| More and more hotels prefer that their employees | | | | business, food service, catering and even hotel |
| have additional education, especially for management | | | | engineering positions. |
| positions. While most hotels want their managers to | | | | After graduation, most college students start as |
| have a degree in hotel or restaurant management, | | | | assistant managers and move their way up when |
| many will also accept a liberal arts degree if it is | | | | they gain more experience. An increasing number of |
| combined with enough experience. Completing an | | | | bigger hotels have created special on site training |
| internship, working part-time or during the summer at a | | | | programs that take trainees through all the |
| hotel is vital to those seeking degrees in the hospitality | | | | departments so they know every aspect of the hotels |
| field. The on the job training that is received is | | | | operations. There are also tuition reimbursement |
| invaluable to graduates and give them great business | | | | programs for those employees who want to get a |
| contacts for their job search. A majority of 4 year | | | | degree in a hospitality related field. New hotels, |
| degree programs offer work study to fulfill this need. | | | | especially one with well established training programs |
| Previously most management positions were fulfilled | | | | want to hire experienced managers at first but will |
| from within the hotel by promoting from the lower level | | | | eventually open positions for those less experienced. |
| positions. While it is still possible to advance in this | | | | There are going to be more opportunities for jobs and |
| manner with out any formal education after high | | | | advancement into management positions at the larger |
| school, a degree is a great advantage over the | | | | hotels and motel chains. Little independent |
| competition. If you have restaurant experience and | | | | establishments just do not have as many opportunities |
| training, it will also give you a great advantage. This is | | | | to offer. However larger hotel and motel chains do |
| because a hotels food and beverage services are a | | | | often require their managers and assistance managers |
| huge part of their operations. | | | | to relocate every few years. The larger hotel and |
| Hundreds of different schools currently offer various | | | | motel chains are going to have a more extensive |
| degree programs in hospitality careers. Depending on | | | | career ladder to be climb. At the top of these ladders |
| your career plan you can obtain an associates, | | | | there are some of the most lucrative management |
| bachelors and graduate degree. That is not including all | | | | positions when compared to any business industry. |
| the technical and vocational institutes that offer | | | | While the higher you go the more responsibilities you |
| certificate programs as well. These degree and | | | | undertake, the more money, benefits and perks you |
| certifications are in a wide range of careers such as | | | | will receive. |
| various management, administration, accounting, | | | | |