tinnish, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Hospitality Management at Kendall College, explains that the specialized terms help industry professionals communicate. “It’s like any industry; it has its own vocabulary …
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Hcareers 2.0 and Your “Fit Score” Hcareers is excited to announce the upcoming launch of Hcareers 2.0, our new AI-powered career management platform that will offer job seekers and hospitality professionals a fast and easy way to determine whether or not a job is the right “fit” for them. Using enhanced machine-learning technology, the new platform will …
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Table of Contents More hats = More money More hats = More personal fulfillment More hats = More job opportunities More hats = More opportunities for promotion The ability to be adaptable and to align your skills with what the market needs are key to short-term job survival in a difficult moment like the one …
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Table of Contents Learn to find common ground with the people around you Practice actively listening in every conversation Become more comfortable with thinking ‘outside the box’ Learn to be more positive and persuasive Become an expert at what you do Customer service skills are essential for almost any hospitality job, whether you work in a …
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Hardly any college student lands the job of his or her dreams directly after graduation, but these days young professionals are so eager to be employed that they’ll take any job thrown at them, which can actually be detrimental to eventually land their dream job. Ron Mitchell, founder, and CEO of Virgil Careers outlines why professionals should focus on their …
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Newswire PRESS RELEASE | July 25, 2019 View Original Post Here The partnership will strengthen the next generation of hospitality workers through career mapping technology, access to employers, skills assessments and more.PRESS RELEASE UPDATED: JUL 25, 2019 CHICAGO, July 25, 2019 (Newswire.com) –Hcareers and the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (International CHRIE) have …
Harvard grad Ron Mitchel The Network Journal: Black Professionals and Small Business Magazine Published By Sergie Willoughby | September 21, 2019 View Original Post Here l has been busy since graduation. He developed the Alumni Athlete Network to help current and former NCAA athletes better connect with each other; and later founded Virgil Careers, a …
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Table of Contents Prove Your Reliability Be Cheery Do More Than the Minimum Connect With the Team Talk to Your Manager Finish Strong Almost every business in hospitality offers holiday jobs—with the end-of-the-year shopping and travel spike, they need seasonal employees who can help them meet the extra demand. There are a ton of benefits …
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Table of Contents Don’t take it too seriously Be solution-minded Speak up Remember the saying birds of a feather Attitude is everything Thanks to movies such as “Rock Star,” “Almost Famous” and “This is Spinal Tap,” we all know what it means to be a rock star in the traditional sense. However, partying all night, …
Companies hire whenever they have a need, regardless of the time of year. And, contrary to popular opinion, the holidays are actually a good time to find a job. It may seem like the perfect time to take a break from your job search and assume no one is actively recruiting, but it’s actually a …
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