Description of Types of Management Careers
In the official website of the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), the various types of management careers could be viewed through the Career Center where positions were classified according to management and non-management categories. In the management categories there were 70 different options to choose from starting from Accounting/Staff to Unit Manager – Operations . For the Food & Beverage classification, there were nine sub-categories: F&B – All, Banquets, Beverage/Sommelier, Catering, Convention Services/Events, Food & Beverage, Kitchen Management, Restaurant Management and a separate Food & Beverage sub-category .
In the official website for the National Restaurant Association (NRA), the job search could be viewed from their Career Center where the searcher could input Restaurant Manager Jobs, for instance, in keywords and locations . Thus, as one viewed a store manager position for the whole of the USA, there were more than 100,000 jobs found from page 1 to page 160 . Job hunters can even narrow their search according to management category, company, city and state, as preferred. One could view the following management types: rookie managers, operations managers, product manager, global sourcing manager, procurement/vendor manager, among others.
Comparative Analysis between the General Management Positions
When one narrowed the category into general management positions, those that were accessible for view from the AHLA site generated as much as 404 opportunities found and could be accessed in 40 pages. The job position could be viewed according to date, location, job title, and company name. For NRA, after typing general management, the search finder generated as much as 2,558 jobs found and accessible in 25 pages. Aside from having an option to narrow one’s search according to the above mentioned details, a searcher could view and access details according to job title or description, company, location, and date posted. Likewise, the searcher could also opt to view the job positions according to: closest jobs first, relevant jobs first, or newest jobs first , as preferred.
As such, there were similarities in terms of providing similar crucial details such as the exact job description or position, the location, the company name, and the date posted. There were disparities in presentation and there were more jobs generated in the NRA (2,558), as compared to the AHLA (404) for general management positions. The presentation of management jobs are more detailed for AHLA since the management categories outlined in greater depth and detail the specific management areas to pursue. It also indicates if one is seeking an entry position; as provides options for streamlining one’s search according to United States locations or even international locations.
Analysis and Description of Growth in Overall Employment
The details of the job outlook for Food Service Managers, for instance, as noted in the Occupational Outlook Handbook corroborated the trend, to wit: “employment of food service managers is expected to decline 3 percent from 2010 to 2020, as the number of eating and drinking establishments opening is expected to decline from the previous decade” (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012, par. 1).
For the Loding Manager, it was revealed that “despite expected growth in tourism and travel, fewer managers will be needed as the lodging industry shifts to building more limited-service hotels and fewer full-service properties that have separate departments to manage” .
Thus, it was explained that the slow growth in overall employment for both industries could be attributed to apparent decline in the number of establishments that are projected to be opened; as well as cost-cutting measures instituted in various organizations within these industries due to overall slow economic growth and global prospects.
Recommendation on Human Resource Practices
For the lodging industry: (1) provide better remuneration and benefits package, according to performance, experience, and length of service; (2) provide opportunities for advanced leadership and development training; and (3) provide opportunities for travelling to other international destinations.
For the restaurant and beverage industry: (1) provide better remuneration and benefits package according to performance, experience, and length of service; (2) provide opportunities for advanced leadership and development training; and (3) provide entrepreneurial opportunities for venturing or franchising into the same line of business.
These human resource practices focus on providing benefits and motivational programs that would encourage management talent to perform well and be appropriately motivated to stay in the organization to avail of higher training and professional growth. As emphasized in the Occupational Outlook Handbook, for instance, for Lodging Managers, “some lodging places are streamlining operations to cut expenses by either eliminating some managers or scaling back the total number. Chain hotels, for instance, are increasingly assigning a single manager to oversee multiple properties within a region. Still, some larger full-service hotels, including casinos, resorts, and convention hotels that provide a wider range of services to a larger customer base, will continue to generate job openings for experienced managers” (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2012, par. 2).
Therefore, to attract management talent to serve the organization through lengths of years of experience, current and potential applicants for managerial positions could be provided with continuous training to specialize in an array of services to make them experts on this endeavor. Higher compensation, coupled with greater motivational packages (travelling, profit-sharing, and other benefits) would also assist in retaining these talents for considerable lengths of time.
References
American Hotel & Lodging Association. (2008). Career Center. Retrieved from http://www.hcareers.com/cjb/ahla
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012, March 29). Food Service Managers. Retrieved from Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/food-service-managers.htm#tab-6
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012, July 11). Lodging Managers. Retrieved from Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/lodging-managers.htm#tab-6
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2012, February 1). National Employment Matrix. Retrieved from bls.gov: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_109.htm
National Restaurant Association. (2012). Career Center. Retrieved from http://restaurant.org/careers/jobcenter/findjob/
