It takes a well-trained staff to keep a hotel operational and pleasant for guests, which is why there are so many hotel industry jobs. Hotel managers are typically at the top of the career ladder and are in charge of overseeing staff and facilities. He or she will delegate tasks to a variety of employees, ranging from maintenance crews to front-desk personnel. Reservation specialists, chefs, wait staff, lifeguards, cleaning staff and management, accountants, lawyers, guest services employees, valet parking attendants, and many other jobs are available in the hotel industry.
Specific activities in some hotels may necessitate the hiring of other hotel industry employees, such as games dealers, event coordinators, and bartenders. Hotels with casinos will hire a variety of dealers to handle table games, security personnel to keep an eye on the hotel and casino, and cashiers to handle the money that enters and exits the casino area. Setting up convention areas for vendors, attending to various client needs, organizing catering or parking services, and much more are all responsibilities of event coordinators. Special events are frequently handled by one or more event coordinators employed by hotels with large grounds or convention centers.
Almost all hotels have hotel industry jobs that focus on cleanliness and maintenance. A cleaning crew, for example, will make sure that each room is cleaned on a daily basis or before a customer enters it. Cleaning crews will be in charge of keeping the rooms clean as well as the common areas like the lobbies, lounges, bars, and exercise rooms. On-site laundry services are available, or linens from rooms can be shipped to a laundry facility to be cleaned and returned to the hotel on time. Maintenance workers ensure that all facilities are in good working order; if certain elements of the facility break down or require repair, maintenance workers will take care of it. Groundskeepers will look after a hotel’s grounds in a similar way, often tending to plant life and making sure the landscape is presentable for visitors.
Restaurant and bar management are common jobs in the hotel industry. In a hotel restaurant or bar, chefs, sous chefs, servers, dishwashers, maitre d’s, bartenders, and busboys may all work. Bar backs are employees who maintain a bar area, particularly during peak hours, to ensure that glassware is clean and liquor bottles are full and ready for the bartender to use.