Spa and Resort Management Career Guide to Making it in the Spa Industry

Author : Josh Stone Just because spas offer its customers full relaxation and respite from the daily stress and hustle and bustle of the metropolis, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the people working behind it are on Zen mode 24 hours a day, seven days a week In fact, managing a spa or taking on a spa career comes with as many guidelines and technicalities as the average Windows operating system While it may seem odd that we compare something deemed stress-relieving to something a little str

Starting A Career in the Cleaning Service Industry Maids and Janitors

Author : Josh Stone Maids perform typical domestic chores such as cooking, ironing, washing, cleaning the house, grocery shopping, walking the family dog, and taking care of children In some countries, maids take on the role of a nurse in taking care of the elderly and people with disabilities Maids are often expected to work at least fifteen hours per day Many maids are required by their employers to wear a uniform Today the maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middl

A Variety of Rewarding Chef Careers

Author : Josh Stone Choosing a career as a Chef is a noble and rewarding career choice As a chef, you are limited only by your own imagination The skills that are taught in culinary school are the basis for the rest of a chef’s career A chef does not just cook food A chef prepares culinary masterpieces using their skill and imagination There are different kinds of chef in the culinary industry All leave school with the art that they were taught, but only a handful has the true spirit of

Dickies at Work The Conservation Corps

Author : Josh Stone As a young lad, I looked around before starting on my career track, thinking before I settled down, this was the time to get my world legs on Do a stint in the military? It was peacetime (shows how long ago this was?) and doing National Guard just to say you did it seemed kind of a mediocre choice Join the Peace Corps and do a stint in another country? Maybe, but that seemed like a slightly deeper commitment, and anyway what if I didn’t like the politics? I ended up midway

Great Opportunities in a Hotel Manager Career

Author : Josh Stone Though the industry is likely to do well in the long term, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts there won’t be very much growth in the number of jobs for hotel managers A lot of new hotels will be economy class and extended-stay hotels, and these kinds of accommodations don’t hire as many managers as shorter-stay, more upscale ones However, increasing business travel and domestic and foreign tourism will drive employment growth of hotel managers and assistants Hotel