<p>I will be earning a Bachelors degree in Hospitality Management until Feb.2013. I have been job searching for 5-6 months so far by internet through various job search sites. </p>
<p>and maybe a few others but I have forgotten or received no offers.</p>
<p>For the past 6 months, the only job offers I got were housekeeper and health insurance salesman. I am not doing housekeeper, and I know I will not do well in selling insurance because nobody is buying during these times.
I already have roughly 2 years work experience. Working as a cashier, waiter, housekeeper and night auditor in various hotels and restaurants.</p>
<p>If you are a hospitality major, have you found a job yet? Any tips for new graduates?
I personally have asked my school for help, but all they did was give me a job search website. (HJR.com). Which was completlely useless, I could have done that myself. I expeceted connections with hotels but sadly they dont really want to help me. </p>
<p>Essentially I am on my own.
To clarify the situation, this school is overseas. And I am really looking for an average salary job to first of all pay off my student loans and help my family. But to also have enough income to live normally and possibly pay for part-time study for a Masters in Finance or whichever field can offer me good job opportunites. I would prefer to be near my family in New York for it offers me the conveinience of not having the pay rent elsewhere and support my family better.</p>
<p>I cannot do anything TOO physical, I am more of an intellect. I have an 88 GPA.
Which means no waiter, or housekeeper work. The only thing I can think of is Front office assitant, but it is difficult for me to find a position, so there are probably other positons available besides front office. Please leave some advise.</p>
<p>College grads in Hospitality or Alumni of College. Please help.</p>
<p>Are you a US citizen/legal permanent resident who is studying outside the US, or are you a non-citizen? Are you a US citizen who is living in the US but completing your foreign degree through a distance education program? The advice is different in each case.</p>
<p>If you aren’t a US citizen/legal permanent resident, your chances of getting a job here are just about zip. There are some summer “exchange” programs that would permit you to work at a resort, but the work is seasonal and the work permit is for a very short period of time. Your best bet is to get a job where you are or in a country where it is easy for you to get work permission.</p>
<p>If you are a US citizen/permanent resident studying outside the US in a decent hospitality program, surely there is some kind of internship placement and job counseling available. Provided you can get a work permit there, it may be best for you to start your career outside the US, and then move back. If you want to move back as soon as you graduate, do that. Get whatever kind of job you can come up with (even housekeeping), and do that while you look for something better. Many entry-level hospitality positions aren’t only advertised locally.</p>
<p>If you are a US citizen/legal permanent resident who is living in the US but completing a program through distance ed, then get whatever kind of job you can come up with right now, and start knocking on the doors of the hotels/restaurants/etc. near you in your spare time. You may want to go back to your most recent employer(s) and see what they have on offer.</p>
<p>You might consider looking for work on a cruise ship. Positions like purser, concierge, food & beverage manager, etc. can lead to management level jobs in hotel operations, both shipboard and shoreside. Check the “careers” section of the websites of the various cruise lines for these opportunities. They offer internships, too!</p>
<p>Have you checked into Intercontinental hotels? My nephew received his Hospitality degree in Switzerland. He applied internships in the US and was able to obtain a front office assistant position in one of the IC hotels. Good luck to you!</p>