Site name: Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management Career Opportunities URL: www.wku.edu/~hrtm/hrtmjobs.htm Background information: This site is a launch pad for hospitality management career Web sites. The site provides links to generic hospitality Web sites such as Hcareers.

com, HospitalityLink.com, and HospitalityJobOnline.com as well as Web sites that specialize in hotels, food service/restaurants, casinos, and travel.

Exercises:

a. Explore at least two of the Web sites listed. Look through the job opportunities in your area of interest.

i. What job opportunities are available for entry-level management positions

(recent graduates of a hospitality management program)?

ii. Are there abundant job opportunities in a location where you would like to be after graduation?

b. Which support/career services does the Web site provide candidates to assist them with their job search (for example: résumé, cover letter, electronic résumé help, etc.)?

c. Explore the “Career Services” Web site at the college or university you are currently attending.
i. What types of services does your career services office offer to students (résumé and cover letters, job search assistance, etc.)?
ii. Is there a person in your career services office who has been specifically designated to assist hospitality management students? If so, what is the name of this person?
iii. Does the career services office hold job/career fairs for students on your campus? If so, when are these job fairs typically held and do they include potential hospitality employers as exhibitors?
iv. Does your career services office maintain a database of current job opportunities for students? If so, how do they make this information available to students?LO1