Hospitality entertainment manager to hotel porter
A hospitality entertainment manager already meets 51% of what the hotel porter role asks for. The move turns on 2 required skills not yet in the profile.
41.5/ 100
1 How much of what a hotel porter is expected to do is already part of a hospitality entertainment manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the hotel porter role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A hotel porter role treats 4 of its required skills as things a hospitality entertainment manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assist clients with special needs
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- greet guests
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 2 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hotel porter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a hospitality entertainment manager background worth leading with.
- already held provide tourism related information assisting and caring
- already held assist clients with special needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held greet guests assisting and caring
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene assisting and caring
- already held implement sales strategies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held handle customer complaints communication, collaboration and creativity
All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the hotel porter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn handle guest luggage required
- still to learn handle delivered packages required
- optional, not held clean public areas optional
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held assist at check-in optional
- optional, not held explain features in accommodation venue optional
- optional, not held detect drug abuse optional
- optional, not held provide door security optional
- optional, not held run errands on behalf of customers optional
- optional, not held take room service orders optional
- optional, not held park guest's vehicle optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 2 entries a hotel porter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
- already held greet guests skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held implement sales strategies skill
- already held provide tourism related information skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist at check-in optional
- optional, not held explain features in accommodation venue optional
- optional, not held take room service orders optional
- optional, not held clean public areas optional
- optional, not held detect drug abuse optional
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held park guest's vehicle optional
- optional, not held provide door security optional
- optional, not held run errands on behalf of customers optional
36 held skills the hotel porter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate events skill
- not needed by the target role create annual marketing budget skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services skill
- not needed by the target role develop entertainment programmes skill
- not needed by the target role ecotourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate on sustainable tourism skill
- not needed by the target role engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- not needed by the target role ensure cross-department cooperation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure safety in hospitality establishment skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate entertainment programme skill
- not needed by the target role improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- not needed by the target role maintain incident reporting records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role manage inspections of equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
- not needed by the target role obtain sponsorship skill
- not needed by the target role plan events skill
- not needed by the target role plan multi-agenda event skill
- not needed by the target role plan shifts of employees skill
- not needed by the target role present reports skill
- not needed by the target role promote the use of sustainable transport skill
- not needed by the target role promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- not needed by the target role recreation activities knowledge
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role supervise entertainment activities for guests skill
- not needed by the target role support community-based tourism skill
- not needed by the target role support local tourism skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use e-tourism platforms skill
- not needed by the target role virtual reality knowledge
Other moves recorded from hospitality entertainment manager
Common questions about this move
Can a hospitality entertainment manager become a hotel porter?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A hospitality entertainment manager already covers 51% of what a hotel porter is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 4 of which the hotel porter role treats as required.
What skills does a hospitality entertainment manager need to become a hotel porter?
2 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is handle guest luggage.
How hard is the move from hospitality entertainment manager to hotel porter?
Its learning distance is 41.5 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.