Almost 200 People Attend Hospitality Career Fair

February 26, 2014

[Updated with video + slideshow] The Ministry of Home Affairs in partnership with the Bermuda Hotel Association [BHA] hosted the 2014 Hospitality Career Fair at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess today [Feb 26], which saw almost 200 people attend.

The aim of the Hospitality Career Fair was to encourage suitably qualified Bermudians to apply for job opportunities in advance of the upcoming 2014 Tourism season.

This morning, the Minister of Home Affairs, Michael Fahy stopped by the event and spent some time touring the interactive career booths, which included spa, concierge, sports and recreation, culinary and food and beverage to name a few.

Minister Fahy said, “I had an opportunity to visit all of the career stations and I was very impressed with what I had seen and heard. I want to take this opportunity and thank each and every one of our industry partners – the BHA, our hoteliers – and our employees at the Department of Workforce Development for putting this event together.

“Over the last few days since the Budget was tabled, the public will have heard that we are starting to see modest signs of an economic recovery. It is at a delicate stage, however we consider this very good news. So we view the Hospitality Career Fair as being very timely, as we consider our tourism industry to be a key component towards ensuring a strong and robust economic recovery.”

The Minister continued, “We are in need of some dedicated, committed, dynamic and passionate Bermudians to be a part of this industry. We are looking for individuals to fill dozens of jobs in advance of the tourism season – spa attendants, sports and leisure workers, wait service staff, front desk and other front line personnel, general managers and hotel executives. Today’s event was about sowing the seeds so that we can nurture our next group of hospitality industry leaders.”

Participating properties at this year’s event included Rosewood Tuckers Point, Fairmont Southampton, Fairmont Hamilton Princess, Cambridge Beaches, The Reefs, Mid Ocean Club, Grotto Bay Hotel and Coral Beach Club. The Bermuda Hospitality Institute and The Bermuda College were also participants this year.

The Department of Workforce Development advised that all available hospitality jobs are currently available for viewing and application online.

Update 6.53pm: Video of Andrea Haffar, Director of Human Resources at Rosewood Tuckers Point Hotel

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  1. Cow Polly says:

    Well done!

  2. Terry says:

    “suitably qualified Bermudians”.
    Just got made redundant at Hamilton Princess and my twin brother who lost his job at det place on Harbor Road and uncle Harry at Whites Grocery and Mable my live in ……………….

  3. js says:

    200 people !!!

    based on these photos it looks like a lot less than 200 people attended

    maybe they counted the Minister, his permanent secretary and the participating properties as well

  4. Good Stuff says:

    Check my boy Groceries! Well done!!!

  5. Coffee says:

    A picture tells a thousand words !

  6. So Plane to See says:

    Amazing, they all gone missing for Black History Month and now on the media prowl, geeseesh,

    Dunkley posting is every move, even Art Mels on 42nd

    Richards giving interviews – didn’t learn his lesson from talking on Let’s talk running for leader but chancing it once again for Premier.

    Bascome getting reward for doing his job from KBB – lookout crockwell he wants to be Tourism minister, can he travel?

    Fahy trying to show he’s a nice bie

    PCC getting neglected

    writings on the wall.

  7. Really says:

    People are just plain nasty these days educate yourself and get a job :)

  8. Triangle Drifter says:

    Assuming the 200 registration count is correct, is that ALL? Surely if finding a job is so tough far more than 200 would be expected to turn up.

    Sorry but that looks like a waste of the various vendors time.

    Lets not hear any more whining about no jobs.

  9. Recall dem all says:

    Right to Recall an OBA election platform promise?

    They don’t recall, but we do!

    Recall PCC, Pettingil,Bean, Crockwell and Dunkley.

    Force a new election and on the ballot decide once and for all:

    Independence

    Casino Gaming

    Marijuana

  10. Confused says:

    I attended the “career fair” yesterday and in my opinion, the only goal that was achieved was to educate the attendees on which paths you could choose if you decided on a Hospitality career. There were not many hoteliers to speak to during the time I was there and there was no discussion of what jobs were available. Attendees were encouraged to register on the Bermuda Jobs Board website to apply for vacancies, however, when you try to apply for some of them, you are re-directed to the company’s website and in some cases the job that is posted on the Jobs Board is not offered on the hiring company’s website. All in all, I found it a waste of time. An improvement would be to have each employer occupy a booth and that way they could talk about vacancies as well as their establishment at the same time and give job seekers the opportunity to make a good first impression. This approach would be far more productive and beneficial to those seeking employment.