Cornwall Hospitality Young Ambassadors

Support for Schools

There is a small team of young people working in hospitality businesses in Cornwall who are available to attend events to promote careers in the tourism and hospitality industry. They are trained in speaking to groups of young people, enthusiastic and are case studies which students can relate to. If you would like a Hospitality Young Ambassador to come and address your students please contact Priscilla Samuel on 01209 718425 or email cornwall@tsnsw.org.uk

Become an Ambassador

We are expanding our Young Ambassador team amd will be holding training for our new recruits on the 2nd and 16th October 2008. If you are working in a hospitality role in Cornwall and would like to promote our industry, why not think about becoming one of our team.
You will be between 19 and 30 years old, have good communication skills and interesting work experience, have formal training and be working in one of the following areas:
Reception/Concierge/Porterage
Bar/Restaurant
Housekeeping
Event Management
Kitchen
Sales and Marketing

Click on the icon below for the full list of criteria and benefits plus details of how to apply

Industry Visits for Schools

The industry has secured funding to host a number of hospitality careers events for schools to introduce students, teachers, careers advisors and work experience co-ordinators to the range of job opportunities available in this exciting industry.

Schools bring groups of students to a tourism business for a morning session, finishing after lunch. The session begins with an overview of the industry in Cornwall and the opportunity it brings for employment, a talk by a young person working in the industry who has progressed well in their career and will inspire others, a DVD made for a young audience to give more case studies and inspiration. The main part of the sesion is visits to 5 or 6 hotel departments to learn about the jobs and have a go at some tasks, such as cocktail making, decorating a desert, checking in a guest, laying a table, checking housekeeping standards or rehearsing with the entertainments team! A young person from each department will talk to the students about their job, why they like the industry and how they have progressed.

The feedback from students and teachers is always very positive and helps to give an up-to-date impression of life in this dynamic industry.

If your school would like to attend an event next autumn or winter, contact John James by emailing john@jamesgulval.plus.com