| If you have always loved to be polite to others, if you | | | | one’s interest and caliber and hone skills in that |
| love to make sure that those around you are | | | | department to be successful. The various branches |
| comfortable at all costs, if you derive pleasure out of | | | | under hospitality include Housekeeping, Bakery, Kitchen |
| serving and hosting others, a career in hospitality suits | | | | Stewarding and Cookery. |
| you the best. You can actually make a living out of | | | | Housekeeping, as it may wrongly sound, is not a menial |
| your love of meeting people, making them comfortable | | | | job. It requires proper training and skills to get it right |
| and entertaining them. It is not your regular nine-to-five | | | | and professionals in Housekeeping can grow a lot. To |
| job and throws up such exciting and challenging | | | | enter this field, one needs a degree or diploma and |
| opportunities on each day of the job. In a hospitality job, | | | | fluency in English. The main job profile of house |
| roles are defined but to ensure that you are able to | | | | keepers is to take care of housekeeping, horticulture, |
| please people with different tastes and preferences is | | | | laundry, interiors and even guest relations. Apart from |
| no mean task. It requires a lot of soft skills, patience | | | | big hotels or lodges, housekeeping can be pursued as |
| and a real desire to serve others. In this way, the job | | | | a private business too and there are housekeeping |
| can become taxing but if you have real passion for | | | | companies that offer jobs to people specialized in this |
| this industry, it is also a lot of fun. | | | | field. These companies offer both part-time and |
| Especially in India these days, the hospitality industry is | | | | full-time opportunities. |
| growing fast. It is the sunrise sector of the economy | | | | Another branch is cookery. This is a very important |
| wit the Commonwealth Games around the corner. | | | | department in hospitality. In fact at restaurants and |
| With many new hotels coming up and planned in the | | | | eating joints, the skills of the chef can make or break |
| pipeline, there would be many job opportunities in the | | | | the success chances of the place. While a good chef |
| hospitality industry in near future. So those pursuing | | | | can enrich and raise the bar of even a small place, a |
| courses in hospitality can look for a plethora of job | | | | bad chef can completely ruin the reputation of even a |
| opportunities in the near future. Even in the time of | | | | well-established place. Cookery jobs in hospitality are |
| recession, hospitality has managed to survive till now | | | | very different from everyday cooking. For being a |
| and hospitality jobs are still available. In fact, there is a | | | | successful cook, one needs to be creative, consistent, |
| shortage of trained professionals in this field. | | | | knowledgeable and willing to learn through trial and |
| The hospitality sector does not just mean hotels. | | | | error. It can be a very well-paying job depending on |
| There is a wide scope and the industry includes many | | | | the skills and the prowess of a chef. And it is not just |
| other avenues such as resorts, restaurants, all types | | | | restaurants, where chefs can look to find jobs. They |
| of eating joints, guest houses, lodges, clubs and | | | | can even get hired in sectors like in-flight catering, |
| casinos, spas etc. All these fields require certain | | | | hospital catering, food styling, cruise liners. So, the |
| particular soft skills apart from the professional training | | | | scope is quite wide. |
| in hospitality or hotel management. The guest or the | | | | Bakery and cookery are not same and bakery |
| consumer is supreme and all care is taken to ensure | | | | requires different skill sets. Even within baking, there |
| that he/she is at ease and so enjoys that comes back | | | | are separate fields such as bread-baking, pastry |
| for the same services. Since it is primarily a service | | | | baking, cookie baking, demonstrating, etc that one could |
| industry, the focus on people skills is major. It is not | | | | specialize in. In kitchen stewarding, one is required to |
| mechanical work and requires a lot of human | | | | maintain the kitchens of an eatery or hotel. This job |
| involvement and personal touch to make it successful. | | | | has moved from being a chef’s responsibility to a |
| With the exponential rise of the Indian middle class in | | | | separate branch. A kitchen steward would be |
| the last two decades and the globalization, the | | | | responsible for cleaning and organising dishes, taking |
| disposable income of Indians has also increased. They | | | | stock of inventory, maintaining hygiene and quality in |
| have more money to spend and this has led to the | | | | the kitchen, keeping a tab on breakage and |
| rise of the hospitality sector in India. People are ready | | | | replacements. |
| to splurge and the hospitality industry is cashing on this | | | | Thus, there are various jobs in hospitality that one can |
| new reality. New players have set foot and the | | | | take and flourish in. With some innate talent, liking for |
| existent ones have expanded leading to the creation | | | | the job and proper training, there are many job |
| of many jobs in hospitality industry. And there are jobs | | | | opportunities up for grabs in the coming years in the |
| for various roles. One can choose a role according to | | | | hospitality sector. |