Analysis of Employability in Hospitality, Events, and Tourism Sector

This report delves into the realm of employability within the hospitality, events, and tourism sectors, highlighting various career opportunities, from event management to tourism-related roles. It explores the impact of mega trends such as technological change, globalization, and urbanization on graduate employment and the workplace. The report discusses the usefulness of psychometric tests like personality profiling and situational judgment tests in aligning individuals with suitable careers. It also examines different types of work environments, emphasizing the importance of specified working hours, organizational culture, and growth opportunities. Furthermore, the report identifies ongoing and emerging development needs, including communication, teamwork, and leadership skills, crucial for securing and retaining graduate employees. The conclusion summarizes the key findings, underscoring the importance of adapting to industry trends and developing essential skills for career success in these dynamic sectors.

Mental Wealth:
Employability in
Hospitality, Events
and Tourism
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................3
Chosen sector outline............................................................................................................................3
Range of career opportunities available within the sector......................................................................3
The impact of mega trends on graduate employment and the workplace...............................................3
Psychometric tests useful for aligning with potential careers................................................................4
Type of work environment....................................................................................................................5
On-going and emerging development needs..........................................................................................5
CONCLUSION.....................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Employability is a term that denotes opportunity in getting a satisfied job which gives
an opportunity to an individual in order to sustain their livelihood or achieve growth in their
future. The concept hospitality refers to an industry that provides various kinds of services
such as hotels, restaurants, events, tourism and transportation, etc. the present report
discusses some career opportunities that an individual has in respect to his career.
Employability is a term that denotes opportunity in getting a satisfied job which gives an
opportunity to an individual in order to sustain their livelihood or achieve growth in their
future. The concept hospitality refers to an industry that provides various kinds of services
such as hotels, restaurants, events, tourism and transportation, etc. the present report
discusses some career opportunities that an individual has in respect to his career.
Chosen sector outline
The sector for this report is taken as event management or organising industry in
which companies conducts events as per demand and requirement of their customers such as
corporate parties, meetings, seminars, marriage or engagement programs and many more.
Under a client decides an event and reaches event management organisation to plan such
decided event fulfilling event needs. There are various companies that operate within the
sector namely Penguins events, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, ATPI corporate events, BETC
London, Cascade productions, and many others which are operating in UK.
Range of career opportunities available within the sector
The various career opportunities that are available within the sector are that an
individual can open an event management company for which he can be a owner, or can be a
manager, organiser, stage decorator, wedding planner, logistics manager, etc. sponsorship
facilitator, catering manager, social media coordinator, communication or marketing
manager, assistant in any of the above mentioned field or several others
The impact of mega trends on graduate employment and the workplace.
The various mega trends that create an impact on graduate employment and the
workplace are mentioned below:
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 Technological Change: Technology plays a very important role in going with
prevailing trends because the world is working with technological software's or
equipment’s. Knowledge of technology helps individual in getting high jobs to
graduate people in desired organisation (Chen, Liu and Qi, 2020). These impacts
positively on future career of an individual.
 Globalisation: The concept of globalisation has opened large market for employment
that is being integrated. This gives a thought to graduate employees in order to
achieve more skills that match with trends so to have better job in market (Gibim and
Wechsler, 2020).
 Urbanisation: In last few decades many people shifted from their towns or villages to
cities in order to get education and good job so to have better life. It is very essential
for graduate employees to understand and acquire recent trends of urbanisation in
order to have its positive impact on their jobs.
 Part time employment: In today's world many people are working as part time
employees which now a days is a trend that drives graduate candidates to get better
option and companies are also hiring part time candidates. A graduate candidate can
go for part time employment as is allows him to continue his studies as well as
enough time for developing existing skills.
Psychometric tests useful for aligning with potential careers
The various different psychometric tests that are useful for aligning with potential careers
are mentioned below:
 Personality Profiling: This is related to the personality of an individual that is used
to analyse their potential and make comparison in order to know the suitability of the
candidate as per job requirements. There are organisations that treat personality
profiling as the initial stage during hiring or some assess candidate’s personality
during their online assessment. Some tests such as The Myers-Briggs type indicator,
sixteen personality factor questionnaire, DISC, etc.
 Verbal reasoning Assessment: This involves assessment of candidate through
testing his ability so to know about his/her comprehension or understanding skills. It
includes testing of analogies, sentence completion, etc. This is done in order to
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analyse that during critical situation how logically a candidate can respond or take
decisions.
 Numerical Reasoning Assessment: This test is conducted in order to analyse
candidate’s interpretation and logical conclusions that they takes on basis of
numerical data, tables or graphs, etc. The main reason behind this assessment test is to
assess candidate’s decision making skills with the use of data and numbers.
 Situational Judgement Test: Situational judgement test refers to an assessment of
candidate’s potential through getting their responses or views related to particular
situation or work. Individuals are allotted with some problems upon which their
judgements are taken for solving such problem at workplace.
Type of work environment
The term work environment refers to a situation or circumstances in which an individual
performs his task. The various type of work environment are mentioned below:
 Specified working hours: This means a company should have specific working
hours within which a candidate is allowed to work or if they asks for extra work a
candidate should be paid for such extra.
 Organisational Culture: Healthy organisation culture with some touch of
informality is suitable in order to work in company because this allows employees to
feel relax and stress free.
 Company's people: This involves positive and friendly behaviour of company's
employees as well as top level management which helps to develop positive and
supportive working environment within an organisation.
 Growth opportunities: A candidate will choose such environment where they have
an opportunity of getting growth or promotion from his existing job. This working
culture allows employee to feel safe and stay retained within an organisation.
On-going and emerging development needs
Development needs refers to a requirement of enhancing one's skills and competencies that
are helpful in securing and retaining graduate employees. The various needs are mentioned
below:
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 Communication skills: It is very essential to have effective and sound
communication skills that can be utilized in having influencing and healthy
interaction with various stakeholders or customers. Effective communication skills
help employees to secure their job and stay retained in organisation for long term.
 Team work: Doing team work allows employers to analyse various different skills in
candidate that gives a thought to retain such potential candidate in company for longer
term. Team work helps candidate in developing several skills such as coordination
and cooperation, formal and informal relations that supports in having a secure job.
 Leadership: Presence of leadership is very essential to have in today's competitive
and dynamic environment as a leader is the only one who brings solution to each task
as well as motivates its employees to perform well in such respective task to meet the
objective of the competitive environment.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that event management companies that
comes under the umbrella of hospitality offers various career opportunities within sector that
an individual can seek his career. Some mega trends such as part term employment,
globalisation, urbanisation, technological changes create a great impact on graduate
employees along with work place. There are various kinds of assessments that an employer
conducts in a form of psychometric tests to analyse candidates potential and skills such as
verbal, situational, personality and numerical tests. A candidate prefers healthy and positive
working environment so can work with more flexibility and positivity in organisation and
achieve success. There are certain on-going or emerging development needs that are used to
secure and retain employees at graduate level such as communication, leadership, teamwork,
etc. that helps to develop their skills and competencies.
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