Aviation
Industry
Skills
& Attributes
Following
skills are essential for an air hostess for a successful career:Sense of responsibility
- Pleasing personality
- Presence of mind and initiative
- Good physique
- Patience to work long hours
- Systematic approach towards duty
- Good appearance
- Communication and interactive
skills
- Language proficiency
- Pleasant voice
- Team spirit
- Positive attitude
If you have a disposition and can get along easily with all kinds of
people, you can consider a career in the cabin crew of commercial planes
as an air hostess or steward. An air hostess has many responsibilities
on a plane. She greets every passenger, guides each to his or her seat and
settles them in, coordinates security, and much more. Women usually prefer this
career although men can do the same job and are called ‘stewards’.
Studying and
skill development is a constant thing in this career, especially if you’re
angling for promotions. After about 10 years as an air hostess, you would be
moved to jobs such as Ground Hostess, Check Hostess, or other airline related
jobs.
International
airlines pay better than domestic ones, but even domestic air hostesses earn
about Rs.25000 – Rs. 40000. In senior positions you can be paid up to Rs.
50,000 to Rs. 75,000 in domestic airlines. Private airlines might pay you Rs.2
lakh a month.
Air hostess
training is not mandatory or essential to get into this profession.
Self-preparation is needed. However, some institutes have come up in India and
are offering trainings to develop basic skills required for the profession.
Travel & Tourism Management
The tourism
and hospitality industries in India are increasingly emerging as among the
key contributors to the economy. Tourism constitutes about 6% of India's GDP and employs more
than 40 million people.
So if you
have the passion to travel and love interacting with people, you can build your
career in this industry. You will learn managerial skills, problem-solving,
efficient communication, and principles and practices required in the travel
and hospitality sectors.
Job
opportunities are myriad for students with an MBA in Tourism Management. You
can work as a Hotel or Resort Manager, Assistant Manager, General Manager, Food
and Beverage Director, Front Office Manager, Human Resource Manager, Conference
or Convention or Event Planner, Travel Agent, Group Travel Facilitator, Travel
Writer, Travel Photographer, and so on. Sectors which will be eager to employ
you, are travel agencies, tour operators, airports, airlines, hotel and related
hospitality industry, international and national food chains, hospital and
institutional catering, food craft institutes, ships and cruise lines, state
tourism development corporations, resorts or spas, facilities management
service, event facilitation, transport or logistics, and adventure tourism and
entrepreneurship.
Hospitality
Today, hotels
are used not only for tourism but also for seminars and conferences. Increase
in hotels and tourists all over the country has also resulted in the demand for
trained people. Students need to learn courses like front office, housekeeping,
catering, public relations, marketing and accounting. This helps students to face and handle
all kind of challenges in Industry.
You can seek
employment in the following departments of the hotel industry:
- Public Relations
- Food and Beverage (F&B)
- Front Office
- Housekeeping
- Computer Applications
- Accounting
- Marketing
- Financial Management
- Security
