1. Introduction to Hospitality
Career Skills
VALUES AND GOALS
Values
Your highest priorities
Basis upon which you function
if not clear to you, you will drift
Important to identify
VALUES AND GOALS
•
your values
– not easy
– may point out that you
need a change in life
What Do I Do With
Values?
Decide on goals to allow you to
realize your values
Long-range goals
written in first person
affirmative
VALUES AND GOALS
specific
measurable

2. Intermediate Goals
Cover a shorter period of time
Smaller steps to reaching long-
range goals
Give these goals priorities
which one needs to be done first
VALUES AND GOALS
which ones can I work on
simultaneously
Give yourself deadlines
set a schedule
Daily Activities
Things you can do to help you
toward meeting your goal
May not work on
a goal every day
VALUES AND GOALS
Regular activity is
necessary
Plan for Tomorrow
A Y A D
If you always do
W Y A D
What you always did
VALUES AND GOALS
Y A G
You always get
W Y A G
What you always got

3. Activities
Forced Choice Values Test
Life Values and Goals
Life Line
Inventory of Likes and
VALUES AND GOALS
Dislikes
Development Planning Guide
CAREER ISSUES
WHAT TO DO NOW SO YOU CAN BE READY THEN
Direction of Career
Wide variety of opportunities
Marketplace increasingly service
oriented
outside employers looking at hospitality
grads
You must decide what you want to do
CAREER ISSUES
investigate possibilities

4. Write a Résumé Early
Forces you to ask hard questions
what you have done
where you want to go
Gives others idea how
to help you
CAREER ISSUES
Serves as an outline
education
work history
activities
accomplishments
Early Résumé
But I have no experience
Résumé as a tool to obtain
part time jobs
internships
summer work
CAREER ISSUES
scholarships
additional educational experiences
Résumé as a career planning tool
Writing a Résumé
Employers hire people to solve
problems and meet specific needs
target resume to specific employer /need
may be something from an unrelated job
that will fill a need in the job you are
seeking
CAREER ISSUES

5. Résumé as a Guide to Work
Experience
Part of college education is work experience
Should not be chosen randomly
Experience reflects desire
important to work in area where you wish to begin
career
experience should be reflected in career goals
indicates your understanding, commitment, and
CAREER ISSUES
sustained interest