(Job opportunities) Hotel Careers

September 28th, 2008 admin Posted in careers |

By Luat Tran Van

Online hotel jobs

The huge success of international and domestic tourism in India has given rise to pressing demand for quality professionals. The requirement for skilled and efficient human capital is urgent.

Combined with tourism hospitality creates one of the largest service industries in the world. Indian hospitality managers have built a formidable reputation for themselves and are being hired by international hotel chains and cruise liners in big numbers. The scope of opportunities being offered is unlimited, all that you require is the appropriate qualifications

The past few years has seen an exodus of hospitality professionals to science and management areas like IT-enabled services , insurance, banking and healthcare, as also to travel, airlines, training, consulting and leisure. These fast-growing sectors are luring hospitality managers by offering larger salary packages. However the situation comes with the added advantage of even more opportunities for those suitably qualified and with experience. And the demand-supply gap is such that junior executives can make that leap to middle management and then on to senior management at a much younger age than before.

The demand for Indian hotel managers and staff in the international industry is very high. This is particularly so in the Middle East, in cities like Dubai. The shortage of skilled and experienced professionals is also being felt in developed countries in Europe (including the UK), the USA, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong etc. Their preference for Indian managers remains high. Official surveys estimate that International employers recruit about 20% of Indian management graduates every year.

A fairly large number of International companies are now coming to Indian management institutions offering placements for newly trained graduates, in a routine manner.

Under such conditions it is imperative that we have an online job site that offers the best opportunities for employers and job seekers. Ours is such a site that offers the following

It’s salient features are: 1. A job site that is modeled on the requirements of the hotel industry. 2. Resume search as per designation / post required. 3. A combination of plans that provide job listing as well as resume search. 4. Online payment facility, so that you can advertise your job listings any time you desire. 5. Job listings online get exposed to target segments of hospitality job seekers.

With this job site you can find access to opportunities to work with prominent hospitality providers of the country and employers can scout for the best talents.

For Job Seekers: It gives us great pleasure to inform you that our website www.hotelnaukri.com which is dedicated to job search in the hotel industry, is ready now. It’s salient features are: 1. Free job resume posting for jobs. 2. Free job resume posting for Industrial Trainees 3. Free job search for registered candidates. 4. No registration charges for candidates. Benefits to Job Seekers: 1. Premium hotels will be contacted to peruse the online resumes and give direct jobs / training offers. 2. It can save Job Seekers efforts to a large extent that they regularly may be making for indirect recruitment as the candidates get selected automatically, depending on their competence. 3. Job Seekers have the opportunity of getting a wide choice of offers.

This is one site that promises you your dream job

www.indiatraveltoday.com

Tough Interview Questions and Answers
By Lucy Evans

Give an example of working with a team member who did not do their fair share of the work load, and explain how you addressed the situation?

This question has many potential pitfalls that need to be considered. Remember that the question is about a co-worker, and not a member of your staff, so factors you are unaware of may apply. Even if you give an answer that worked in a particular scenario, a clever interviewer can manipulate the situation to really test you. A common approach candidates take is to try to appear to be tough and dynamic giving answers like “I approached my colleague and told them that I was unwilling to do most of their work on top of mine, and their efforts improved”. A clever interviewer would counter this buy telling you how badly this approach could have gone. Your colleague could have health problems known to management but not you, and require help and support and not an aggressive approach. In answering this question, first show that you have tactfully tried to find out what the issue is. Next show an outcome where you provided support to your colleague and found a suitable resolution. It is important to show that you are proactive and diplomatic and that you did not need to involve management at any point in time.

How have you coped with working with people you didnt like?

It is possible to doge this question completely by claiming you cant remember working with anyone you had a particular dislike for. Most interviewers will not push you too hard on this point if you claim you have always got on well with colleagues, but it is unlikely that they will reward your cowardly evasion. The important thing with this question is to demonstrate how you saw through your dislike, and were able to operate in a professional manner. Try an example including someone that had a personality trait that is both positive and negative, such as a colleague that is annoyingly over critical. You could take the approach that after working with someone who is overly critical you began to realize that they did not intend to offend people by their criticisms, and that you found that their personality could be usefully used for checking important documents where everything had to be just right etc. Demonstrate how you earned respect for the person and came to accept them.

Why do you think you are suitable for this job?

This question is a golden opportunity to show you have taken the time to do research and that you have clarity of thought. Do not make assumptions about the job role and company, relate everything back to evidence. Firstly cross reference your experience with the job advert and job specifications and show how your experience fits what they have told you they want. Also try to mention as much relevant information you can about the company to show you have been interested enough to do some research.

Lucy is a freelance journalist writing for the Graduates Career graduate scheme.

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