The Youth Career Initiative utilises existing resources and an adapted business model. It can be delivered during the normal operation of a full service hotel. It also brings tangible advantages to all those involved:

Host Hotels

• A chance to contribute to the future careers of young people
  
  
• Motivation for the managers who become mentors and role
  models to a group of high achievers
  
  
• Delivery of a quality Corporate Social Responsibility Programme with minimum costs through maximisation of resources

Students

• Transferable life skills
  
  
• Transferable business skills
  
  
• Opportunity to learn and experience over 15 areas of an international business
  
  
• A recognised qualification that increases eligibility to participate in further education or future employment
  
  
• Increased confidence through exposure to a business and customer-orientated environment
  
  
• Build relationships with mentors and sponsors from successful businesses
  
  
• Access to individualised training from working professionals

Tourism Sector

• Graduates who understand the hotel industry
  
  
• Graduates who understand the world of work
  
  
• Graduates who have experienced the day to day routine of a full service hotel
  
  
• Hotels that contribute to the longevity and standards of the industry
  
  
• Hotels that give back to the community
  
  
• Hotels that lead the way in Corporate Social Responsibility