Employability Skills for Tourism, Events, Hospitality and Leisure

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4462-7254-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 232 mm

Autoren/Hrsg.

Firth, Miriam

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Section A: Becoming employable in your sector
1. What does it mean to ‘be employable’?
2. Graduate employment in service and leisure
3. Personal development
Section B: Linking your studies to employability
4. Goals and targets
5. Developing your writing for employment
6. Relationship skills
7. Communication and interpersonal skill development
8. Reflective and reflexive thinking
Section C: Getting yourself out there
9. Placements
10. Volunteer opportunities and part-time work
11. Networking
12. Entering the workplace

Über Autor(innen)

Firth, Miriam
Dr Miriam Firth is a Senior Lecturer in Education Management and Leadership, in the Institute of Education, within the University of Manchester, UK. Her research focuses on Vocational Education, particularly Leisure, Hospitality, Events and Tourism Education. She chairs the AGCAS Creative Industries task group, and leads in Assessment for the Flexible Learning Project across the University of Manchester. With 15 years UK Higher Education lecturing experience Miriam has taught and supervised students on all programme levels. She has worked with the Higher Education Statistics Agency to support development of new national Employability metrics and published textbooks on Employability to support vocational students.