Guaranteed Paid Work Placement for Hospitality Study Programmes

Choosing a career is a daunting prospect for anyone. You are making a commitment to a potentially lifelong assignment. It makes sense, therefore, to prepare properly for the challenges ahead. Carefully selecting the right study program will enhance your chances of success. There is no substitute for sound academic study. However, you are preparing for the world of work and no matter how good your chosen college maybe it is impossible to fully replicate the pressure and circumstances of the real workplace.

In order to address this important issue Vocational centres offer ‘sandwich’ profile courses that comprise an element of campus based academic study linked to a period of monitored work experience on the premises of a quality host employer following an agreed training development plan.

It is essential to have a structure for the work experience to ensure that students are exposed to many aspects of the business, ranging from product knowledge, customer relations, sales techniques, human resource management and areas of financial control.

Meeting real customers and working as a member of a functioning business department helps to build character and develop skills for competent decision making. Lessons learnt in college can be put into practice and are often adapted to differing work pressures and circumstances. The advantages for the student are clear and quantifiable. But what is in it for the Host Employer? Dealing with students on work experience placement can be costly and time consuming. They make mistakes, need extra supervision and additional training. Perhaps the answer lies in the need to constantly invest in the future. Today’s trainees will be tomorrow’s managers. The experience of the hotel industry over many decades has been that the best managers are those who have followed sandwich profile courses of study, gaining experience and maturity during their work experience periods.

Indeed it is almost an unwritten law that when you become a hotel manager you will invest time and energy in taking young trainees into your business in just the same way that you were afforded such opportunities during your training days. The hotel industry is a very practical hands-on environment, demanding technical skills, people skills and business acumen. The hotel manager of the 21st century is a consummate professional who places quality service for his/her guests at the top of his/her priority list. International travellers are well informed, have a lot of experience and regularly make comparisons. The travel market is highly competitive and only those businesses offering real value for money will survive.

Hotel companies prefer to recruit top managers with international experience, sound academic backgrounds and a proven track record of success. You need, therefore, to make the right decisions about your course of study and the way it will prepare you for your career. Highgate Academy for Professional Development offers high quality academic study and guaranteed training and work experience with a quality host employer. Highgate Academy for Professional Development is also a boarding school, providing a safe and pleasant environment in which to complete your studies.