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Make the connection between academic experience and the desired career path with guidance from the Chaplin School’s dedicated career advisors. The career development program offers dedicated appointments with an advisor, access to industry partners and career opportunities, as well as networking opportunities and resume & interview workshops.
Career Stats
- 100+Employers visited Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
- 65+Events hosted on campus & virtually
- 500+Internship positions filled by students
- 560+Hospitality related postings on Handshake
Hiring Partners
Hiring partners have made an annual commitment to hiring students as interns or as full-time employees.
- 1Hotel
- Accor Hotels
- Bacardi
- Baptist Health South Florida
- Bloomin Brands
- Carnival
- Compass Group
- Ennismore
- Enterprise Holdings
- Events by Jess
- FontaineBleau Miami Beach
- Four Seasons
- Groot Hospitality
- Hilton
- Hyatt
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
- Loews Hotel
- Mandarin Oriental (The Hotel Group)
- Marriott
- Marriott Vacations Worldwide
- McKibbon
- Pyramid Global Hospitality
- Royal Caribbean International
- SOBEWFF®
- Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
- The Walt Disney Company
- Vida & Estilo Restaurant Group
Panthers Hiring Panthers
Alumni are invited to make an impact by partnering with the Career Development Office to hire Chaplin School students and graduates.
Make an impact by:
- Speaking at a Chaplin event or classroom
- Becoming the subject of a student interview
- Participating in the mock interview program to conduct in-person and virtual interviews.
- Sponsoring a program or student activity on-campus or off-campus
To learn more please contact the Assistant Director of Employer Relations & Career development, Lourdes Gomez and Director of Alumni Relations Unit, Candice Imam.

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Handshake
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Top Employer Trends and Skills Needed
Marriott International
- Hospitality Management
- Hospitality
- Customer Service
- Hotel Manager
- Event Management
- Food Service
- Microsoft Office
- Front Office
- Leadership
- Resort Management
Hilton
- Customer Service
- Hospitality Management
- Microsoft Office
- Hospitality
- Event Management
- Food Service
- Microsoft Excel
- Front Office
- Hotel Manager
- Microsoft Word
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
- Customer Service
- Hospitality Management
- Hospitality
- Hotel Manager
- Event Management
- Microsoft Office
- Food Service
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Front Office
Walt Disney World
- Customer Service
- Microsoft Office
- Event Management
- Leadership
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Hospitality
- Microsoft Excel
- Time Management
- Social Media
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
- Customer Service
- Event Management
- Hospitality
- Hospitality Management
- Leadership
- Microsoft Office
- Management
- Sales
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits
- Customer Service
- Hospitality Management
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Event Management
- Food Service
- Hospitality
- Restaurant Management
- Leadership, Microsoft Word
American Express
- Customer Service
- Hospitality
- Event Management
- Hospitality Management
- Management
- Microsoft Office
- Hotel Manager
- Leadership
- Sales
- Customer Relationship Management
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
- Customer Service
- Hospitality Management
- Microsoft Office
- Leadership
- Microsoft Word
- Event Management
- Food Service
- Microsoft Excel
- Hospitality
- Microsoft Powerpoint
Enterprise Holdings
- Customer Service
- Management
- Microsoft Office
- Hospitality Management
- Sales
- Event Management
- Hospitality
- Microsoft Word
- Leadership
- Microsoft Powerpoint
Kw Property Management And Consulting
- Customer Service
- Hospitality Management
- Leadership
- Microsoft Office
- Hotel Manager
- Front Office
- Hospitality
- Microsoft Excel
- Customer Satisfaction
- Food Service
Your Career Development Team
Lourdes Gomez M.S.Ed.
Assistant Director of Employer Relations and Career Development
305-919-4079
logomez@fiu.edu
HM 332Katherine Martin
Assistant Director, Career Counseling & Marriott Tianjin China Program
305-919-4086
kamartin@fiu.edu
HM 331Anedriana Franck
Career Development Program Coordinator
305-919-6312
anfranck@fiu.edu
HM 333