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Exploring Exciting Career Paths in the Hospitality Industry: Finding Your Perfect Fit

Are you one of those who believe a career in hospitality means just flipping pancakes or taking room reservations? Well, think again! The hospitality industry is a treasure trove of diverse and exciting career paths, waiting for you to explore. Whether you're a people person, a tech-savvy...

Navigating the Hospitality Job Market: Proven Strategies for Landing Your Dream Role

1: Crafting an Irresistible Resume Alright, let's dive into the nitty-gritty of landing that dream hospitality job. First up, your resume! It's your golden ticket to an interview. Keep it clean, concise, and tailored to the job you're eyeing. Highlight your relevant experience, skills, and any...

Unlocking Success: The Power of Soft Skills in Hospitality Recruitment

Hello there, fellow hospitality enthusiasts! If you're eyeing a career in this dynamic industry, you're in for a treat. While technical prowess is important, soft skills are the secret sauce that can take your career to new heights. Let's dive into the key traits employers are on the lookout for....

What is a Hotel Recruitment Agency?

A Hotel Recruitment Agency works as an intermediate between a hotel that is looking to hire someone and a person who is looking for a job. Hotel Recruitment Agencies’ main function is to find the perfect candidate for the job openings. That is why it is important for job seekers to consider Hotel...

How to Hire Best Chef for your new Restaurant

A Chef is a person who has been professionally trained to cook in a restaurant or a hotel. Chefs are the persons who are highly regarded as the head cooks because they are the one who manages their workplace. They have the responsibility to plan menus, help the supervisors in the preparation of...

Overseas Job Consultancy In Mumbai

Job consultants hire to share their expertise and knowledge helping business to attain it’s goals and solve problems. Sometimes big companies hire consultants to perform day-to-day work and other works related to supplement staff and also they save fixed overhead costs associated with a full time...

How to start Career in Hospitality

There is one industry named Hospitality; this industry is having biggest number of employees around the world who want to make their career in Hospitality .There is a tough competition in market and to become successful you need to be different . In this post, we will share some important tips...

Six reasons to pursue a career in hospitality

Have you ever thought what Hospitality means to you – How it’s been applied in different areas of life it has different meanings at work, at home ,In line at the grocery store, it depends on the situation how exactly it has been exhibited. It comes down to basic human interaction being generous,...

Hiring Right: The First Step to a Successful Food and Beverage Business

Are you a startup in the hospitality industry, a niche hotel or a restaurant in its incubatory stage hoping to make it big? Have you passed the initial planning stages and are now ready to hire? This itself is a positive sign that your venture is ready to take off. You must have also realized that its...

Our 4 Point Mantra for a Successful Mass Hiring Campaign from India

Attracting the best and brightest people to join your team and that too in bulk is a daunting task but at Vira we can make it easy for you. Having recruited for the hospitality industry for more than 35 years there are quite a few things we have observed that can make your recruitment campaign a...

Tips for a Successful Career in Hospitality!

The hospitality industry is a wonderful place to work. It is a profession that requires a lot of passion, skill, teamwork, hard work and devotion. It has been one of the most successful industries in the last decade providing tremendous job opportunities to hotel management graduates all across...

Monsoon and it’s Magic

Monsoon is a very special season in India. Bringing a break from the scorching heat, it makes even the most routine look brand new. Especially for a Mumbaikar like me Monsoon is the season when the city comes alive. Sipping a cup of coffee while watching the stormy sea at Bandra bandstand, driving along...

Vira`s Vision for the Future

Most of us take life as it comes. We are so focused on the current events and situations that we don’t take the time to think of things in the long term. And this is understandable, also because the present affects us now. But it is essential to broaden your vision and see past the current...

Rajasthan: Beyond the Desert

Rajasthan, also known as the land of kings is a treasure trove of history. No matter how many times one visits, it is not sufficient to unearth its hidden gems. Every time I visit the different parts of this princely state I am blown away by the culture, history, architecture and hospitality that...

International Internships and their Lifelong Benefits

I meet hundreds of candidates per week. Some come with work experience but most of them are fresh out of Hotel Management schools. There are approximately more than 30000 individuals that graduate every year in the field of hospitality in India. Only those who are able to stand apart from their...

Debunking Myths about working in Saudi Arabia

Most individuals that I come across both professionally and otherwise have a very negative interpretation of working in Saudi Arabia. Personally as an individual who has visited the KSA on several occasions and has a vast client base there I believe working in the Saudi has more pros than cons and...

A New World of Opportunity

“A new world of opportunity” – This has been my company’s mantra from the day we began. Keeping in line with this philosophy, we have constantly endeavoured to find new opportunities for Indians to work abroad, hoping to make a difference in the life of individuals, with each step forward. When we...

What defines a luxury hotel? Musings from some of my best experiences

I travel a lot, which means that I spend a lot of time staying at hotels and eating in restaurants, which is also good for my profession being a recruiter in the hospitality industry. While I personally prefer staying at luxury hotels, that is not always possible and even the luxurious ones are...

Hotels No Longer Sell Rooms

As an avid traveller and a businessman who deals primarily in the hospitality industry, I have had my fair share of hotels stays. If I have learnt anything in my 20 years in this industry, its that the hotel trends change every few years. These days hotels no longer sell rooms, they sell...

Our Immigration and Sponsorship Services Explained

With some of the biggest and best global companies being clients of ours, we are India’s leading international recruitment, staffing and training company. As well as offering our recruitment services across all of India’s major metropolitan areas, we also service the UK, the USA, Canada and a...

Scams Unscrupulous Employers And What You Need To Know About Tier 2 Visas And Work Permits

Whilst the majority of people going to the UK on a Tier 2 visa and work permit do so without problems, there are a significant number who have been the victim of some unscrupulous companies. This has cost some people dearly, in time, money and even having their work permit and visa withdrawn and...

Why Gastro Pubs Are Looking For You?

In many countries, eating out is usually a choice between a variety of different restaurants, fast food outlets or cafes and bistros. In the UK however, there is also the pub and more recently the rise of the popular Gastro pub. Pubs were once just drinking establishments, the vast majority of...

5 Reasons Why Being a Chef Is A Great Career

There are lots of good jobs and careers out there, but if you love food, are creative and thrive on making people happy, there’s no better job than being a chef. In view of this, we take a look at 5 reasons why being a chef could be a career for you. You are master of your own domain Being a chef...

Traditional Dishes The Brits Love

Every country has its traditional dishes that they love. In India that might be; Palak Paneer, Biryani, Butter Chicken and the list goes on. It is no different here in the UK. Our researches found these traditional dishes online. So what are yours? Till next time, Anjum

How Can Online Marketing Fill Your Restaurant

Here at Vira International we have a special relationship with our clients and candidates. As a recruitment company in the hospitality sector we are unique in the way that we help our clients recruit great Chefs and in many cases bring them in from abroad on a sponsorship visa. This results in a...

How To Make Your Chef CV Stand Out

Having a good CV is vital if you are looking to move on in your career as a Chef; particularly if you want to move countries and experience all the opportunities that this will bring for both you and your family. It is the first thing that your potential sponsor wants to see. It is not only a...

If you are a young hospitality professional working in the Gulf this article is for you!

Being the CEO of a hospitality recruitment company I receive a lot of resumes from hospitality candidates from all across the globe. Since my company primarily caters to the hospitality industry in the GCC I also receive a lot of resumes from candidates already in the Gulf, some working with very...