Is Hotel Management a good career Option?
This article will not behave like most of the educational tutorials which says even applying for ISIS is scopic and have great future opportunities. We have tried to point out all the possible reasons why aspirants should or shouldn't do this Hospitality course.
What exactly is Hotel Management?
Who should opt for this course?
What are the future expectations in Hotel Management?
Well, the fundamental error behind taking on any professional course is that the aspirants are not told about job description (duties and responsibilities and the task to be performed after getting into the field). Hence, we tend to suffer and blame ourselves for life time.
If you mistook this profession like of any business graduate wearing suit, carrying a hand bag and relaxing in a personal cabin, so you're very much wrong in your conception. Hotel management is nothing like that, it's, however an easy course but always with tough challenges.
The most a non hotelier knows about hotel management is that the course is basically concerned with cooking and serving food, or in more closure cook and waiter. Sometimes people get into it just because it is believed to be the most easy course of all time. It might be an easy course but handling a job isn't as easy as passing the course. Aspirants have several doubt's regarding this course, Industrial training horror, which has been discussed in another post.
Now, what you should know about the course!
Hotel management has four core departments
1 Food Production(kitchen)
2 Service(serving food)
3 Housekeeping(cleaning basically)
4 Front office(reception)
If you misunderstood the word Management like sitting over a chair and flipping files all the day then my friend it's nothing like that , at least not in the initial phase of your journey. It is a challenging job and experts in the field often compare it with life of a solider. Have you ever thought what are the day to day task that a employee of any field has to perform(whether boring or innovative) which gives salary in hand at last. Understanding the type of work you would be doing after achieving a degree is very prominent which decides your agreement towards opting for it. And students generally skip this crucial step. None job is easy but if it interests you, you will find your way in it.
Let's discuss the four departments in brief
Food Production:
The production department attracts most of the aspirants every year and it's the most competitive dept at professional level also. It is concerned with cooking.
Service:
Service dept is another challenging dept whose basic moto is to serve food to customers at right time.
Housklekeeping:
Next comes house keeping dept, which is ment for cleaning of rooms, room decor, cleaning public areas etc.
Front office:
Finally, it's front office which is sometimes miscalled as reception. This dept books rooms, allot rooms, book other outlets, manage billing, reservation, listen to guest problems and many others functions.
Above was a little overview of all four dept of hotel management. Now where problem comes!
If you are passionate for this course then it will really do good for you. This course has no limits, you need not to have any other degree to become general manager of a five star hotel(a quite popular quote). But if you are not passionate and opt it just because you were confused and couldn't really find any better or simple course, then believe me it won't do any good for you, even not any other course.
If you dreamt of becoming a cook, then chef and then master chef or you like public interaction and are foody then this course might suit you. But I advice you to not pick this just as. Hotel management has a lot of opportunities once you learn performing basic tasks and handling a bit if serious responsibilities. This is an innovative field which allows you to meet different people from different geography and get to learn different standards of living.
Warning! Don't just do this course because you have nothing else to do. This is not a easy sitting and relaxing job. You will not be provided a chair until you become a chef or a restaurant manager, and wonder what, even they are not allowed to sit most of their duty time. It's a challenging job and becomes more challenging at the beginning phase.
Important note: If you want to carry on your styles as most people nowadays prefer to carry... fundamental hair styles and beard styles, then let me shutter down your hope for one more reason. HM doesn't allow any type of fancy hair styles or hair colouring, forget having a single hair of beard as they ask you to shave daily whether you grow or not.
And females also can't go on with curls, long earrings, bracelets and so on. Just a bun what they want at you head!
Conclusion: There is a shift problem, there is a heavy work load, there is a work under pressure, there is an unsatisfying salary at the beginning, there are no holidays on Sundays and there is no PEACE!
So if you still carrying it further, its just might be the passion for this field. Don't mistake to consider it as an alternative for carrier. Never!
If you move around private collages concerning this course, they will welcome you with a chilled glass of water, please you with benefits of this course; mostly like this course is very good option, there is higher demands in foreign countries and cruise ships, and salary is almost one lakh per month. So be alert! They are just day dreaming you, nothing else. Choose your career wisely.
Passion! I again repeat. If you are passionate for this then only....
If you still have a query regarding the course please put in the comments below.
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