Countywide job board lists current positions available
To address the labor shortage in the hospitality industry, Hamilton County Tourism and Hamilton County Economic Development have launched a local advertising campaign to inspire individuals to consider hospitality as a future career choice. The organizations have created a hospitality job board with current positions in restaurants, hotels and more.
The need for job candidates to consider careers in the attractions, event, food service and lodging industries is greater than ever as the county’s hospitality industry emerges from the travel depression caused by the pandemic. In Hamilton County, pre-pandemic tourism and travel supported almost 10,000 direct local jobs.
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“The pandemic and its ripple effects seriously impacted this critical local industry,” said Hamilton County Tourism President/CEO Brenda Myers.
Two in five American workers who began their career in travel and hospitality now earn more than $100,000 a year, making it a very vertical industry with a career path that can start as early as high school.
“The tourism and hospitality industry career pathway is very vertical,” said Hamilton County Economic Development Corporation Vice President of Workforce Strategy Michael Thibideau. “A front desk clerk at a hotel can move into general management or sales fairly quickly with or without a college degree. These jobs also provide valuable soft skills training that can be used throughout an individual’s career.”
Most workers in the travel industry earn middle class wages or higher.
“Among workers who began their careers in the travel industry, one-third earned at least a bachelor’s degree, compared to just 28 percent who began in health care, 19 percent in construction and 18 percent in manufacturing,” according to the U.S. Travel Association report “Travel: America’s Unsung Hero of Job Creation.”
For a complete list of employers with hospitality industry jobs available in Hamilton County, visit InvestHamiltonCounty.com.
About Hamilton County Tourism
Hamilton County Tourism Inc. is a nonprofit destination management organization that promotes tourism growth through strategic marketing, hospitality and development initiatives providing hospitality to more than four million visitors to Hamilton County each year.
About Hamilton County Economic Development Corporation
The Hamilton County Economic Development Corporation is a comprehensive marketing organization focused on attracting and growing a talented workforce to Hamilton County. The office works with economic development professionals, workforce readiness and attraction programs, along with the network of state universities to promote the jobs and skills training available for career-changers in the county. The Economic Development Corporation also works with Hamilton County Tourism and leaders across the county to share why the county is an attractive, affordable, safe and fun place to live and work.