Crown Institute Hospitality, Travel and Tourism students enjoyed a day of networking with different companies at its Industry Day on the 17^th of November.

A diverse variety of companies participated in the event, ranging from Air New Zealand and Showcase Hospitality to adventure tourism companies such as OGO Rotorua and Agroventures!

Natalie Tolhopf, Campus Manager and Careers Advisor says, “networking is the best way to learn about new job opportunities, but many students are too shy or nervous.  It is important to us that we offer our students a chance to form these skills relationships with people in the industry”.

This was an excellent forum for students to learn more about the many different companies in the industry and the types of career paths they can take. It also gave them a chance to meet and make contacts in the industry for the future.

Crown Institute students really appreciated the opportunity.  Darryl Cook a student studying the Crown Certificate in International Travel, Tourism and Airline Studies course really appreciated the opportunity “the Industry Open Day really reaffirmed that I’m heading in the right career path”.

The Industry Open Day is a bi annual event held at Crown Institute.  Different companies from the hospitality and travel industry participate and give students insight into what it is like to be working in these exciting industries.

Take a look at the poster below to find out which companies attended the day.

If you would like more information about the courses then phone 0800 357 316 or email info@crown.ac.nz

At Crown Institute of Studies we believe in giving our students a helping hand in getting them ahead.  In today’s working world work experience is essential in any job! Therefore we offer a diverse range of internships to students, to help them get much needed work experience. Work experience partnered up with the right qualifications will help students  get into their chosen industry.

Here are our internships currently on offer

Business

Crown Institute of studies offers an exciting opportunity for a Business student to gain some work experience in the Accounting Arena!

The lucky student works 3 to 4 hours a week in Crown’s Accounts department!

The student will be using MYOB knowledge to learn practical dada entry and develop filing skills, an essential to any office job.

Travel

Travel Desk

At Crown we have our own Travel and Activities Desk where students can book and find out more information about a range of activities and adventures around New Zealand.

We offer a 3-month internship to a graduating Travel student to run our travel desk. The student will gain experience in customer service, sales and networking.

This is an ideal stepping-stone for a graduating student to gain entry into the Travel industry!  To apply click  here!

 

New Caledonia Tourism

Crown has many strong relationships with the Tourism Industry in particular with New Caledonia Tourism.

In 2006 Crown Institute and New Caledonia Tourism in New Zealand founded the New Caledonia internship/scholarship. Every year one lucky travel student from Crown is awarded the scholarship.

 Part of the internship/scholarship package is work experience at the New Caledonia Tourism office and $1000 towards the students course costs at the completion of their studies.

 

Simon Duffy (New Caldedonia Tourism) with Samantha Morris (2011 scholarship winner)

 

GO Holidays

GO Holidays is the largest wholesaler in New Zealand.  We have a great partnership with this company and a number of our graduates are now working there.

We offer a travel student an exciting opportunity to work at this fantastic and well-known organisation.

This internship is a golden opportunity for a student to gain some excellent work experience at well reputable company and get a taste of what it will be like working in the Travel industry.

 

 

 Kharn Murphy (Crown graduate working at GO Holidays) 

 Intercity

 Intercity is New Zealand’s largest coach transportation network under the country’s premier coach networks of Intercity Coachlines and Newmans Coachlines.

Crown and Intercity have had a longstanding relationship. We have been fortunate enough to secure an internship with this fantastic company.

Students get to experience first hand what it is like to work in a travel call centre, listening in to calls, going on famils, working at Skycity depot and selling tickets.

 

Marketing

Marketing is a big part of the Travel and Tourism industry.  We offer a finishing Travel and Tourism student an opportunity to gain some skills in this discipline. From customer service to liaising with prospective students.

This internship is for a student who does not have any work experience and would like to gain some extra skills to ad to their CV.

This is a 6-week summer internship where the lucky student will be working with Crown’s fun marketing team.

 

Hospitality

Function Staff

Crown and Function staff has teamed up to offer students the opportunity to gain work experience in the hospitality arena.

Through this internship students learn to deal with customers confidently and prove to employers they have up to date and relevant work experience.

Function Staff is recognised as New Zealandʼs most Outgoing & Dynamic staffing source for client event & promotional requirements.

 A lot of our students have gained exceptional experience from working with Function staff.

 

 

Crown Plaza & City Life Hotels

Crown Plaza and City Life are a couple of top notch hotels in Auckland. This is an excellent opportunity for a student who is studying our Hotel course.

Students are places in the house keeping or the food and beverage department. They work alongside supervisors and team leaders.

From this internship students get a real taste of the working environment with in the hotel industry.

This is a fantastic way for students to learn and make some excellent contacts.

Function Staff and Crown Institute of Studies have joined forces.  Providing you with the opportunities to gain work experience. Learn to be confident with customers and prove to employers you have what it takes. Crown bridges all the gaps, giving you the qualifications, the work experience and the confidence to make success happen! Function Staff is recognised as New Zealandʼs most Outgoing & Dynamic staffing source for client event & promotional requirements. This was formally recognised recently as we won the prestige ʻPeoples Choice Awardʼ for Nationwide Best Staffing. Function Staff were chosen to work closely with Rugby event organsiers to ensure a true NZ Hospitality customer service experience throughout the entirety of the tournament.

Keep your job expectations and role choice- simple and specific.

Remember it’s about keeping your goals clear and then reaching them. Here are 6 successful steps in the right direction.

1. Define the job role you want
2. Research what skills and qualities you have for the role
3. Research the type of companies you want to work for
4. Find out how they recruit (remembering 85 % of jobs are not advertised)
5. Create a CV that highlights all the skills and strengths you have and how you can help the companies
6. Write a cover letter that shows your genuine interest and what benefits you will bring.

Enjoy the tips and remember if  you need  some templates click below

Any one can say they are a “good team player”.

The key is to give an example as to why you are. It proves that you have the skill required and that you have actually thought about the job role. I suggest to students that you write a CV for every job you apply for. Once you understand that the first page of the CV relates to job role advertised it becomes easy to do this. I have also attached a  5 min video of how to do it. 

Click below to get an idea!  Then go to the careers page for a CV template

http://www.screencast.com/users/Crowncareers/folders/Jing/media/8dd8f494-1350-44a6-bc4e-e8c8ec327274 

It is very important that you are passionate about what you want to do - if you are it is easier to write a CV.