Career Opportunities and Work Life

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Career Descriptions

Front Desk Manager -
Coordinates front-office activities of hotel or motel and solves problems. Manages and maintains temporary or permanent lodging facilities. Answers inquiries relating to hotel policies and services and resolves occupants' complaints.

Food Service Manager -
Monitors and controls resources and oversees the spending of money. Identifies information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. Watches and reviews information from materials, events, or the environment, to notice or measure problems. Provides guidance and direction to employees, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.

Hotel Front Office Manager -
Interviews and hires applicants. Assigns duties to workers and schedules shifts. Purchases supplies and arranges for outside services, such as deliveries, laundry, maintenance and repair, and trash collection. Receives and processes advance registration payments, sends out letters of confirmation, and returns checks when registration cannot be accepted.

Executive Housekeeper -
Plans, directs, and evaluates all housekeeping operations in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. Employed in hospitals and health care facilities, hotel and resorts, schools and universities, commercial and office buildings.

Food and Beverage Manager -
Selects and prices menu items, use food and other supplies efficiently, achieving quality food prep and service. Managers must find creative ways to retain experienced workers.