Hospitality Apprenticeships Week helps to showcase the ‘unique and diverse’ career pathways that the sector provides, coming at a time when there are currently record vacancies across the industry.
The week long event aims to change people’s perspectives that the sector only offers short-term jobs that lack progression to one that offers fulfilling and rewarding career prospects. The initiative aims to clearly demonstrate how working in the industry is #MoreThanAJob.
Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UKHospitality, said: “Initiatives such as this are incredibly important in shifting the level of understanding around what working in our amazing sector actually means and to show people the career opportunities that it presents.
“Ours is a creative, vibrant and fun sector in which people can go from bar to board in a very short timeframe. If the industry gets behind the week we can educate, engage and employ people of all levels of experience across the UK, not only helping to solve the current staff shortages but futureproofing the industry by attracting the brightest and best.”
The week will also celebrate the apprentices working in the sector, those that have completed their apprenticeships and those who have progressed within their business.
Jonathan Foot, head of apprenticeships & early careers at Compass Group UK & Ireland, commented: “Hospitality Apprenticeship Week is a great opportunity to celebrate our apprentices and showcase how apprenticeships can change the lives of our people.
“We’re on a mission to provide support to one million people by 2030 and education and development forms a big part of this commitment. We always see an increase in apprenticeship applications during these focus weeks and would encourage all businesses to get on board.”