Xu Xiaoping: For the sake of dreams, it is no problem to go from international students to waiters.

Xu Xiaoping: For the sake of dreams, it is no problem to go from international students to waiters.

Teacher Xu: Hello!

I am a student of three types of Japanese language majors. Now I am a senior, but I fell in love with the hotel. I always thought that it wouldn't have anything to do with it. Until the holidays, I found a chance to work in a five-star hotel. Although I was working hard, I lost half an ounce of meat a day, but I was very excited and I did my best. From that moment on, I was thinking about the hotel industry. The family wants me to study abroad. After all, I am studying a foreign language major, but my answer to myself is, NO, I don't want to go, because there is no purpose, I don't know what I went to Japan, unless I study hotel management, but The hotel needs experience, not a degree, even if it is a martyr Saint Seiya.

Moreover, in a few days, I am 22 years old. This age is still spending money from my parents. It is not filial. It is not easy for my parents to raise me to this day. I can’t bear to spend their money. So I decided to start from the hotel waiter, but I was unanimously opposed by my family. They couldn’t accept the gap from the international students to the waiters, but this is my dream. I have to insist that there is nothing more happier than doing what I like. . A lot of people don't understand why an undergraduate student is a waiter, because they all look down on this job, but the hotel industry has its own rules of the hotel industry, that is, everything starts from the lowest level, although I want to be the director, hehe. What I want to ask is how to design from the waiter to the director.

Your career planning for a girl in "The Poor Dialogue" is to go to Switzerland to study hospitality management, return to work, and then go to MBA... but I don't want to go abroad now, I want to work first, then go abroad for further study or Other roads, I hope that teachers can give pointers according to my situation and the conditions of personal development of the hotel industry. Thank you, I am looking forward to your reply.

Guming1987

Guming 1987 students:

Sorry, I am replying to you late. These days, my mood was completely immersed in the Yang Yuanyuan incident, immersed in how to prevent similar tragedies from happening. Please forgive and understand!

I am very happy to see that you have such a clear passion for your career! I strongly support you to take your own path and let Mom and Dad be proud of you in the future!

I have a friend named Zhu Zhen, who is the only Chinese vice president of Park Hyatt Hotel in Beijing. He has been to New Oriental, but he has not gone abroad. Only the undergraduate degree in hotel management at Zhejiang University can achieve such an enviable high position. I believe that he relies mainly on his own efforts! Moreover, he looks very young and has an uncertain future. I am proud of having such a friend, and I am excited that you may be able to achieve such success!

I also have an acquaintance who is the owner of another five-star hotel. He sighed at me: his hotel's employee turnover rate reached 25% a month, so every time I went to him, many familiar faces were gone - where have you gone? Digging away by competitors. This is evident from the lack of talent in the hospitality industry.

This is a good message for you. Zhu Zhen’s story shows that local talents can already achieve the highest level in an international hotel. The sigh of the boss indicates that the industry is developing rapidly, and the talents are thirsty, and the opportunities for talent promotion are very large. And you have a precious passion for this line, so don't invest now, wait for it!

You have all the elements of talent success: 1. Love and passion; 2. Faith and confidence; 3. The prospect of rapid development. 4. The hotel industry does not have high requirements for specific professions. The Japanese major is a language and humanities major, and it is a very good foundation for you to work in the hotel industry. So, you have to convince your mom and dad to go back to your favorite field!

However, when you are burning for the ideal, I want to pour you some cold water: the hotel industry, like all other industries, under the glamorous appearance, in fact, it is a bit dull and sometimes even hard work, you To have a full understanding, that is, to be loyal to your choice, you must have a spirit of perseverance and down-to-earth. But as all the people who have come together emphasize that success lies in repetition and success lies in dedication.

Finally, how to improve yourself in the future is nothing more than an increase in work experience and ability, and an increase in higher degrees. I believe that by then you will know your long-term and short-term items very clearly, and whether you will decide whether to go full-time or part-time, whether to go abroad or not to study abroad. But no matter when you continue to study in the future, now is the best time to enter this industry!

As your parents don't understand the hotel industry, I can understand them. As one of the pillars of the national economy, the service industry in China has not developed enough so far, and society's prejudice against the service industry has played an important role. However, if you succumb to the pressure of Mom and Dad to give up your dreams, you may regret the pain for a lifetime. I don't know how many such parental education tragedies I have seen. The most loving parents have become the biggest obstacle for children to pursue their dreams. I hope that this will not happen to you.

If you need me to help you convince your mom and dad, I can also meet them. Please leave your mailbox in my comment bar and I will contact you.

I wish you success!

Xu Xiaoping
2009/12/15