INDUSTRY PLACEMENT 10 INDUSTRY PLACEMENT Industry Placement

Running head: INDUSTRY PLACEMENT
Industry Placement
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
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Executive Summary:
The report aims at providing an insight into industry placement into the hospitality/tourism
and the events industry. The report therefore commences with a description of the
training/professional development received for progressing and being successful in the
tourism/hospitality and the events industry. The report also looks into the areas of further
development based on the present employer appraisal and their implementation on improving
one’s own performance. The report also puts forward a career plan for supporting the future
graduate career objectives and its implementation for meeting the recruitment trends and
current employability in the hospitality industry.

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Table of Contents
Training Received for Attaining Success in the Role within Hospitality/Tourism and Event
Industry......................................................................................................................................4
Areas that Needs Further Development Based on Current Employer Appraisal.......................7
Implementation of the development for improving the performance to Graduate Level..........8
10 Step Career Plan for Supporting the Future Career Aspirations and Objectives................10
Implementation of the Objectives and Aspirations for Meeting Recruitment Trends.............13
References:...............................................................................................................................15

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Training Received for Attaining Success in the Role within Hospitality/Tourism and
Event Industry
The hospitality industry represents varied career opportunities and hence the prospects
for the management position are outstanding (Boella & Goss-Turner, 2013). The staffs
represent one of the critical resources that allow the company in building the competitive
advantage. In other words, the people determine the success of the hospitality sector.
Therefore, it is very vital to recruit trained employees or implement training programs like
the ones done by Shangri-La Hotel for the newer hires (shangri-la.com, 2018). The training
programs offered by the hotel includes, certification in the culinary arts, certification in
beverage and food service operation, certification in rooms and front office operation,
certification in housekeeping and laundry operation and advanced program on hospitality
management.
In other words, training represents the process of learning the sequence of a
programmed behaviour (Romiszowski, 2016). It is an application of the knowledge thereby
putting forward an awareness of procedures and rules for not only guiding the employee
behaviour but also improving their performance. In this regard, the training that I received for
attaining success within the hospitality/tourism industry remains classified into various types
as per the features of the objectives and the period for training. The classification included
orientation, training based on actual work, laboratory training, training for attaining necessary
skills, practice training as well as special training(Valerio, Parton & Robb, 2014). In fact, the
training included more than a single procedure. Therefore, the training procedure that I went
through is as follows (Nischithaa & Narasimha, 2014):
Lecture: The process has been somewhat similar to the institute. This represents the
process of transmitting knowledge and concept of lecture only through the words. Here, the