Is hotel teaching work easy to find?

last updated 2nd March 2011

I don’t know about easy to find but the vacancies are certainly there. We do get hotel positions crop up on the jobs page now and again so it’s worth keeping your eyes peeled. Hotel work never seems to pay that well. Five-star hotels might spend a small fortune on jazzing up the hotel lobby but they are often notorious tightwads when it comes to trainer salaries. But when you work ten meters from the beach and you dine on hotel leftovers (piquant lobster and baked alaska) then it’s something of a trade-off I guess. Actually I have spoken to a number of teachers who have done hotel work. Sometimes it’s great and other times it isn’t, especially if you have to train hotel staff who are already overworked and lack the motivation to attend your classes. If you fancy this kind of work, applying directly or just walking in and asking if there any vacancies for an in-house teacher might serve you well.

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