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Hi there. My name is Andrew Daffy. I'm an Recruitment Consultant for Mise en Place.
Today, we're at the RE Hotel in London. We're going to be talking about creative advice
for graduates entering the hospitality industry. Looking at some of the benefits of entering
the hospitality industry, in 2012, 75% of graduates within hospitality were able to
secure jobs within their first six months of graduating from university. It offers a
host of international opportunities in which you can travel the world, but at the same
time also enhance your career. Hospitality is the second biggest employment market in
the UK at the present time, therefore offering a flurry of job opportunities available for
graduates.
The hospitality industry offers a diverse range of sectors including restaurants, bars,
contract catering, conference and event centers, and hotels. Graduates within the restaurant
sector, for example, working their way up to general management level can expect basic
earning salaries of $50,000 plus these days in London. Within hotels, a lot of companies
offer fast track graduate programs that after certain years of service, offers you the option
to increase your salary and really move up.
Obviously, coming into the industry as a graduate, you're aim is to become a manager. Now, it's
very important to be able to know how to run a business in terms of facing the customer,
but at the end of the day, all businesses have to make money. Financial and business
acumen skills you can only really pick up by actually working through the ranks of graduate
programs, making sure that the business is making a profit, make sure you're keeping
a very, very good costs on your margins as well.
The most important area, obviously, without a doubt is your key skill section. This should
lie just below your personal information page of anybody's CV. The four or five bullet points
highlighting your key skills, you've gathered throughout your professional career. This
will include your qualifications, your experience within a certain sector of the industry. For
example, your managerial experience. How long have you been a manager for and what sort
of specialist area have you worked in?
I think the most important question that an interviewer is going to ask an interviewee
is, what was your biggest achievement within your career. This completely details the experience
that you've had and it completely highlights the skills that you've got. It gives evidence
that you're customer focused, that you can actually manage a team, and of course, the
most important part that you can once again keep a cool head working under pressure. Make
sure that you are prepared on this question as it will completely decide whether or not
you get the job.