Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Skills Of A Good Certified Hotel Administrator

By Stephen Ellis


Different colleges and other institutions of learning give both academic and professional qualifications after sitting a given examination. Certified hotel administrator is regarded as the most valuable certification among all other hotel manager certifications. It is due to the rigorous procedures that one passes through before attaining it. To attain the qualification, one has to be a general manager or assistant in that capacity having adequate proven experience. The following are skills to have to get certified.

Skills in management of human resources. Human resources management is a key area that touches the entire enterprise since there are people that are employed to do various activities. The administrator must be able to determine the labor requirements by looking at the vacancies available and carry out the recruitment process. Manpower planning, hiring and development and motivation the labor force are key roles of the administrator. One also has powers to fire those who are not productive.

Possess property management skills. As a manager, some of the responsibilities is to take care of hotel properties at all times. Take good records of properties available, assign duties to different people regarding the monitoring of every asset that the firm has. Ensure that people responsible carry out necessary repairs to bring the long term assets that are available to optimum efficiency.

Decision making. Many issues and activities that will be done may require that you to decide on whether or not to carry out a given task. Know the rightful procedure of making decisions by using adequate information so that quality of the judgment that one makes is not compromised. Try to include others in every process of making decisions to make it more acceptable to other team members.

Possess hands-on experience. Sometimes it needs the administrator to acquire practical experience in doing some tasks to work effectively. It is a requirement that you have a given level of experience in operations of large scale. Be all round since the firm will need you in all areas of interest to the firm, both in matters of lodging and even in leisure activities.

Engagement with employees through sharing of experiences. Be ready to share past events that happened which influenced your decisions. Share your success story to inspire others to get the energy to tackle issues. Also, they can get discouraged from doing some behaviors that may be negative to their success.

Keeping pace with change is critical. The level of expertise that the hotel administrator has is something that must be improved now and then due to the changing nature of the industry practices. Many processes come up which may be entirely new, and to be efficient, one will be required to do a lot of continuous improvement.

Hospitality industry requires people with competencies that are beneficial. Possession of the above skills makes one be effective in the operations. The certification should be an encouragement to work harder towards the overall enrichment of your career and the organization.




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