HFTP Blog
October 12, 2011

How To Land A Job As A Hotel Manager

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Written by HFTP Publications

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Many people are born with the hotel business in their blood. When you have been inside a family run hotel or inn for many years, the normal thing to do is to try and carry on the family tradition as you grow older. Managing the venue on your own can be done a lot easier should you attend college and gett a commerce degree. However, having the right kind of passion and desire to thrive on a career with variety and challenge is going to ensure success. Nevertheless, as much burning passion as you might have and as much heart and effort you might be ready to put into the business, managing a hotel is not a walk in the park. Here are a few requirements of such a job so you can be prepared in case you want get hired on such a position in the future.

What Skills Do You Need To Be A Hotel Manager?

  • Know how to relate to customers as well as your staff and business partners. Without a proper grip on your human resources department, you will have a hard time making the wheels of the marketing and accounting functions spin as needed. So be a fine observer of the human mind and make the best hires possible.

  • The majority of people will be applying for your opening online via specialized job sites, and this will give you the opportunity to carefully study their resumes and cover letters and decide which of them have actually take the time to send customized resumes matching the skills and experience you are seeking for.

  • If you are currently having some positions you need to fill in for your hotel, you can place some ads for jobs in Cape Town on a site like Zigo and wait for the best candidates to make themselves seen and heard. You can create your own job posting that will need to detail all of your necessities so you can simplify the interviewing and hiring process.

  • Keep in mind hotel managers need to be level-headed due to the different types of people they need to constantly get in touch and work with. And in terms of specialized skills, proving to have a solid marketing and financial background with special emphasis on accounting will make all the difference in your hiring. If you are getting ready to manage a hotel that is not tied to a certain flag,you will need to get ready to handle the advertising and marketing campaigns so you can promote the venue tin he most efficient way possible.

  • Get ready to be available on a 24/7 basis; but if you instead looking for a 9 to 5 job, you should probably look into some different types of jobs that are less demanding timewise. The daily study of staff and occupancy reports and the meetings with the food and beverage managers are just a small part of the list of job requirements such as position implies.

Finally, keep in mind that the career path of a hotel general manager is ever-changing, so you should be prepared for anything coming you way.

How To Land A Job As A Hotel Manager