COVER LETTERS – SHORT & SIMPLE As former CEO, Director and General Manager of well known 5 Star hotel companies I have my own view on cover letters. Having spent countless hours of reading and reviewing resumes and CVs, I had to develop an effective way to evaluate their style and content in a timely […]
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If You are just starting out on your career the book “MAD MONEY JOURNEY” by Merad Irani might not look to be on your priority list. You might even consider it a book you could read on the site. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I consider you to be by now a “committed”
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Every day we make countless decisions. We make short term decisions like what to eat, what kind of clothing to buy and when to get a haircut or when to go out for dinner . It is this kind of decisions we make out of habit, due to education and upbringing and personal preferences. They
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In my last blog about creating your vision I made the recommendation that you should really dream in creating your vision and not to worry or doubting about achieving it. This next step, the mission statement takes a closer look, We will define your purpose and future position more closely and develop an approach and
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Every successful business has a vision statement; for you to become successful you must create your vision and write a vision statement. Think about it for a short moment . A vision is very simple. It is nothing else but your ability to think about your plan for your future with imagination and a clear
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The answer to this very fundamental question is a straight forward ” YES “. If you are still relying only on your resume or CV combined with the routine application letter in your job search you are not really taking advantage of todays digital opportunities. As a professional hotelier you have a good LinkedIn profile
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There are 7 simple strategies You can apply in order to get promoted quickly, even without a hotel school degree. There are countless success stories on almost every continent about entry level workers and hourly employees who have moved up the career ladder. A report by the American Hotel & Lodging Association revealed that there
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The simple answer is: Both. However they are completely different and will serve a different purpose in your career journey. Job Boards like Indeed, Glassdoor or more hotelier specific -Caterer Global are digital advertising boards on a global scale and have replaced completely the more regional and local newspaper job advertising. The difference to traditional
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Anthony Robbins quotes in his famous book “Awaken the giant within“ that It is in the moment you make a decision your destiny is shaped. Another famous quote comes from Muhamed Ali, who said: “Once you made your decision, never look back and never , ever second guess your decisions !” In the moment You
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The Hotel Business is a global business. So let me come straight to the point. You have to be able to communicate in at least 2 languages. One of those two languages is English. If You are from North America, of course You speak English and yur focus should be to aquire Spanish as a
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