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WASHINGTON, June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Restaurants are expected to add 522,000 jobs this summer season, according to National Restaurant Association projections released today. The projected 2015 gain would represent the third consecutive year in which restaurants add at least 500,000 jobs during the summer season. “Summer is the busiest season for restaurants in most parts of the […]

Working as a waiter at Red Lobster might not sound like an impressive job. But for ‘Shark Tank’ investor and Fubu founder Daymond John, it was a great way to get started as an entrepreneur. John recently stopped by Business Insider’s offices to talk about his latest project, subscription service Gillette Shave Club. He also described […]

School is almost out for most Valley kids, but that doesn’t mean the learning is over. Many kids are spending their days learning about the hospitality industry at the Pointe at Tapatio Cliffs. It’s part of Youth in Hospitality Month, Hilton Worldwide’s global career event showcasing, to young people, the many opportunities available in the […]

The American dream is encapsulated in the maxim that people can get as far as their abilities and efforts will carry them. That was only partially true historically and it remains only partially true today. Our educational system was and is the best hope for those who start out at the back of the pack. […]

“For me it’s an absolute blessing,” says Joseph Bobko, Boxed VP of transportation, the first employee who plans to take advantage of the program. While Bobko is solidly middle-class, his son Mark, a 17-year-old baseball player, had to have surgery last year and the procedure was not covered by insurance. That left Bobko with a “huge […]

Li’ Shey Johnson is a woman on a mission. She’s out to see that those wanting careers in the hospitality, tourism and hotel industry get the head start they need to compete for those jobs. The Summerlin resident has set up the Heart & Soul Hospitality Community Development Corp., a nonprofit offering classes that began […]

New research shows that from 2002 to 2008, the percentage of business-owner households dropped so considerably that the U.S. economy had 1 million fewer entrepreneurs than it would have had if it had kept pace from the 1990s. In the 2000s—as the middle class faced increased pressures and the nation experienced rising inequality—fewer people took the […]

Hospitality jobs for youth can be the beginning of great careers.

 Published April 3, 2015 in the Capitol Gazette (Maryland) By Kirkland Murray President and CEO of Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp. Far too many young people fail to make a successful transition to adulthood. They drop out of school before earning a high school diploma or a post-secondary degree, and ultimately fail to get or […]

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — An improved economy is giving Americans the biggest appetite for going out to eat in eight years. Spending at fast-food chains and full-scale restaurants alike has climbed faster in the past five months than any time since the end of 2006 — a year before the Great Recession struck. Two separate government […]