Hot off the shelf
Hot off the shelf
Trainees were employed even before they completed the courseBhutan Intl School for H&T 17 January, 2011 - If the 61 graduates, who were recruited even before they finished their diploma training in hotel management, are any indication, there is scope of employment in the tourism and hospitality industry.
About 80 percent of the graduates from the private training institute, Bhutan international school for hospitality and tourism at Taba received their certificates on Saturday, knowing that there is a job waiting for them.This was the first batch of hotel management and 74 were sponsored by the ministry of labour.Director of the school, Chencho Tshering, said that those who were not employed was not because of non availability of vacancies. It was because some of the graduates were choosy about their placement, she said. Theyre waiting to work in hotels and resorts of their choice. She said the school got demands from hotels for trained hotel management candidates. While we werent able to meet the hoteliers demand, most of the students didnt want to work outside Thimphu and Paro, she said.Most of the students were class X and XII dropouts, who coulnt afford higher studies in the country or outside. A privately funded candidate, Kinley Bidha, who got recruited at a resort in Chumey, Bumthang, said that she is willing to work anywhere and utilise her skills. Kinley Bidha said she would work hard for experience and look for opportunities in bigger and better hotels.Tourism and hospitality is the fastest growing industry and the government target is to create 25,000 jobs by 2012 in the industry. However, some of the graduates felt that the employment at their level will be saturated in the next few years. A 21-year old front desk and house keeping graduate said that, despite attending three interviews, he couldnt get a job. The first batch is lucky. I wonder if therell be enough jobs for the others graduating next year and those finishing from outside Bh! utan, he said.Addressing the graduates, director general of department of labour, Pema Wangda, said training of youth for the hospitality sector was one of the important strategies for creating jobs. The director general urged the graduates to make the best use of their skills. The department had spent abou Nu 100,000 for each of the students they sponsored and will ask them to refund if they are found working or seeking jobs that are not related to their training. Many boys and girls hop from one training opportunity to the other, because theyre provided free by the government, he said. By Nirmala Pokhrel
Trainees were employed even before they completed the courseBhutan Intl School for H&T 17 January, 2011 - If the 61 graduates, who were recruited even before they finished their diploma training in hotel management, are any indication, there is scope of employment in the tourism and hospitality industry.
About 80 percent of the graduates from the private training institute, Bhutan international school for hospitality and tourism at Taba received their certificates on Saturday, knowing that there is a job waiting for them.This was the first batch of hotel management and 74 were sponsored by the ministry of labour.Director of the school, Chencho Tshering, said that those who were not employed was not because of non availability of vacancies. It was because some of the graduates were choosy about their placement, she said. Theyre waiting to work in hotels and resorts of their choice. She said the school got demands from hotels for trained hotel management candidates. While we werent able to meet the hoteliers demand, most of the students didnt want to work outside Thimphu and Paro, she said.Most of the students were class X and XII dropouts, who coulnt afford higher studies in the country or outside. A privately funded candidate, Kinley Bidha, who got recruited at a resort in Chumey, Bumthang, said that she is willing to work anywhere and utilise her skills. Kinley Bidha said she would work hard for experience and look for opportunities in bigger and better hotels.Tourism and hospitality is the fastest growing industry and the government target is to create 25,000 jobs by 2012 in the industry. However, some of the graduates felt that the employment at their level will be saturated in the next few years. A 21-year old front desk and house keeping graduate said that, despite attending three interviews, he couldnt get a job. The first batch is lucky. I wonder if therell be enough jobs for the others graduating next year and those finishing from outside Bh! utan, he said.Addressing the graduates, director general of department of labour, Pema Wangda, said training of youth for the hospitality sector was one of the important strategies for creating jobs. The director general urged the graduates to make the best use of their skills. The department had spent abou Nu 100,000 for each of the students they sponsored and will ask them to refund if they are found working or seeking jobs that are not related to their training. Many boys and girls hop from one training opportunity to the other, because theyre provided free by the government, he said. By Nirmala Pokhrel
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