The Hospitality Apprenticeship Showcase welcomes apprentices from some of the leading hospitality businesses to come together and meet with MPs and Ministers. In this annual event they discuss the future of industry and showcase the incredible careers apprenticeships can lead to.
UK Hospitality chief executive, Kate Nicholls, took to the stage next and said: “We are pleased to celebrate once more the unique opportunities that our industry presents and provides from entry-level jobs to management positions. We are one of few sectors in the economy that people can enter with no experience and rise very rapidly to management and senior levels.”
A research survey commissioned by HIT Training has shown that 76% of the parents that were asked, believed that jobs in hospitality sector can offer a long-term career root. Moreover, 89% of parents and 79% of the teachers would recommend an apprenticeship as an effective career route for young people when they finish school.
Also, 78% of the employers said that hiring an apprentice has improved the productivity of their business. Furthermore, 74% of employers said that apprentices improved the quality of their products or services.