HOSPITALITY is one of the most interesting and challenging industries to work in and offers a wide range of job and career opportunities and an endless variety of places to work in. One of the ways is to recruit fresh graduates who have completed their internship/industrial placement program. They can be considered as trained or semi trained workforce since they are formally trained at relevant hotel/hospitality institutions thus having knowledge and skills required by the industry. Through the industrial placements program, students are exposed to the real life experience of working in the industry. Therefore the program benefits in terms of preparing them for their future career. The hotel industry meanwhile would enjoy the advantage of having a pool of trained professionals to choose from. Nevertheless there seems to be some problems with this type of labour supply. A study on industrial placement program of graduates of a higher learning institution in Malaysia suggests that many graduates did not enter hotel job market due to certain negative experiences or had negative perceptions about this industry after undergone their industrial placements. Some may simply feel that it was hard to work in the industry, while others feel that the industry may not be suitable to them due to religious reasons. i.e: They have to work during Eidulfitri, Chinese New Year etc. The most important thing about choosing a career is to make sure that you are choosing it for you. You are the one who is going to have to go to that job day in and day out, not your parents, not your girlfriend, not your friends, not society at large. Make your choice based on what is going to work for you, free from outside expectations, and you will have made a good decision.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 05:06:12 +0000
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