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What interests you?

  • Visiting different states and countries
  • Learning about other cultures
  • Planning a party or special event
  • Cooking and serving snacks or meals
  • Working with different people
  • Going to a community center or YMCA
  • Showing people different places and things to do
  • Visiting a museum and working with artifacts
  • chef prepares meal in a high end kitchen
  • passport and ticket on a white counter
  • sous chefs plating courses
  • vegetables laid out next to knife
  • sous chefs pouring soup into miniature pumpkins on plates
  • interior of an uptown restaurant at night
  • server carries two plates of food
  • cucumber, lettuce and tomatoes are washed
  • hotel on a tropical beach at sunset
  • view from a luxurious resort and pool at dusk
  • wine glasses on a table stand empty ready for wine
  • woman floating on her back in a small pool at a tropical resort

Check out these careers:

Culinary Arts chef sautes food in a skillet in a professional kitchen
Culinary Arts
annual salary range
$13,189 - $27,429
Dietetic Service, Technology and Management measures nutritional content in a sandwich
Dietetic Services, Technology and Management
annual salary range
$27,797 - $48,133
a small boat is moored near a beautiful tropical island with clear blue sea, palm trees and white sand beach
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
annual salary range
$27,910 - $57,000
Lodging Management oversees check-in from a hotel front desk
Lodging Management
annual salary range
$15,972 - $24,100
Hospitality manager reviews checklist
Hospitality
annual salary range
$13,607 - $36,262
Restaurant and Food Service Manager sits in restaurant at night working on laptop
Restaurant and Food Service Management
annual salary range
$15,704 - $34,847

Explore

Do you...

  • Have a good customer service attitude
  • Like travel/new experiences
  • Not mind working long hours
  • Enjoy people
  • Feel energetic and creative
  • Enjoy performing in front of an audience

Gain Some Experience

  • Volunteer as a little league coach
  • Officiate sporting events
  • Work at a homeless shelter
  • Get a summer job at a restaurant or camp
  • Write a travel blog for any trips you take
  • Plan a family vacation
  • Get a part time job as a waiter or waitress
  • Learn a new language
  • Work at a concession stand
sous chefs work in professional kitchen to create beautiful catering platters
doorman opens hotel room door for guest
front desk at a boutique hotel with a guest speaking with the employee
restaurant server holds out place of food with a delicious salad
Hospitality server takes order at a restaurant
doorman carrying a rolling suitcase up marble stairs

School

Related Programs at Local Colleges

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Work

Career Interviews

Let’s find out what people working in the careers you want to explore have to say. Download the Career Interview worksheet (PDF).