Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations

What Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to hospitality and recreation marketing operations were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations Majors

Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Skills for Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations Majors

The following list of skills has been highlighted as some of the most essential for careers related to hospitality and recreation marketing operations:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Abilities for Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations Majors

As a hospitality and recreation marketing operations major, you will find yourself needing the following abilities:

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

What Can You Do With a Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations Major?

Below is a list of occupations associated with hospitality and recreation marketing operations:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Lodging Managers	4.0%	$53,390

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations

Some careers associated with hospitality and recreation marketing operations require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. In general, the more advanced your degree the more career options will open up to you. However, there is significant time and money that needs to be invested into your education so weigh the pros and cons.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to hospitality and recreation marketing operations have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	18.3%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	1.2%
Some College Courses	5.9%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	3.1%
Bachelor’s Degree	71.6%

Online Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	0	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	1	0
Bachelor’s Degree	0	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	0	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to hospitality and recreation marketing operations.

Major	Number of Grads
Fashion Merchandising	2,911
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing Operations	548
Special Products Marketing Operations	237
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations	224
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	185
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	84
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing Operations	36
Tourism Promotion Operations	20
Auctioneering	16

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020
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