Hospitality internships serve all parties
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There’s no question an internship experience makes a candidate more attractive to an employer, but what advantages do hospitality students offer as interns? And what does the internship contribute to their career-readiness?
At Glion, for instance, students follow a transformative education program through its curriculum and internship component. For employers, these trainees have hands-on experience in operations and know how to look professional, be customer-oriented, and work in multicultural teams, which is a great asset.
International companies recognize the benefits of hospitality-educated interns. Usually, hospitality students’ skills in customer service, cultural awareness, and problem solving are adaptable to diverse business environments. Consequently, the breadth of companies that hire hospitality students has grown. Companies like MCI and JP Morgan now recruit hospitality students, in addition to industry heavyweights like Hyatt, Four Seasons, and Mandarin Oriental.
Furthermore, hospitality students are not just learning from the industry, they are also shaping it. As interns, students should take this avant-garde thinking with them into the workplace. The whole process improves management as a profession in hospitality businesses and creates more attractive candidates.
Let’s not forget that work experience also provides an overall benefit to an intern. Our students report that these first experiences offer an ideal environment to allow them to apply concepts from their studies and perfect their customer service skills, and they often find themselves earning more responsibilities during the internships.
What’s more, internship opportunities for hospitality students span much more than food and beverage or reception work. They should also intern in marketing, finance, and HR departments or in fields such as events, media, and luxury retail. A survey of more than 330 of our bachelor degree students after their second internship revealed that: 55 percent received a job offer directly after their internship; 75 percent would recommend their internship to other students.
The practical side of transformative education plays an important role in their future careers. It helps them choose a fulfilling path and often helps them obtain a role in middle management or at the executive levels.
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