How To Get A Job In Hotels Catering

The hotel & catering industry offers many job opportunities, both at home & increasingly overseas. Packed with essential information, this book sets out the experience, qualifications, & training needed to suceed in every aspect of the industry.

First Published in 1992. The hotel and catering industry is one of the most heterogeneous of industries, consisting as it does of businesses ranging from the most humble cafe to the largest luxury hotel. Strong images of the glamorous nature of the work are often conjured up by the popular media and sit alongside the lures o f an industry in which it is theoretically possible to rise to the top from the very lowest levels. This book provides an insight into the circumstances under which hotel and catering services are provided in reality. It is the first text to provide an overview of existing research in the industry, and Wood’s account is both wide-ranging and accessible. He highlights many previously overlooked aspects of the industry, including such characteristics as low wages, high labour turnover, lack of unionisation, and heavy-handed management, which are identified and explored in such a way as to illuminate current practice.

Featuring case studies, this book describes a variety of jobs in catering, leisure and tourism. The role of relevant institutions is explained, information on qualifications is provided, and insider tips on getting jobs are given.

Rewritten to reflect the increased opportunities to work in catering, leisure and tourism, this edition concentrates on catering in all its forms, and on the routes to hotel management. Illustrated by case stuidies, work from a variety of jobs is described. The role of relevant institutions is explained, information on training and qualifications is provided, and insider tips on getting jobs are given.