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October 18, 2022When discussing hospitality majors, you will undoubtedly find many exciting and fun experiences working in hotels and the hospitality sector. Moreover, the first image that pops when thinking about hospitality graduates is healing or travelling. Is this true, UMN friends? Is it true that hospitality graduates are only good in hotels? Is it true that all hospitality graduates do is healing and are fond of travelling?
Make no mistake, hospitality graduates are now increasingly sought after. Moreover, the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia is currently working on tourism potential by launching five super-priority destinations. In addition, Indonesia has also been named the number 1 most beautiful country in the world, according to Forbes Magazine. Certainly very proud.
In line with the trend of staycations or work from hotels by tourists, hospitality graduates will always be sought after and will survive as long as tourists still need tourist accommodation and hospitality services. Moreover, tourists also need comfortable temporary housing while on vacation somewhere. So, when you think that hospitality graduates only travel and stay in hotels, you are mistaken. In fact, there are many career opportunities that you can take advantage of when you graduate from the hospitality department, both in the realm of hospitality and outside. Let’s see the 7 promising career opportunities for hospitality graduates through the following explanation from UMN!
Tour Guide
The existence of a tour guide is significant in providing information about tourist objects to tourists, both domestic and foreign tourists. It is not impossible if this profession also plays a role in shaping the image of a destination and becomes the spearhead in the Indonesian tourism industry.
One of the career opportunities that can be utilized by hospitality graduates is a Tour Guide. This position is considered hot because Indonesia currently has five super-priority destinations initiated by the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia that can be promoted to a broad audience. Starting from Borobudur Temple, Lake Toba, Likupang, Mandalika, and Labuan Bajo. Tour Guides are tasked with accompanying, providing information and helping tourists to meet their needs while in a tourist area.
Source: The Jakarta Post
There are so many tour guides who are ready to accompany tourists wherever they go. Starting from the local guide who is in charge of attending tourists for several hours at tourist attractions. Then, a city guide accompanies tourists to explore tourist attractions in a city. Usually, this type of tour guide has come together with a group and tour bus rental transportation. There is also an inbound guide tasked with accompanying foreign tourists in the tourist area where the tour guide resides. Finally, there are outbound guides, namely officers attending tourists abroad.
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Food & Beverage Manager
Hospitality graduates also have the opportunity to venture into the world of F&B. From the name alone, Food & Beverage or F&B is closely related to food presentation in a hotel, restaurant, or cafe. The presentation here is not only how the food or drink that has been made reaches the consumer’s tongue but also how the taste, freshness of the drinks served, the food presentation, and the place so that can spoil the tongue and eyes of consumers. The benchmark for the success of a Food and Beverage business lies in implementing food safety and storage procedures, developing marketing strategies, managing food business finances and maintaining good relations between restaurants and suppliers.
Source: UMN
Not surprisingly, Food and Beverage Management is included in the field of study studied by hospitality and tourism students. The areas of work that fall into the realm of Food and Beverage include a Food and Beverage Manager, Restaurant and Cafe Manager, Bar Manager, Food and Beverage Director, Banquet Manager, and Catering. If you have a passion for the culinary field, then the career opportunity as a Food and Beverage Manager is perfect. A Food and Beverage Manager is in charge of managing kitchen operations and setting food quality standards to be served to visitors. The Food and Beverage Manager also has a hand in researching and developing menu choices that are served to visitors.
Patisserie (Baking and Pastry)
Have you ever watched Masterchef Indonesia or Masterchef Australia? Usually, the contestants will be asked to make a sweet snack, namely a dessert, which will be served to the judges. It can be bread, pastry, or a cake. Can you imagine how sweet the dessert is?
It just so happens that hospitality graduates can also venture into baking or pastry. These two realms are usually called patisserie, which combines bakery with pastry. No wonder the hospitality major also gets courses about bakeries. Starting from how to produce food, drinks, and sweets and present them in more depth.
Source: UMN
Graduates from the Hospitality Department are expected to be skilled in planning, operating, and controlling the processing of pastry and bakery products professionally. Many career opportunities can be taken in this Patisserie realm. Starting from the Bakery Operations Manager, Chef de Partie, Baker, Food Stylist, Baking & Pastry Stylist to becoming an entrepreneur in the Pastry and Bakery sector. It is possible that hospitality graduates can open their own businesses in the culinary field thanks to the knowledge they have learned.
Housekeeper
When staying at a hotel, the staff will be in charge of cleaning the room and serving the needs of guests or visitors during their stay at the hotel. The housekeeper usually carries out this activity to take care of household needs in the hotel. The housekeeper is in the housekeeping department. They take care of all hotel needs related to cleanliness and maintenance, such as room cleaning and room bills. A housekeeper needs to ensure the comfort of guests and must always be on standby if there are guests who need service.
Source: UMN
In addition to room services, a housekeeper also deals with the hotel, including electronic repairs and aesthetics. There are many career opportunities that hospitality graduates can explore to become a housekeeper. Starting from an executive housekeeper, assistant housekeeper, order taker, floor supervisor, to housekeeper. Housekeepers are also in charge of different areas starting from the public space (lobby, swimming pool, restaurant, and other public facilities), room, laundry, linen and gardener.
Travel Agent Service
This career may be perfect for those whose hobby is healing and traveling. Hospitality graduates can also work as travel agents services. As we know, Indonesia’s tour and travel business are very legit. Especially when compared to countries in Southeast Asia, the growth of travel agents, especially online in Indonesia, is very high. It’s not wrong if travel agent service becomes one of your career choices after graduating from college. When viewed from its function, travel agents act as organizers or people who help plan, select and arrange vacations for tourists.
Source: Edumor
Some of the duties of a travel agent include the following:
- Provide assistance services or communicate with clients to determine the selected tour package.
- Determining travel and accommodation costs for tourists
- Making transportation and hotel bookings
- Offering consumers about tour packages offer
- Collaborating with hotels and tourist attractions
- Provide input to clients regarding equipment during the trip
Hotel Receptionist
A hotel receptionist is a suitable career choice if you enjoy providing services. As the name implies, the receptionist is in charge of welcoming guests who come to an office or hotel. Even though it sounds like this profession is easy, it’s not that easy. This receptionist is the first person guests meet. Indeed you are already familiar with the phrase “guests, please report” so that these guests are not confused about which specific building or place they want to go to; this is where the role of the receptionist plays.
Source: Pintaria
There is a responsibility that is ready to be carried out by a hotel receptionist. Starting from receiving and welcoming guests, serving guest needs, receiving incoming calls intended for other divisions, performing simple administrative tasks, receiving and forwarding packages or letters from outside parties. So the receptionist’s job is not as easy as you think.
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Front Office
Finally, this one profession is no less attractive. Who doesn’t know about the Front Office position? It is said that this profession is in great demand by hospitality graduates. In a hotel, the Front Office position has a strategic position where all other departments within the hotel must interact and communicate intensely to ensure smooth operations. In this position, hospitality graduates learn all the skills and knowledge needed to provide services to guests. Coupled with interacting with guests to resolve complaints and problems faced by guests. In addition, the front office is also tasked with carrying out simple administration required by other divisions.
Source: UMN
There you go! From the explanation above, it turns out to be a lot of job opportunities that you can get as a hospitality graduate. Besides working in the hospitality sector, hospitality graduates also have the chance to open their own businesses according to their knowledge. Suppose you are still in school and plan to consider a career in the hotel, tourism and hospitality industry. In that case, studying at the Hospitality Department at Multimedia Nusantara University is recommended. You can learn more about the hospitality department at Multimedia Nusantara University through the UMN official website. There you can choose the online registration procedure according to your criteria. Come on, register now and start your career with UMN!
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By Reyvan Maulid | UMN News Service
English translation by Levina Chrestella Theodora
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