As a member of the hospitality industry, you know that every day can be hard work. Luckily, you’re rewarded for this work with the wonderful customer and guest interactions you have, not to mention the friendships with your colleagues. The hospitality industry offers something different every day and is never boring, but for some with entry-level positions, it can be stressful and financially difficult. If this is you, it might be time to upskill and move forwards within the industry you love.
The hospitality industry is flourishing, and as such, hospitality offers a plethora of job opportunities. It’s never too late to change your job or career, and this means that you have options.
The International Career Institute offers a diploma in Catering and Cooking that can open you up to an entirely new hospitality career path. The course provides opportunity to interact and learn from very successful, highly qualified and experienced professionals and master chefs. It ensures that as long as society demands food (which is forever), you will be in a profession that will continue to prosper. A diploma is one step closer to reaching your hospitality goals.
ICI’s Catering and Cooking diploma fast tracks your career by exploring:
From there you can work in a restaurant, hotel, resort, or catering business – wherever you’ll get the most enjoyment and job satisfaction.
There’s more to the hospitality industry that meets the eye, and by upskilling to include qualifications in catering and cooking, you open yourself to a whole new world. The tourism and hospitality industry is an umbrella covering some outstanding opportunities; you just have to know where to look.
The travel and tourism industry makes up 9.8% of global gross world product (GDP) and it’s still growing. One of every 11 jobs is in hospitality or tourism – so that’s a lot of opportunity to be had!
Every day a new idea is hatched somewhere in the world and a new person must be tasked with implementing that idea. This idea could be a five-star luxury resort or a pop up diner that tours the UK’s major capital cities stopping for just a month at a time. Perhaps it’s a meatless burger that tastes like meat and your job could be to get the world’s biggest burger brands on board?
The hospitality industry is resilient and adapts to the demands of the consumer. Don’t you want to go along for the ride?
Upskill today and these extra qualifications could secure you a role in:
If you enjoy seeing an event executed from the initial planning stages right through to the end, a career in banquets and conferences could be for you. High energy and fast-paced at times, you get to work with individual clients to organise weddings, galas, corporate workshops, birthday parties, and celebrations of all kinds. One day you might be welcoming 100 guests, and the next 500 guests.
Overseeing all operations is a job that requires you to have experience in a variety of areas. If you’ve gone to the trouble of upskilling with ICI, then this is most definitely you. As a resort manager, you’ll be responsible for the overall success of the resort – be it the check-in process, the resort room, the facilities or the breakfast. You’ll need to be a strong leader to be able to direct others.
Being the restaurant manager is a dynamic role that sees you leading a team of employees servicing food and beverage. If you’ve got some cooking skills, you might sometimes be required to assist out back during peak times. As a restaurant manager, you go where you need to be and jump from pouring wine and checking on meals, to delivering desserts and taking payment for bills. You oversee and problem solve, so you need to think quick on your feet.
Many environments, such as schools, day care centres and hospitals, require daily catering. As a food and service manager, you might need to move around the facility, prepare food for the day, and look carefully at client and staff needs. Commercial awareness and an idea about nutrition is key to securing contracts and staying organised.
Visitor attractions are an important part of the tourism industry and there are thousands of them in the UK, from castles and museums to galleries, historic properties, steam railways and theme parks. Roles at these attractions vary from operations manager to catering manager, depending on your skills and preferences. Motivation and passion for these places will be important.
Cruise liners offer lots of job opportunity, but the glamorous image can make this a competitive piece of work. Just the same as a resort on land might offer, a cruise liner might house a wine bar, cocktail lounge, buffet restaurant, fine dining restaurant, kids club, casino and pool snack bar. A role on a cruise could take you around the world if you let it, but you’ve got to be prepared for long spells away from home.
As a manager of a bar, club or pub, your responsibilities might include working behind the bar, public relations, dealing with accounts and ordering stock. You might also hire, fire and train staff, ensuring that every staff member offers good customer service. Being business savvy will help you stay ahead of the competition, which will be crucial to maintaining business. You’ll be the connection between the bar and the kitchen.
A caterer is hired to provide food and beverages for special events and functions and is often mobile. Work as a caterer and you could be tasked with sourcing clients, preparing food, delivering an intimate dinner party, or serving food to 150 wedding guests. It’s a feel-good job with a lot of customer satisfaction.
Why push for more
You might not be one of those people feeling the pressure that can come with hospitality, but this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look ahead to the future. Update your skillset now, be it with a diploma in Cooking and Catering, Event Management, Hospitality Management, Travel and Tourism or Marketing and you’ll broaden your opportunities should you ever fancy a change.
Gladys Mae serves as the General Manager and Head of Student Services at the International Career Institute. Gladys holds a degree in Mass Communication - Broadcast Media from the University of San Jose-Recoletos. She joined ICI in 2010 and has over the past 12 years been instrumental in providing leadership and guidance to staff and students alike. Prior to joining ICI Gladys led a multifaceted career with key roles in the banking and business process outsourcing industries.
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