Showing posts with label career. Show all posts
Showing posts with label career. Show all posts

Friday, March 11, 2016

Success Story *Sami Bentahila

Sami Bentahila, UK and Morocco

Diploma in Culinary Arts 2012, BA in International Food and Beverage Management 2015

Now working as chef-de-partie at Barnsley House Hotel and Spa in the Cotswolds, England


My name is Sami Bentahila. I started out studying hospitality management in Switzerland, but after doing an internship in kitchen in Brussels, I realized that culinary arts was what I really wanted to do. The Swiss university did not offer a speciality in this, so I moved to Alpine Center and I never regretted it.  What was good was that at the same time we did lots of practical work and also the background subjects needed for management. The place is not too big, very friendly, and of course in a great location.  I learned so much, but at the same time had lots of fun and made many good friends. The internships I did in Mykonos and Antwerp were a great chance to see different places and work in different environments.


 Since leaving Alpine I have worked in several fine dining restaurants in France and the UK. At present I am at Barnsley House Hotel and Spa in the Cotswolds, England. It was selected by Condé Nast as one of their 100 top hotels in the world in 2016.  The hotel has a huge garden producing all the fruit, veg, herbs, etc for the restaurant, so I have really learned the value of seasonal local ingredients.  The work is very tough,with long hours and a lot of stress, but I get so much satisfaction when I know I have created a really good dish, especially when customers send their compliments. It also keeps you very fit! 


You need patience, stamina and determination for this career, but if this is your thing, you will just keep going pursuing your dream… If this kind of work appeals to you, Alpine Center is a good place to start!

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Now it's your opportunity to get a job at Disney Cruise Line

Established in 1998, Disney Cruise Line is known for delivering exceptional guest service and creating memorable family experiences that last a lifetime. Our outstanding crew members set us apart as a leader in the entertainment and hospitality industries by providing personalized attention to our guests. The difference is something you feel the moment you step onboard, and our crew are the reason our guests come back year after year. Working on a cruise ship takes dedication and hard work, but it also provides rewarding experiences, competitive pay and world-class training.

Looking for a unique job at sea? Watch and learn about working onboard a Disney Cruise Line ship!



‪Job opportunity at Disney Cruise Line

Dining Room Service and Beverage ( Bar) Service

 

20 spaces for virtual Job Interviews with Disney Cruise Line in April. Contract starts should be around June/July/August 2016.
Qualified candidates (EU-Passports only!) may send CVs to Mr. Ramon Amor at ramonamor@jobonship.com





You may study Cruise Management at Alpine Center. Visit our site.


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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Career Day 2016 at Alpine Center on 5th February

Career Day 2016

The famous annual event that attracts industry to Alpine to recruit students. 

Check out the list of our guest-recruiters. 
 

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Friday, November 27, 2015

Job opportunities in Cyprus

47 positions like Store managers, Assistant managers, Area managers, Chefs, Production managers, Bakery chefs e.t.c. available NOW!



The Alpine Center graduate Kostas Kyriazis, Operations Manager at Caffe Nero Cyprus, on the occasion of his visit for attending the Alumni Reunion on 19 December, will meet professionals who seek a career opportunity in Cyprus.

The position openings, by brand, are the following:

BURGER KING
6 Store Managers, 1 Area Manager
                          
PIZZA HUT
1 Assistant Store Manager, 1 Area Manager  
                        
DERLICIOUS
2 Store Managers, 1 Head Chef  
                       
JAMIES ITALIAN
1 Assistant Store Managers, 1 Store Manager, 1 Area Manager, 1 Sous Chef, 1 Head Chef
                        
HOBOS&LIMASSOL PORT (all day & sushi bar)
4 Assistant Store Managers, 3 Store Managers, 3 Sous Chefs, 2 Head Chefs
                         
WAGAMAMA
1 Assistant Store Manager, 2 Store Managers, 2 Head Chefs  
                     
PAUL
1 Store Manager, 1 Production Manager, 1 Bakery Chef      
                 
THE FISH MARKET
1 Assistant Store Manager, 1 Sous Chef, 1 Head Chef      
                   
HEADOFFICE
Digital Marketing (1), Marketing (2), Mechanical Engineer (1), Constuction (2), Systems (1)       

You may send your CV to hr@swissalpinecenter.com and, if your qualificatios match the requirements of the specific positions, an interview will be scheduled before or during the Reunion event. Hurry up!

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Testimonial * Joseph Chalfoun

Joseph Chalfoun, Swiss Diploma in Hotel Management, BA(Hons) International Hospitality & Tourism Management, Master’s in International Hospitality & Tourism Leadership (2005)


Head of Operations - Middle East & Greece, Food Fund International, UAE




'In 2002, 
I walked into Alpine, 
a young student hungry for knowledge. 

In 2005, 
I left with so much more 
than simply having my hunger satisfied'.



 



I graduated first with a Swiss Diploma in Hotel Management, then a year later with a BA(Hons) International Hospitality & Tourism Management, and finally, 12 months later with a Master’s in International Hospitality & Tourism Leadership.  


During my years at Alpine I had the opportunity to put into practice what I learned and to practice the leadership skills I acquired.  As a result I served as the President of the Alumni Association.  I also had the great fortune of doing my internship in 5 star establishments that paved the way to the career opportunities I received upon graduation.  


In a few years, Alpine has shaped the way I think and the way I regard the hospitality industry. It has instilled in me the right values and disciplines I needed to get me from one success to another. The passion and dedication the faculty showed me and my fellow students, taught us to regard each and every day as a chance to make a difference in the lives of people we meet. And that in itself is the essence of our industry. 


In my current position, now, I attend Alpine’s Annual Career Day, to recruit student trainees and graduates for our thriving company, just because I know those students and graduates have been trained the same way I have been, trained and educated to succeed and make a difference!


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Friday, October 2, 2015

Testimonial * Lena Charitou

Lena Charitou, Graduate Travel & Tourism Management (1999)

Pilot Ground Training Support Officer for Etihad Airways 

 



'Alpine is one of the best choices I have made in my life!'







At the young age of 19 when I graduated from Alpine Center with a Swiss Diploma in Travel & Tourism Management, I was very confident and eager to succeed in this lovely field of Tourism & Aviation.  Now, 16 years later, I am thrilled to recount my success story which includes 13 years working for Air France & Air France-KLM, 2 years working as a Sales Executive for  Falcon Aviation Services, since January 2014 when I moved to Abu Dhabi, and currently, still living in Abu Dhabi, I hold the exciting position of Pilot Ground Training Support Officer for Etihad, one of the world's top leading airlines, I can guarantee that this is not just my opinion but a fact.

 

Alpine Center gave me the foundation for a global career in the travel and tourism industry, equipped me with numerous skills to work in multicultural environments, and above all instilled in me a professional attitude that is a must to succeed in this industry, coupled with a commitment to lifelong learning! 


I am ever so grateful to my tutors and the leadership of the Alpine Center for having provided me with everything I needed to achieve my career goals.  

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Disneyland® Paris is recruiting in Athens on 3rd & 4th November 2015!

Applications are open!
Disneyland Paris, Europe’s no.1 tourist destination, recruits students throughout the year for a variety of seasonal contracts. During this year’s European Casting Tour, we’ll be recruiting in Athens on 3rd and 4th November 2015.

We’ll be offering seasonal contracts for the following roles:

Ticketing Hosts/Hostesses : http://bit.ly/1DSfckl
Attractions Hosts/Hostesses: http://bit.ly/1eQNDCc
Waitresses/waiters: http://bit.ly/1L5aUNY
Commis chefs : http://bit.ly/1Ml0zLQ

We recruit for different periods of the year, with contracts lasting from 2 weeks to 2 months:

Autumn: 2 weeks in October – November
Christmas: 2 weeks in December - January
Winter: 2 weeks in February - March
Spring: 2 weeks to 1 month in March - April
Summer: 2 months in July - August

For these contracts, all 35-hour per week, it’s necessary to be flexible with hours (shifts could begin at 6am or finish at 2am) as well as being available to work during the weekend.

There are accommodation possibilities for employees who live outside the Paris region, and as spaces are limited they will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis (terms and conditions apply).

How to apply

Candidates need to apply before 23rd October 2015 to one of the jobs (above) on our site http://disneylandparis-casting.com/en/casting-tour/greece or via our mobile application Disneyland Paris Careers. Please ensure the option “University/ School” in the candidate source menu is selected.

Why Disneyland Paris?

Working at Disneyland Paris offers the opportunity to gain a professional experience in Paris, in a unique and multicultural environment, as well as the chance to practise your languages (20 languages are spoken amongst our 15,000 Cast Members).

The profiles we’re looking for

Candidates must have an advanced level of French and English (B2 minimum for each language) as well as their native language.

An excellent sense of service, communication and people skills, rigor and respecting procedures are imperative to offer our guests the best experience possible, for which Disneyland Paris is well known.

Wishing you a fantastic day from Disneyland Paris, and hoping to meet you soon.

Disneyland Paris Recruitment Team

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Testimonial * Daria Rarenko

Daria Rarenko, Master’s degree in International Hospitality & Tourism Leadership (2014) validated by University of Wales
Project Manager for the M.I.C.E.
Ambotis Air Services Company, Greece & Europe


My name is Daria Rarenko. Studying for a Master’s degree at Alpine Center helped me acquire work experience in a tourism business  environments and gave me varied skills and the ability to work with many different types of people of different cultures, and basically to fit easily into the team.


I learned how to take initiatives, be responsible, and become a valuable team member, which is key to a successful career.

I have become very interested and motivated in working as a Project Manager for the M.I.C.E. (Meetings, Incentives, and Conventions & Exhibitions) Department in Ambotis Air Services Company.




My responsibilities included planning, organizing and coordinating M.I.C.E Projects in Greece and EU.   I was engaged to work in M.I.C.E projects with an average budget starting from 50.000 to 1.000000 euro with the net profit 20 - 30 %.  Another exciting aspect of my work is my involvement in organizing and coordinating wedding projects with the average revenue starting from 600 - 500.000 euro.


 

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Testimonial * Irina Kuzina

Irina Kuzina, Master’s degree in International Hospitality & Tourism Leadership (2014) validated by University of Wales
Sales manager of Sbokos Hotel Group (Blue Palace, a Luxury Collection Resort&SPA; Agapi Beach; Cretan Malia Park; Koutouloufari Village Holiday Club; Village Heights Golf Resort) -  Blue Palace is also a member of Starwood.  
Born in Tallinn, Estonia
 

For me education always used to be something more than academic knowledge. I believe that first of all it improves the personality and the traits needed to be competitive on the market.  

Alpine Centre had taught me many things – it improved my analytical skills, my patience as well as gave me a chance to meet a lot of amazing people and to establish a good relationship with my former classmates and present colleagues worldwide. 



However, I consider that the main thing that Alpine has taught me is belief in myself! 

Does not matter how difficult and sometimes even unreal your dream might seem to you – just keep going and do not try to find excuses for yourself, because you are capable of everything!


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Friday, September 11, 2015

Success Story * Andreas Romanos


Andreas Romanos, Hotel Operations
General Manager, La Maison Ottomane
Parodos Kanevarou 32, 73100 Chania, Crete, Greece



'my Alpine training had provided me with the confidence that I had learned from the best, the respect of our clients that they had instilled in us and the motivation to excel that went with all that'.






After a career in Business (mainly as a General Manager for Western organisations in Russia) I decided in 2011 to convert an old Venetian House in Chania, Crete into a small hotel and then run it. 

Knowing next to nothing about the hotel industry, except as a frequent user, it seemed prudent to at least learn how to make a bed or serve a meal while giving utmost customer service; and so I ended up at Alpine Centre on their Hotel Operations Programme (and also attending a few executive courses from the Masters' Programme).

Two and a half years later, a little over a year after opening, and la Maison Ottomane is rated by TripAdvisor as the best hotel in Chania and the best in Chania province, 1st of 453.  We are happy and busy.



Clearly in a small hotel (for now we only have 3 suites) the personality of the staff and design/decoration of the premises are of great importance in delighting guests, but the debt owed to Alpine Centre for helping us achieve operational excellence cannot be underestimated.

Like any business, a hotel of any size needs rules and systems and in view of the immediate transparency of failings as well as strengths which comes with online social media, there is no way a hotel can afford to make these up as they go along.

This is where Alpine excelled - in teaching you up front, effectively, how to take a booking, how to serve a breakfast, how to handle an overbooking, a no-show, an allergy, how best to clean a bed, how to get hairs off the bathroom floor, what are the pros and cons of a property management system, when do you serve from the right or left, how do you make a bechamel sauce.....


And what most impressed me about the teaching, what gave it credibility, immediacy and gained our respect and interest as future hotel professionals, was that we were being taught by actual hotel professionals - people who, once the season started again in a few weeks' time, would be putting on their aprons or bow ties and be out there at the hard end, delivering excellence and, in doing so, refreshing and increasing their ability to pass their experience onto the next round of students.

Perhaps Alpine's most impressive achievement is finding people who can work effectively both in a service environment and also as teachers. 

In any case, when we opened our doors to our public, my Alpine training had provided me with the confidence that I had learned from the best, the respect of our clients that they had instilled in us and the motivation to excel that went with all that.  And I can make a bed.



Impressed, grateful, delighted to recommend without reservation.

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

Success Story * Polina Sepirjova


THE SKY IS NOT EXACTLY THE LIMIT . . .

 A graduate of Alpine Center & City Unity College tells us how exciting her career has been during and after graduation!! 

Polina Sepirijova, Latvia, Graduate of 2013
Hotel Management Diploma, BA (Hons) International Hospitality & Tourism Management

My name is Polina Sepirjova and I am a graduate of Alpine Centre & City Unity College, year 2013.  I hold two qualifications:  A Swiss Diploma in Hotel Management from Alpine Center and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Let me share my story with you…

My first taste of working in the industry came as a first internship in my first year of studies at the reputable Sani Hotels in Chalkidiki where I was a Receptionist.  The first six month of my studies coupled with this internship changed me completely, from a very shy and quite person to a confident and vibrant person, open-minded and patient, responsible and ambitious.  My second internship started at Burj Al Arab, one of the most luxurious hotels in the world,  where I was employed as a  Guest Services Executive, and after just 8 month was promoted to another position – Rooms Controller. This experience is unforgettable. I met many celebrities, shook hands with the President of America, accommodated many Royal Families, and much more. Sounds good? That was just the beginning! My sense of adventure took me further and for the next two years  I was employed by another huge company in UAE, the Emirates Airlines. I travelled as a  Cabin Crew all over the world and my office was the whole sky. My dream came true! I was in Paris and saw Eiffel Tower, went to the biggest casino in Monte Carlo, climbed the Chinas Great Wall, went to New York City on top of Empire State building, had a walk in Walk of fame in Los Angeles, touched penguins in Cape Town, did bungee jumping in New Zeeland, even tried costume of samba dancers in Rio de Janeiro…among many other exciting things! This whole journey of adventure taught me how to love life, live without any regrets, how to enjoy the moment!


After this wonderful wor-adventure I decided to return to land!  And so what do I do now? I am working in the artsy Armani Caffè in Dubai as an Assistant Food & Beverage Manager and enjoying the responsibility as well as this new experience, as  I am wait to see what life has next in store for me!



And in closing, I wish every new Alpiner embarking on his or her studies at Alpine Center a most rewarding journey. I can assure you that you will be in good very good and caring hands, professionals who are committed to your success.  You will see that doors will be wide open for you in the global hospitality industry!   Study, enjoy, dream, as your dreams can actually come true!  


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