| I applied for a front office job at a Hilton Hotel and | | | | generators, where to land the groups, SMERFE, |
| made enough money to pay the rent. Within the first | | | | REVPAR...) all good things to talk about. I must have |
| week I took an on-line sales course from It was fast | | | | impressed them, because I got the job as the |
| and affordable and gave me enough information to | | | | corporate manager at 48K. |
| prepare me for a hotel sales manager job. taught me | | | | Of course, I was dressed for success on the |
| more about hotel sales than I learned in college in the | | | | interview. I must say I looked professional and let's |
| past 3 years. | | | | just say "good." |
| I applied at the Wyndham hotel across the street. I | | | | After 4 months I was networking with some upper |
| was already in the hotel business at the front desk | | | | corporate managers and they must have liked me |
| so that impressed them and they knew I had a | | | | because the put me in a fast track program. Three |
| general idea of how a hotel runs. The front desk is | | | | years later, I am running a hotel sales department |
| where they say you learn about every department | | | | and earning 80 thousand and bonus. I enjoy the hotel |
| because you have to interact with all of them. | | | | sales business and would recommend it to anyone |
| Hotel Sales is where the money was...and that is | | | | that enjoys working with people and working hard |
| where I wanted to be. At the interview, I explained | | | | and having fun. |
| the things I learned from the sales course (demand | | | | |