Careers Advice
We've broken down the careers advice into three basic categories:
Getting a Job, Workplace Progression and Career Paths, which are hopefully relatively self-explanatory.
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Joining the foreign legion
With the well-documented difficulties being experienced by retail and hospitality businesses in the UK showing little sign of abating, the option of pursuing a career overseas is increasingly appealing. But if you are thinking about taking your career on to the international stage there are some key considerations you should bear in mind.
01 February 2012Bringing Careers to the fore
Firmly established on the retail, hospitality and leisure events scene, this February sees the 14th Career Forums event come to London's Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel. Here, we take a look at what the event has to offer attendees and profile some of the key exhibitors.
01 February 2012Career Paths Q&A - SSP
Career snapshot I studied Hotel Management at Manchester University and went on to secure a trainee manager role at McDonald's. I then left McDonald's and joined a pub company as a trainee manager. After gaining excellent managerial experience, I joined SSP as a trainee manager of a coffee shop in Victoria. I was then promoted to assistant manager at a thriving croissant shop in Oxford Street. This role was particularly challenging; customers filled our tables almost constantly! After the success of this unit, I was relocated to Liverpool Street. I ran four units at this site and was promoted to group manager of Upper Crust in the months that followed. I was promoted to operations manager at Liverpool Street. After 18 years at SSP, I continue as an Operations Manager of 11 different locations, including: Reading, Guildford, Oxford and Swindon.
12 January 2012