Savvy Hotelier

There are thousands of career options in the hospitality industry , w here do you begin? How do you figure out what to do? Some of us know what we want but many of us don’t. I didn't know back when I was a student just like you. This is for hospitality and tourism students that do not know what they want to do and don’t know where to start with trying to figure it out. Forget about the plan When you’re interested in a little bit of everything and don’t know what you want to do, it is really hard to know where to begin. Old school career advice isn’t helpful either. “Decide on your 5 and 10-year career goals and make a plan to get there.” How? How do you figure it out? It’s helpful when you know you want something specific. But if you’re starting from scratch, you’re young and don’t have any experience , it’s the worst career advice ever. A 5-year plan is such an outdated concept. It only applies to a small % of people that know exactly what they want to do and doesn’t really wor...

  Do you have the " perfect " resume template? Does it even exist? No, it doesn't. Because regardless of what template you use, you are not going to get a callback for an interview if the content of your resume is bad. BUT the way your resume looks is still really, really important. Why is resume layout and design so important? Because within the first 3 seconds, the recruiter decides if your resume is worth reading. What can you see within 3 seconds of glancing at a document? These 5 things: If the content is evenly placed If it is professionally-looking If there are any outliers in the fonts or margins What the sections of the resume are If the colours you used are appropriate And plenty of other subconscious things that vary from person to person. It's the combination of all of those things that make or break that first 3-second impression. This ultimately decides if your resume will be read or discarded. A short moment for a recruiter with 200 applicants, an im...

  As a student, you’re probably thinking of revenue management and finance as one of the same. Categorised as something like “math” or “numbers” in your mind. But have you considered them as a career option? Probably not. After all, you started studying in hospitality because you wanted to work with people and have a personal interaction with customers, not to sit behind a desk looking at excel spreadsheets. I was the same when I was a student. Even though I was good at the “math” and “numbers”, I didn’t see myself doing anything like that. Or maybe I was never presented this as an opportunity? 🤔 Well, here is your opportunity. I wrote this post so that you know that finance and revenue management are totally feasible options for your future in the hospitality industry. Finance and revenue management definitions Finance and revenue management are not the same. Very different in fact. Their jobs are not all just about excel spreadsheets, there is a whole lot of relationship manag...

  If you're a student and struggling to understand, what is really networking and how to do it , this is for you. When I was a hospitality student like you I was told networking is important in getting jobs and building a career. But I had no idea what that meant! What do you do when you “network”? Today I am sharing it all with you. Networking 101 for hospitality students AND the best tips for networking online in the new world of 2020! If you are a more visual person, watch the video instead :) What is Networking, really? Students don’t have a lot of business and hospitality industry resources available specifically designed for them/you, that tell how things work in real life. All existing information expects you to know a lot of background to be able to understand it. It's not designed for students. I am here to break it down for you . Let's first define what networking is and is not. Networking is NOT: Just for salespeople Exchanging business cards Just done at large...