Hospitality & Tourism Management

 

DESCRIPTION   [Top]
The Hospitality and Tourism Management major prepares students for an exciting, challenging and satisfying career in one of the largest, most important industries in the new global economy. The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the oldest industries in the world--serving people traveling away from home for any variety of reasons. The Hospitality and Tourism Management program will prepare you to handle multiple facets of hotel and food operations, management of human resources & accounting, and planning and marketing tourism destinations, services, meetings and events. The degree requirements balance core program classes with over 600 hours of industry work experience and internships along with industry projects. The program has two concentrations to choose from, Hotel and Restaurant Management or Travel and Tourism Management.

For more information, please contact the Department of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management at (336) 334-5327, or visit us at Room 420J, Health and Human Performance Building. Also visit us on the web at: http://www.uncg.edu/rth
 

CAREER IDEAS     [Top]
Conventions Manager
Events Manager
Facilities Manager
Food & Beverage Manager
Front Office Manager
General Manager
Human Resources Director
Marketing Director

Purchase Director
Recreation Manager
Sales Director
and many more….
WORK SETTINGS     [Top]
Airlines
Catering Services
Country Clubs
Cruise Lines
Hotels
Resorts
Restaurants
Theme Park
Tourism

USEFUL WEBSITES     [Top]

Hospitality Careers Online

Best Jobs USA -- Connects employers with qualified professionals nationwide. Has a category for Hospitality/Restaurant. Choose keywords which reflect the job you are looking for such as restaurant manager.

Casino Careers Online -- Casino Careers provides a secure and easy system for candidates seeking career opportunities and advancement in the gaming-hospitality industry, to post their resumes online for free.

Chef Jobs Network.com -- Where Chefs come for Jobs and Jobs come for Chefs!

Cool Works Hospitality Jobs -- Thousands of hospitality jobs in national parks, ski & summer resorts, cruise lines camps and more.

Directory of Hotel, Restaurant and Food Management Company Homepages -- Go straight to a specific hotel, restaurant or food management company to see what jobs they currently have available

Escoffier Online -- Pro Foodservice Education, Employment and Resource Links

Food and Beverage Job Forum -- A limited listing of jobs available in the food and beverage arena.

The Food and Beverage Office.com -- Employment Site for The Food and Beverage Industry

Food Industry Jobs.com -- Employment Site for The Food and Beverage Industry

Food Talk Culinary Job Board -- Specializes in culinary jobs

Hospitality Adventures.com -- This site matches an employers specific job requirements with a candidate that possesses the necessary skills and work history.

Hospitality Careers Online -- A site where Job Seekers, Employers and Recruiters can meet

Hospitality 1st -- Provides a listing of jobs online plus a free weekly e-mail newsletter with hundreds of jobs listed nationwide

Hospitality Link -- Their focus is employment & staffing for the Hospitality Industry, offering links to recruiters, employers, resume services, industry related sites, web site development, resume posting and other top hospitality sites.

Hospitality Net -- Click on Job Exchange and search for the job you want

Hospitality Online -- Hospitality industry jobs for hotels, restaurants, resorts and clubs. Employment database updated daily. Descriptions of jobs including detailed employer profiles. Career advice and interviewing tips.

Hotel Career Solutions -- Hotel Career Solutions is a career information source offering talent acquisition and career management solutions to hotel employers and hotel professionals.

Hotel Resource -- Has hospitality employment information to include job listings, job exchanges, placement firms

National Restaurant Association -- Careers -- NRA Job Bank for job opportunities nationwide.

Resort Professionals, LLC -- Has a job match section for individuals interested in resorts. You must register to access the information

Society for Foodservice Management -- Provides a listing of jobs currently available.

Women Chefs and Restauranteurs -- Professional association dedicated to the education and advancement of women in the restaurant industry.

MonsterTRAK

ResortJobs.com

American Hospitality Academy Internship Positions

Hyatt Career Opportunities

Hotel Job Resource

Careers with Marriott

Hcareers.com Restaurant and hospitality jobs; can search by a variety of industries and positions; entry-level search feature.

HospitalityAdventures.com Jobs in hotels, restaurants, casinos, resorts, cruise ships, colleges, etc.; can search for internships using keyword search.

HospitalityJobsOnline View management and hourly jobs by position, company, property or location; most management jobs seem to require experience, hourly jobs include career entry positions; includes job search advice.

HospitalityNet Jobs in accounting, sales & marketing, technology, food & beverage, front office, management (corporate, regional).

International Seafarers Exchange Jobs in cruise and maritime industry.

InternSearch.com Internships in: health, fitness, wellness; resort, recreation and sports management; business, finance, insurance; marketing, communications; journalism.

JobMonkey.com Jobs, especially summer and internships, in resorts, airlines, airports, outdoors, tours, cruise lines, ski resorts.

JoltCamps.com Summer camp jobs for college students.

ResortJobs.com Search by keyword or location.
 

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