This post is for all students, but particularly those on module TLH346 and is all about employability in the hospitality, events, aviation and tourism industries.
You'll find a selection of the books and journals in the library collections all about employability and we've selected a few examples to share:
Books
Everett, S., Cade, N. and Hunt, A. (2020) The Tourism, Hospitality and Events Student’s Guide to Study and Employability. 1st edition. London, England: SAGE Publications
Firth, M. (2019) Employability and skills handbook for tourism, hospitality and events students. 1st edn. London: Routledge
Book Chapters
Ahmad Ridzuan, A.H., Ahmat, N.C. and Azdel, A.A.. (2015) ‘Hospitality management The contribution of internship in developing industry relevant management competencies among hotel and tourism management students’ (2015) in Theory and Practice in Hospitality and Tourism Research. CRC Press, pp. 19–24
Beaven, Z., St George, S. and Wright, R. (2009) ‘Employability in the cultural events sector: the role of specialist degree programmes’, in People and work in events and conventions: a research perspective. Wallingford, UK: CABI, pp. 29–38
Journal Articles
Dzia-Uddin, D.N., Minghat, A.D. and Wan Zakaria, W.N. (2023) ‘Systematic Literature Review of Employability Skills of Hospitality Graduates after Covid-19 Era’, International journal of academic research in business and social sciences, 13(10)
Ngoepe, L.L. and Wakelin-Theron, N. (2023) ‘Employability attributes of hospitality graduates and expectations of hotel managers’, Journal of teaching and learning for graduate employability, 14(1), pp. 88–103 [Open Access]
Shyju, P.J. and Chandra Shamsher Bahadur Singh (2018) ‘Employability of Tourism Graduates: An Empirical Study of Experience of Tourism Service Providers’, International Journal of Tourism and Travel, 11(1 & 2)
You will find more sources on Library Search and more guidance on the type of sources available on the Library Guide for Hospitality, Events, Aviation & Tourism.
