A lodging property is like a mini-community with opportunities for everyone. Your interests, skills and personality traits will help you choose which department suits you.

Food & Beverage
Are you creative? Do you pay attention to even the smallest details? In the kitchen or the dining room, those abilities could be your key to a career in food and beverage preparation or service. Friendliness, cleanliness, and pride in work are also essential.

Marketing & sales
Being a good listener and communication is crucial for marketing and sales. You’ll find out what services guests want, suggest ways your hotel can provide those services, and let the world know how great those services are. Your hotel’s business growth can depend on you.

Human Resources
As the name indicates, being good with “humans” is critical. You’ll recruit, select, and train the best job applicants, administer benefits programs, and handle other personnel matters. Hospitality labor shortages and the need to hire good people have put this department in the spotlight.

Housekeeping
If you take pride in making everything “just so” and want to play a key role in providing a hotel’s main product- a spotless guestroom – housekeeping may be for you. You’ll also help guestroom – housekeeping may be for you also help guest feel comfortable and safe in their rooms.

Uniformed Service
Do you like making good first impressions? Being on the go? Making people feel welcome? You were made for this department! You could do anything from driving the hotels van to handling luggage or amazing guests by getting them tickets to a sold- out show.

Security
Detail – oriented. A problem-solver. Cool in crisis. If those words describe you, there could be a career in security waiting for you. You’ll balance guest relations with safety and security concerns, and have key input in your hotel’s emergency procedures.

Front Office
Are you a “people – person”? Do you like computers? Are you good on the phone? You could use those skills to check in guests, accept payments on accounts, exchange messages, and impress guests with the hotel’s ability to provide great service. If you like the idea of being at the heart of a hotel’s action, the front office is for you.

Accounting & financial Management
If people call you “organized” and comment on your ability with numbers, you good on the phone? You could use those skills to check in guests, accept payments on accounts, exchange messages, and impress guests with the hotel’s ability to provide great service. If you like the idea of being at the heart of a hotel’s action , the front office is for you.

Property Management
You’re in charge! As general manager, you directly or indirectly supervise every hotel employee and make sure the hotel is performing the way its owners want it to. You’ll work with every department to make sure the entire hotel runs like clockwork and guests feel welcome.

Facility Maintenance & Engineering
If you’re skilled with your hands and can anticipate problems, this department could be perfect fit. From plumbing to pools, electrical systems to environment consideration, a hotel can’t keep running without you.