Career Advice in Hospitality

6 Skills All Top Restaurant Waiters / Waitresses Must Have
As the hospitality industry slowly gets back on its feet as we creep towards the much-anticipated end of the pandemic, the increased demand for waiters and waitresses is inevitable. Talented waiters and waitresses are crucial to ensuring a great dining experience,...
6 Things to Avoid Doing on Hosco for Landing Your Hospitality Job
Hosco is known for offering great benefits to members. Our platform allows hospitality professionals and students to find jobs and internships in the hotel, tourism, and gastronomy sectors. We provide a means for networking with other hospitality professionals,...
Hotel Housekeeping Manager: A Quick Guide on Becoming One
Housekeeping is a career as old as time. When great estates were common across the world, housekeeping involved managing the household's staff to ensure standards were met, and everything ran smoothly. Fast forward to today, and the position of ‘Housekeeping Manager'...
6 Steps to Successfully Planning Your Virtual Hospitality Events
Just because hospitality events have become mostly virtual doesn’t mean they have to be boring or hard to execute. On February 4th, we hosted our monthly Hospitality Talks webinar with Pilar Navarro Muñoz, Business Events Professor at EUROAULA. In this article, we...
Top Chef Skills to Make You More Employable
Read our exclusive interview with renowned Le Cordon Bleu Chefs, Emil Minev and Éric Briffard, to learn which hard and soft skills will boost your employability as a Chef. They also share the latest culinary trends, the importance of lifelong learning and how COVID-19...
Spa Jobs: How to Start Your Career in the Beauty & Spa Industry
The spa and beauty niche is an attractive sector within the hospitality industry. Not only do you get to meet people from all walks of life, but spa-goers tend to be more relaxed, making for a peaceful work environment. No matter your reason for wanting to work in a...
What Will Be the Top In-Demand Skills in Hospitality for 2021?
Due to COVID-19, life isn't the same as it used to be for many of us. We've seen more changes, strange rules, and restrictions in the last year than ever before. Hospitality is all about offering the best service you can to customers. Friendliness, being helpful and...
Hospitality Soft Skills: More Important than Ever Before
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted the hospitality industry in so many ways that when it bounces back (and it will!), it will no longer be the same as the one we left behind. For one, the acceleration of digitalisation is so rapidly and profoundly changing ways of...
What Is the Future of Employment in the Hospitality Industry?
Will the hospitality industry recover? What is the job outlook? What are the trends influencing the job market? Find out the answer to this and more here.
8 Great Books To Read During Your Job Search
Looking for a job and not sure what to do between interviews? You could binge-watch Netflix or you could do your career a huge favor by reading one or two job search books. There are a lot of "job hunt" style books out there, and some are more useful than others. To...
Career Mentoring: 5 Questions You Should Be Asking Your Manager
When it comes to developing and nurturing your career, there’s only one person that you can count on. That’s right, it's you. While it can be very useful to have a trusted mentor, it’s not always going to be your boss. Not all managers are as invested in your personal...
CV Tips: 7 Ways To Catch a Recruiter’s Attention
Nowadays, competition is fierce for jobs, with lots of qualified candidates applying for the same position. So, how can you be sure your CV will grab a recruiter's attention? Well, by using these proven CV tips, we're sure that you'll jump to the top of the hiring...
How To Hide The Fact That You Are Nervous – 5 Tips
Believe it or not, even the most confident among us get nervous before an interview, presentation or important meeting. So, why aren’t these people also sweating and suffering an increased heart rate like you are? Well, they’ve learned coping mechanisms to help deal...
12 Common Interview Questions And How To Answer Them
We’ve all heard the stories about eccentric interview questions that some companies ask. However, chances are you’ll be asked some pretty common interview questions first, ones that you can prepare for in advance. Here are 12 common interview questions and how to...
The 101 of Writing a Cover Letter
A cover letter is a first impression in writing. We put a lot of time and effort into making sure that our first impressions in person are perfect.
7 Crucial Questions Your CV Must Answer
The perfect CV. You know, the one that jumps off the page, clearly conveys your skills, and delivers an original personal statement, all while staying under two pages. A unicorn in the mist? Actually, the perfect resume is not as mythical as you may have imagined....
5 Things You Should Do Before Applying for a Job
There are a lot of jobs in hospitality out there—over 30’000 advertised on hosco alone! Feeling overwhelmed by all the possibilities and not sure where to start? Rest assured that your dream job is out there, and hosco.plus is here to help you find it.
3 Ways To Improve Your CV and Make A Good Impression
 When did you last update your CV? If you’re currently looking for a new hospitality job, then be sure to take the time to improve your CV now, so that you can make a fantastic impression on the recruiters. If you need pointers on crafting your CV for your perfect...
5 Steps That Will Help Bring Positive Change to Your Life
The beginning of a New Year is the perfect time to set new positive goals for the following months to come. If you made it through the first weeks of January just fine, congratulations! However, don’t beat yourself down if you’re already starting to abandon ship on your resolutions.
3 Ways To Maintain The Best Professional Relationships
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: relationship networking can help land you your dream job, and it can be the key to a successful career. We hope you’ve been listening to us and that you have developed your own networking practice.
7 Strategies to Decrease Stress at Work
Stress is a normal part of everyone’s life at work and outside it too. It does tend to flare up more at work because we have deadlines to meet, high expectations from our bosses or issues that arise out of nowhere. This is all perfectly normal, however, when stress at...
9 Good Questions to Ask at The End of an Interview
Need questions to ask at the end of your interview? Here are 9 good questions that will impress the recruiter and hopefully help you get the job!
Online Job Interview: 5 Must Do’s Before a Skype/Zoom Call
Got an upcoming online job interview? Make sure you’ve nailed these 5 things before you start a Skype/Zoom call and you’ll succeed in your remote interview!
Hospitality Evolution: The New Normal
What does the new normal look like for the hospitality industry? From strict hygiene to more flexibility. See how hospitality is adapting to this new world.
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