1. Careers in the Lodging Industry
Chapter 15
Careers in the
Lodging Industry
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2. Career Planning Steps Recognize the need for career planning
Explore personal interests
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3. Career Planning Steps Consider employment alternatives
Independent hotel or multi-unit organization
Distance Learning Courses: formal education (training) programs that are available to students/trainees in remote locations.
Residential Education Programs: formal education (training) programs that are available to students/trainees at a specific geographic location.
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4. Career Planning Steps Consider employment alternatives
Large or small hotel company
Franchisor or operating company
Profit or non-profit
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5. Career Planning Steps Select: Industry Organization Segment Position
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6. Career Planning Steps 5. Accept Desired Position
Collect information about employers via networking and research
Career Fairs: “trade show”-type events which allow prospective job applicants to meet recruiters representing numerous employers in one location during a specified time period.
Familiarize yourself with common characteristics of preferred candidates
Consider some personal factors
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7. Career Planning Steps 6. Work to accomplish your goals
Permanent Placement: the first full-time position which a student assumes after graduation from a post-secondary school.
  Competency: a requirement that specifies what an individual must know and/or be able to do to be successful in a position.
Promote From Within: the concept that a company offers higher-level positions to its existing employees when these positions must be filled.
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8. Career Planning Steps
6. Work to accomplish your goals
Ethics: a person’s perceptions about what is “right” or “wrong.”
Code of Ethics: a statement adopted by an organization which outlines policies developed to guide the making of ethical decisions.
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9. Career Planning Steps 6. Work to accomplish your goals
Professional Development Activities: formal and informal training/education undertaken to provide the additional knowledge, skills, and experience to prepare one for progressively more responsible positions.
Job Rotation: moving employees into different positions so they acquire the knowledge/skills required to be effective in these positions.
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10. Career Planning Steps
6. Work to accomplish your goals
Job Enlargement: the act of including additional tasks/assignments in one’s position to provide more opportunities to learn how the position relates to others.
Inter-Disciplinary: between disciplines; involving several domains of knowledge. For example, basic business principles can be applied in organizations in all industries.
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11. Entrepreneur or Intrapreneur
Entrepreneur: a person who assumes the risk of owning and operating a business in exchange for the financial and other rewards it may produce.
Independent Operator: an entrepreneur who owns/operates one or a very few hospitality properties.
Intrapreneur: a person employed by an organization whose compensation is based, at least in part, upon the financial success of the unit for which he/she has responsibility.
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12. There are many specific reasons…
Why Hotels Fail
There are many specific reasons…
Among these reasons, the two main concerns are:
ŸLack of management ability
ŸFinancial issues
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13. Traits of Successful Intrapreneurs
Subordinates: a person whose work is directly supervised or controlled by an individual of higher rank or position.
Traits of effective intrapreneurs:
Have a realistic vision which is widely understood/shared
Have recruited staff members with entrepreneurial talents and abilities
Emphasize teamwork
Reward success; do not punish creative efforts
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14. Domestic and Global Hotel Positions
Expatriate: a citizen of one country who is employed in another country.
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15. Domestic and Global Hotel Positions
Factors to consider:
The political environment
Economic issues
Exchange Rate: the rate at which money of one country is traded (exchanged) for money of another country.
  Inflation: the economic condition which exists when selling prices increase through the economy of a country.
Cultural environment
National Culture: the values/attitudes shared by citizens of a specific country that impact behavior and shape beliefs about what is important.
  Culture Shock: the feeling of disorientation, confusion and changes in emotions created when one visits or lives in a different culture.
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16. Domestic and Global Hotel Positions
Cross-Cultural Adaptability: the extent to which one can adjust (adapt) to another culture.
Many factors can influence expatriate manager success.
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17. Domestic and Global Hotel Positions
Necessary training before departure:
Cultural awareness
Language training
Business practices
Business/social protocols
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18. Domestic and Global Hotel Positions
Factors influencing success after arrival:
Hospitality employment factors
Training
Social support
Position
Compensation
Non-work factors
Adaptation to culture
Living arrangements
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