Hospitality: career ladder

Career options in hospitality industry extends to hotel management, airline catering and self employment. A management trainee starts at 6,000. Read on.

Career Ladder and Earnings

Management Trainee
Ist year : Rs 6000 per month
IInd year : Rs 8000 per month
Assistant Manager : 15,000-25,000 per month
Manager: 20,000-25,000 per month
Deputy Manager : 15,000-20,000 per month
HOD: 25,000-30,000 per month (depending on the skill and type of work)
Resident Manager : 40,000 - 55,000 per month
General Manager : 60,000 - 80,000 per month (depending on experience)
Vice President : 80,000 -1 lakh per month
Director : As per company policy

Job Prospects
· Hotel & Restaurant management
· Airline Catering and Cabin Services
· Institutional Management (canteens in college, schools etc.)
· Club management
· Self-employment
· Cruise Ship Hotel Management
· Hospital administration and catering
· Forest Lodges
· Guest Houses
· Catering departments of railways, banks, armed forces etc.
· Hotel and catering institutes
· Hotel and Tourism Associations

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Apprentice
Rs 2, 500 - Rs 3,000
Junior sous chef Rs 35,000 - Rs 40, 000
Sous-chef or senior kitchen executive - Rs 50, 000 - Rs 60,000
Senior sous-chef or chef de cuisine - Rs 95, 000
Executive chef Indians - Rs 2 - Rs 3 lakhs
Expats - USD 7, 000 - 8,000

* Figures quoted are of monthly income