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Hospitality, Leisure & Retail
With over 13,000 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure businesses across South West Wales this sector is one of the most important and widespread in the region. More people are choosing staycations and visiting our region than ever before, and people will always want to dine out, participate in leisure activities and obviously go shopping.
This ensures huge flexible job security, but not forgetting the beauty that working in hospitality gives, being the joy you gain from the role, but why else should you want to work in hospitality?
Make someone’s day every day
Whatever role you do in hospitality, retail or leisure, its’ about bringing joy to somebody’s day. Your job role is about people. Your job doesn’t revolve around the preparation of spreadsheets or mundane 9-5 rituals, it’s ultimately about the vibrant ever-changing atmosphere and the overall happiness of your customers. The excitement of making people’s day!
Gain core transferable fundamental skills
The sector serves as an important entry point for many young people entering the job market and is often described as providing the nation’s favourite and best first job. The sector equips young people with core fundamental easily transferable personal skills i.e. customer service, communication, planning, organising, attention to detail, numeracy and unlocks your creativity. All skills that are transferable to other industries should you wish to change career at a future time.
Its not 9-5
No mundane repetitive tasks, every day if different, you will meet new people, have fun whilst working and best of all, if you have other educational or entrepreneurship aspirations, many roles can be part time, so you can slot the work in around your study / hobby time.
Did you know
You could specialise as:
• Chef / Waiter/ Wine Specialist / Cocktail Makers
• Events Management
• Marine Manager or even a Cruise Hotel Manager
• Management & Supervisory roles
• Training & Development
• Hygiene / Health & Safety
• Skipper a tour boat or diving experiences
• Shop owner, specialising and selling the things you love.
• Outdoor activities from mountain biking, skydiving, abseiling to kayaking.
Whether you are creative, practical, great at organisation or just love interacting with new people, why not work in a vibrant ever changing exciting industry? Hospitality Retail and Leisure offers not only this but also solid transferable fundamental skills grounding for your future and with much of the development training happening “On Job” you can earn as you learn for fantastic long term career prospects.
A guide to careers in Hospitality, Leisure & Retail