Academic and Professional Training Programs
Career Planning and Placement:
PHTRC’s members include professionals from over 90 lodging properties throughout Palestine. By becoming a member, you automatically connect with a network of professionals and businesses that can put you in touch with internships, jobs and provide useful career advice.
Programs and services:
Internships: The PHTRC will soon be offering internship opportunities in various properties and areas of specialization.
Career Planning: Through consultation with various industry professionals and educators, the PHTCR has developed a list of high-demand areas of specialization within the hospitality industry.
Career Days: The PHTRC will be holding annual career days throughout Palestine to allow hospitality graduates, students and professionals to meet and network with tourism and hospitality industry stakeholders.
PHTRC Internship Program
The PHTRC in close cooperation with various hospitality educational institutes and tourism stakeholders has put together an internship program for interested students and other qualified candidates.
About the PHTRC Internship Program?
An internship is a structured learning experience in a work setting where students or interns are given the chance to practice what they theoretically learned. The PHTRC internship program is a great way for students to explore their career field, measure their knowledge, skills, strengths and weaknesses while directly working in the tourism / hospitality field. Above all, these internship programs are an excellent way to gain valuable workplace experience. Furthermore, the internship program is also a powerful tool for tourism and hospitality stakeholders to build strong relationships with undergraduate and graduate students as well as career professionals who are seeking to grow and advance in their career path.
The PHTRC internship program provides benefits at various levels.
Student benefits: Internships allow students to develop new skills, build strong networks in their industry, gain practical experience and explore various career options. Through internships, interns can also:
Determine if this is an appropriate career path
Build a strong resume
Develop a network of professional contacts that can be useful for future opportunities and references.
Identify which skills they need to further develop.
Employers’ benefits: Employers can also benefit from participating in an internship program. Some benefits include inexpensive labor and the opportunity to gain knowledge into the available workforce. Other benefits for employers include the opportunity to:
Build a positive and long term relationship with potential full time hires
Save money while benefiting from talent, enthusiasm and the innovation of students
Gain a competitive advantage in recruiting the best workers for the organization’s needs.
Industry Benefits: Internship programs also benefits the tourism and hospitality industry at large. Better training and experience means a more skilled workforce. Also important is that internship programs also strengthen the relationship with educational institutes.
Duration:
The PHTRC internship program is very flexible. During the academic year, the program requires interns to work 10-20 hours a week. The exact schedule varies from one student to another and from one employer to the other.
Certificate of Completion:
At the end of the internship and following the evaluation of interns will be granted PHTRC certificates indicating their performance and experience gained through this program.
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