Hospitality Jobs in India- Positive Changing Trends

12 April 2010- Global recession is already over and the economy is bouncing back to its normal. Travel and tourism industry of India is in full swings. This makes the hospitality jobs in India an attractive option for hotel management students. Till now the traditional hotel hospitality careers were limited to such jobs as those of front office jobs, housekeeping jobs, food and beverage and chefs jobs. However, with all the international focus on discovering India as a travel destination and also to explore the staying options other than hotels as well as rise in corporate hospitals, malls etc. the hospitality careers options are widening more than ever before. A comparison of the traditional hospitality jobs options and the emerging hospitality career options can very well bring out the changing trends of hospitality jobs in India for good!

Hotel Hospitality Jobs Options

Hotel management had always been a popular career option with all the glamor and growth opportunity it provides. The hotel management jobs mostly include the primary areas of hotel operation

• Food and Beverage (F&B)
• Housekeeping
• Front Office Management
• Car Fleet management
• Sales and Marketing
• Kitchens
• Banquets and Airline Catering
• Concierge Services (special services for hotel guests)

Most of the hotel management institutes include all these primary areas as the basics of their curriculum. However, the changing trends in the demands of hospitality jobs, they have started including newer aspects like those of international tourism and planning, event management, spa management etc.

New Hospitality Jobs Options

Now, its not only the hotel industry that offers hospitality jobs to the hotel management students. Fast food chains, stand alone restaurants, corporate hospitals, airlines, spas, and malls- all have a demand for hotel management graduates. In fact, in India, there is a demand supply gap of about 4 lakh employees in the job market for hospitality industry. Now there are newer hospitality careers options along with the prevailing ones.

• Management of Fast-Food and Stand-Alone Restaurants
• Management of Clubs
• Spas Management
• Management of Serviced Apartments
• Management of Cruise Ships
• Hospital Administration
• Catering Management Jobs
• Jobs as Airline Cabin Staff

Tips for Getting into Hospitality Jobs

A person dreaming of hospitality jobs must have the right skills set.

• Any one aspiring for hospitality jobs must have an outgoing and pleasing personality, ability for hard work, aptitude for interacting with people, commitment to industry norms, and right attitude desirable of service industry people.
• If a person has got these qualities, s/he might get into hospitality careers by opting for a hotel management course.
• The entrance exams of the hotel management institutes are more like general aptitude tests with questions equaling the fundamentals of class 10. Go through the class X textbooks to brush up the fundamentals.
• Aspiring hotel management candidates sitting in entrance exam must be aware of the national and international happenings of at least last six months. Read newspaper daily to make your general awareness sound.
• Practise online tests for hotel management entrance tests to understand the tone of the questions.