21.06.2008

At the beginning of June the first-year students of the Antalya College of Tourism joined the rest of those who have already been busy with the summer training work. They are doing their first work experience in the largest 5-star hotels in Turkey. The administration of the College visits the students regularly to help them in their work adaptation.
The students work in different departments at the hotels: in guest relations, reception, house-keeping, as restaurant staff etc.
We met the students in the 5-star hotel “Barut Hotels Lara Beach & Spa” located a short distance from the College.

We can now see the first results of the students two weeks of work:

Barış Bey, vice-chief of reception department of the hotel says: “I’m in tourism for about 12 years and I’ve never met such a good probationer as Mary Batulina. She is eager to learn all the details of her job. She is very well prepared in the College.”
By the way, Mary Batulina and Vladimir Uisimbayev, both speaking English and Turkish fluently, have begun studying German. There are a lot of tourists from Germany in Antalya and students want to speak with them in their native language.

Nariman Dzhumagulov is highly qualified by the chief of animation department (Entertainment division) as a very capable and creative student.

We asked the students to tell us about their first impression on the work.

Nurlan Fazleddenov, works as a waiter in the main restaurant of the hotel: “It was rather difficult from the very beginning. Now I am used to waking up early in the morning. As for my job it is not as simple as it may seem at first sight. It is necessary to remember a lot of important details.” The head waiter is satisfied with his job very much and is sure that Nurlan will make a success in his future career.

A bit later we met the general manager of the Barut hotel. He is sure that a good specialist should learn all the peculiarities of each department in the hotel. These first steps in the career are very important for young people. “Now we pay special attention to their attitude to the job, analyze their abilities, personal characteristics. We hope that after a short period of time they will graduate from the College and come to work at our hotel as high-qualified specialists.”