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Career Paths
Both retail and hospitality should be considered as careers of choice. There is unparalleled diversity and opportunity across these sectors. There's also enormous scope to earn some pretty meaningful cash. In this section we look at potential avenues for careers progression within the retail and hospitality industries.
Career Path q&a - Bam Bou
Neil Leo General Manager, Bam-Bou Bam-Bou │ 1 Percy Street, London W1T 1DB │ 020 7323 9130
29 February 2012Joining 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 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 2012Working at the White House
White House Hotel in London is the Spanish chain's flagship property and well versed in keeping its guests happy and comfortable - but what about its staff? We talk to some of its key personnel to find out.
12 January 2012Career Path q&a
Michele Caggianese
30 November 2011Those who can Recruit
Whether you're in retail or hospitality, management or head office, a career path open to you is recruitment consultancy. If you've got the right skill-set, attitude and expectations it could be a lucrative, fulfilling career. But that's a big if...make sure you look before you leap.
29 July 2011Getting into retail buying
There are many factors a recruiter will take into consideration when evaluating the merits of a candidate's suitability for a role in retail buying. Having recruited a great many such professionals, Debenhams' Sally Greenwood provides her insight into an employers' decision-making process.
11 May 2011The pull of parallel paths
The importance of job security is understandably at an all time high, but professionals in the retail industry can draw comfort from the broad array of potential career options available to them in the hospitality and leisure industries. We talked to Roddy Watt, recruitment guru in the H&L sectors, for further insight.
01 May 2009Does your future lie in the farthest reaches of retail?
It's not for everyone but for retail professionals with an adventurous spirit and a love of phrases such as "tax-free salary" pursuing a career in one of the world's emerging markets might just be the perfect ticket out of a credit-crunched UK.
01 December 2008A career in smoke and mirrors
Visual merchandising is an incredibly important retail function but a largely anonymous and misunderstood career path. Are retail professionals missing out on a potentially fantastic future? Calum MacLeod takes a look.
19 April 2008