Hospitality Career Advice
Overlooked Resume and Interview Soft Skills – Time Management
Career Development Spotlight: Mastering Time Management in Hospitality In hospitality, the ability to be hospitable—genuinely and consistently—is the core of everything. It’s more than customer service; it’s a mindset built around empathy, precision, and grace under pressure. But as anyone in this industry will tell you, the difference between a good hospitality professional and a…
Read MoreSchool’s Out for More Than the Summer: Why Enrollment is Down in Hospitality Programs
The Decline in College Enrollment and Its Impact on the Hospitality Industry Fewer Students, Bigger Gaps Fewer people are going to college today — and the numbers are striking. More than one million fewer students are enrolled in college now compared to pre-pandemic levels. Even more telling, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, of the…
Read MoreConsidering a Career in Hospitality? 4 Things College Graduates Should Know
If you’re getting ready to graduate from college and are looking for job stability and opportunities for advancement, look no further than the hospitality field. Hospitality Industry compensation is increasing as are your choices of good jobs. If you’re thinking about a career in hospitality, here are four important things that new college graduates should…
Read MoreTransferable Skills for a Career in Recruiting
Recruiters are hugely in demand right now. The Wall Street Journal says recruiting is actually the hardest job to recruit for right now, exceeding even tech jobs as being the most in-demand. If you have the right skills, recruiting is a highly lucrative, rewarding job. Recruiters on the low end make $75,000 to $100,000,…
Read MoreShould I Put My Vaccine Status on My Resume?
Deciding whether to have the COVID vaccine and/or the booster is just the first step. If you’re on the job market, you have another decision to make—should you put your vaccine status on your resume? Why is this even an issue? We explore the idea in this blog to give you something to think about…
Read MoreYour Secret Weapon to Hospitality Resume Writing
The Executive Advantage: How Top Hospitality Leaders Use Strategic Resume Positioning to Signal Business Value Beyond the Résumé — Toward Executive Brand Strategy In the upper tiers of leadership, a résumé is no longer a chronology of employment; it is a strategic communication document that signals capability, context, and commercial intelligence. At the Business School…
Read MoreTis The Season for Gifting: What You Should Know About Giving Gifts
New Hospitality Management Mindset For The Holiday Season. Tis the season for gift giving through generosity and random acts of kindness. Historically, the end of the year, with Christmas and Hanukkah and other holidays upon us, is the time that people exchange gifts and contribute to charities. Of course, some people do this year-round, but…
Read MoreMove into a Management Position
If you’re in the hospitality field, you know you have job security in a lucrative career path. Your skills are in demand but you probably don’t have time to find the next role that could help you move up the career ladder. That’s where Gecko Hospitality can help. From giving resume advice to representing you…
Read MoreTop 5 Highest Paying Hospitality Jobs
Everyone is hiring these days. Certainly, the hospitality industry has rebounded from the 2020 pandemic, where many facilities laid off or furloughed staff or even shut down their doors. Now it seems like none of us in the industry can find enough workers to get the job done. However, some hospitality jobs offer the kind…
Read MoreBest Ways to Ask Your Manager for the Raise You Deserve
Asking for a raise gives most people anxiety. However, it doesn’t have to. If you’ve never done it, you should know right up front that there are good and bad ways to conduct yourself during this process. In this blog, we will give you some of our best tips on the best ways to ask…
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