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What Sort Of Catering Jobs & Hospitality Jobs Can Students Do?

The great thing about part time catering and hospitality jobs is that they are a huge source of opportunity for students looking to earn a bit of extra cash. There are all sorts of jobs available in the hospitality and catering industry and most employers are willing to take on students.

Catering and hospitality covers a wide scope of job descriptions but some are more suitable for students than others. For example, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to train up as a chef on a part time basis while you are also studying.

Lots of other opportunities are available for students in the catering and hospitality sector. Just a few vacancies you should consider applying for include waiting and bar staff jobs, kitchen jobs, various hotel job roles and events jobs.

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Will I Get Training For Catering & Hospitality Jobs?

Yes, very often you will receive training for anything out of the ordinary in a catering or hospitality job. Even if some of the work seems a bit hard to master at first, you will become better at lots of the typical catering and hospitality tasks simply by doing them.

But you will find that most of the skills needed for hospitality and catering roles are simply common sense. Some other catering and hospitality tasks - such as cleaning, preparing food or washing up - are the sort of things you (possibly) do at home anyway!

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Typical Catering & Hospitality Job Tasks:

Catering & Hospitality covers a wide range of jobs so the tasks involved are many and varied. You may well have to do some of the following in hospitality or catering roles:

Serving the general public
Cleaning
Working the tills
Food preparation
Helping to organise events

Part Time Catering & Hospitality Job Skills For Your CV:

Customer service skills
Organisation
Commitment
Ability to work without supervision

Opportunities For Progression In Catering & Hospitality Jobs

Many people think of catering and hotel jobs as simply a way to earn a bit of money and get some work experience while at college or university. There are, however, many opportunities to turn catering and hospitality jobs into full time careers.

Hotel management is one area that might interest you if you find that a part time hospitality job suits you. You could also go into full time events management or a top level job in the pub industry.

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