Career Strategies for Success

When it comes to the topic of attaining a college degree, most will readily agree that it is essential to securing a successful career post-graduation. Whereas some are convinced that a college degree does not guarantee entry into a career in one 's field of study nor does it determine success in one 's career, others maintain that a higher education is, in fact, the way to job security and financial success. What comes into question is whether the investment in a college education is truly worth it or not in order to accomplish a student 's goals of success. I think it could be said for most prospective college students that the reason for going to college is to gain the credentials required for most jobs today. What many of those potential students may not realize is the substantial percentage of graduates who do not acquire a job related to their majors, how much debt they will incur, and just how many students don 't graduate at all for reasons such as an overwhelming workload and a poor work/ life balance.

The hospitality industry is a very lucrative and rewarding career choice. Choosing a career in this field is not for the faint at heart. A career in this industry requires an individual that is ambitious, self-motivated, and has a charismatic personality. However, the hard work comes with many personal and financial rewards. Hospitality covers all careers that can come underneath the lodging, restaurants, event planning, theme parks, transportation, and tourism. However, this paper will go in depth explaining the role of general management, growth of employment, and human

Nowadays, hospitality is required in the business fields in general such as; hotels. As we know, in the modern life, there are many of international brands and competition between hotels. However, there are some qualities we have to consider before choosing a hotel as a guest or as a job offer to work in it. (Tan, 2008) Firstly, in an ideal world every industry or even every successful person should have a vision and a mission of his or her work. So, the vision is what a person wants to achieve in a real life, the mission means what is the purpose of the business to make money or even to make charity. Following this further, a new business should put a strong vision to motivate the staff to work seriously and to reach the main goal of the industry.

My short-term career goals are to complete nursing school, pass the National Council Licensure Examination-Registered Nurse (NCLEX), and become a registered nurse. I start at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing this fall; I am expected to graduate in the spring of 2018. I am interested in becoming a pediatric nurse at first. My long-term career goals would be to specialize in either pediatrics or neonatal nursing.

The lodging and food and beverages offered various management careers. In lodging industry, you have the General Manager who oversea the entire operation of the hotel. The other management career is Front Office Manager. This person is

What are your specific career goals for the future? How does this scholarship fit into your plans to achieve these goals?

     According to Ratts and Santos (2012), the definition of multiculturalism has been expanded to include sexual orientation, economic status, age, and religion (p. 113). The original definition of the term contained only the social constructs of race and ethnicity.  Traditional methods of career interventions are limited because multicultural issues were not considered in the development of technique and theories (Ratts & Santos, 2012). Before a career counselor can become culturally competent they much first explore their own unconscious biases and be willing to consider how they might negatively and positively affect clients (Teal, Gill, Green, & Crandall, 2012).

In the MSM-Finance program, through the core courses ‘Empirical finance’, ‘Derivatives and risk management’, and ‘Investment Management’, I can conceptualize real-world financial problems with a broad range of analytical methods. Besides, the courses of the Financial Big Data Track, such as, ‘Quantitative Risk Modeling’ and ‘Applications in Financial Big Data’ will greatly strengthen my quantitative, evaluative and problem-solving skills. In the future, I am confident of my career success, which will enable me to better contribute as an

Resources and support are available to me and that I will use to help obtain my career goals are professional connections/resources and institutional connections/resources. My professional connections include and atmospheric chemistry professor at Emory University and a mentor who recently left Emory University to go work at the census bureau in Washington D.C. Through the professor at Emory I have access to a lot of the universities resources such as access to scientific journals, I can attend seminars, I can ask for opportunities for research, I can also ask for opportunities for networking through her colleagues, I have a friendly professional who I can ask questions, and I have a professional reference with whom I have done work with. With

The data for research was gathered through primary research, in form of mailed questionnaire of opinions, performance and career paths to investigate whether formal qualifications would help the general managers in their career development. The research focussed on the career progression of general managers with qualifications or without qualifications, in 50 plus bedroom hotels that appeared on the Scottish Tourist Board. This article is useful for future graduates and future managers or general managers as it gives information of the beginning level to be a manager in hotel industry. The limitation for this research was, only 54 questionnaires were returned from 96 those were delivered. As the consequences, bias that affected data reliability and result did not represent the total sample of population. Based on research findings, the author concluded that within the changes of industry, it increases the demand for general managers to be more business-oriented. Therefore, universities start to reduce traditional approach such as food and beverage operations in the students’ subject. Moreover, formal qualifications have become an essential part for managers’ carrier in Scotland and were recognized by giving benefits in function managerial skills rather than personal transferable skills such as communication, time management, decisions making and leadership qualities. This article is useful for industry as it provides the combination of information including theories and traditional compares with modern approaches to achieve the General Manager position. It also helps educational providers to modify and improve the hospitality students’ curricula in order to meet the needs of current industry

Throughout the last few weeks, I have been doing the time management monitor. This project has opened my eyes to how much time I am not using that I could be utilizing for planning my career. My major goals for this semester are to decide on a major and use this first semester to find a day to day rhythm. I also want to use this semester to find new friends and adjust to life in college. Doing this time monitor, I have realized that I have spent more time making friends and adjusting than I have done homework. I also have found out that I have not done much to help me decide what to do in my future.

The Tourism and Hospitality Industry is one of the largest industries in the country. This industry is one of the key front-line players which contributes greatly to the growth of the economy of a country. They are the vital source of income for both government and private sectors. People often mistaken that the duty of the profession in the tourism and hospitality to be somewhat similar, that is to serve clients but in fact, there is actually a vast difference between the roles of a tour guide, travel tour manager and travel agency manager.

Through travel and hospitality related experiences in my life I have created two major goals for my career. My first trip to Las Vegas was the time when my first major career goal was established. By walking through each hotel I could easily see that each place had a different style and way of operating. Observing these examples allowed me to determine which hotel/resort or company would be the best to work for. MGM’s Aria Resort and Casino has always stuck out to me as a well-running, high class establishment; the workers are professional, but friendly and the atmosphere is comforting while keeping up with the modern times. With this said, one of my goals is to be employed by the Aria. Although, knowing how competitive this industry can be, I would

Shaping the critical decision of an organization is one of the superior position that employee can be reached in his or her career ladder. It can be obtained through the effective career development. Effective career development is important not only for individuals but also for the organizations that employ them (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2008). It meet both business needs such as employees’ loyalty, trust, commitment and individual needs such as job security, development and promotion in order to achieve resilience to handle change more effectively (Younis, Akram & Naseeb, 2013). The success, survival and competing power of organizations mainly depend on the commitment of the employees, supporting their developments and ensure their participations (Aydogdu & Asikgil, 2011).

Department of Tourism, Leisure, Hotel and Sport Management, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Brisbane, Qld. 4111, Australia Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Brisbane, Qld. 4111, Australia