Careers in Hospitality Free Seminar Sessions
Monday 1st March
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The latest thinking behind First Impressions
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An interactive session highlighting the importance of first impressions especially when attending interviews.
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Jodi Goldman Communications Manager, Learnpurple
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| 1130 |
Debate: which is the best sector to work in? Hotels, F&SM or Restaurants?
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An industry panel will discuss each sector and what they offer the employee in terms of a career. Discussion will cover training, benefits and progression packages and help the audience members determine which might suit them best.
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Sally Prescott - Learning and Development Manager, Jumeirah Carlton Tower Becky Newell Compass Group UK
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| 1230 |
Industry bodies and benefit to students
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Your chance to find out what the leading hospitalities professional bodies do and how they can benefit your students
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BHA (TBC), Malcolm Harling ,CESA chairman (confirmed)
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| 1330 |
How to give your best at interview
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An interactive, entertaining session demonstrating the best and the worst interview scenarios
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Rachel Begbie, Director of Human Resources, Four Seasons Hotel, Canary Wharf
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| 1430 |
Professional qualifications
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A fantastic opportunity for students and industry professionals to learn more about the qualifications you can gain and how these will improve your career.
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IoH - TBC
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Tuesday 2nd March
| 1030 |
INSPIRE - The Quality Standard for work experience |
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An opportunity to learn about different organisations attitudes towards providing good and bad work experience with audience participation
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AP, Pear Tree, Compass, thistle, Lexington |
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| 1130 |
Asian & Oriental cuisine - a growth careers sector |
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Presenting the characteristics of this exciting, popular and rapidly growing cuisine by two key players in the sector
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Julia Murrell, HR Manager, Busaba Eathai |
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| 1230 |
Dangers of alcohol dependency and other drug misuse. |
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Students at hospitality colleges and universities will greatly benefit from this talk. You will be equipped with information on how to avoid peer pressure and how to cope with the pressures surrounding you in the working environment.
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TBC |
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| 1330 |
Student unemployment - what are the real issues? |
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What are the current employment challenges facing students and what are colleges doing to address the issues? The panel welcome questions from the audience.
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Geoff Booth, Westminster Kingsway College & Angela Maher, Oxford Brookes & Mia Touzin, Thames Valley University |
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| 1430 |
How to move from a being a Chef to being a Manager! |
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The move from Chef to Manager can be challenging. An industry panel will draw on personal experience to discuss and make recommendations on the key considerations when making this successful transition. |
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Mark Stonham - Food and Service Director - Restaurant Associates, Paul Hallett, Senior Sous Chef - Marriott Grosvenor House, Andy Norton- Production and Logistics Manager - Sodexo |
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