| You can land sales positions in the hospitality industry | | | | certificate program, and I visited the competition to |
| within 30 days if you follow these practical tips: | | | | get an idea of what I will be selling against. Be |
| First of all, before you go to the interview, be sure | | | | passionate about the sales position. |
| you are knowledgeable of the job you are | | | | Drop some key industry buzz words at the interview. |
| interviewing for. Don't go to the interview and | | | | Use words like maximizing the use of meeting space |
| expect them to tell you what a hotel sales and | | | | to maximize hotel revenue, handling inquiries, target |
| catering career is all about. | | | | accounts, action plans, revpar, market segments, |
| Do your homework, study the competition, learn the | | | | SMERFE, and consortiums are hotel words that will let |
| hotels strengths and weaknesses, learn about what | | | | the person interviewing you know that you |
| makes a hotel sales representative or catering | | | | understand the business. |
| representative successful. You can learn about hotel | | | | The hotel business is looking for good people, they |
| sales manager jobs on-line in about 14 hours at Next, | | | | just don't like to spend valuable time training new |
| should be obvious, but many people overlook it. | | | | sales and catering recruits. Be sure you are prepared |
| Dress like a professional at the interview. Hotels are | | | | and knowledgeable and you will land the sales and |
| all about image and you can make or break the | | | | catering interview... and the job. |
| interview in the first 30 seconds. | | | | Sales employment opportunities are always good in |
| At the interview, be sure and let the person that is | | | | the hospitality business. Go on-line and do a search |
| interviewing you know that you have done your | | | | for hotel sales careers. Every hotel has from 1-7 or |
| homework. You can say, in preparing for this | | | | more sales and catering sales rep positions and there |
| interview I took an on-line sales and catering | | | | are plenty of jobs. |