Are you outgoing, hard-working and committed to paying attention to detail? Can you meet a challenge with enthusiasm when things don’t turn out as planned? Would you like to be part of a professional team where your career advancement and professional growth are limited only by your drive?

Consider a rewarding career in the hospitality industry, and get an edge on a competitive employment pool with an associate degree from North Lake College’s Hospitality Management program.

With the explosion of restaurant, hotel and convention business in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, there are plenty of job openings for top-quality workers in the hospitality industry, but there’s actually a shortage of highly trained workers.

The industry and its job openings are expanding so rapidly that the U.S. Department of Labor’s Career Voyages for in-demand occupations has named hospitality one of the nation’s high-growth industries.

Hospitality is also a targeted industry in President George W. Bush’s high growth job training initiative, backed by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Business Relations Group.

The hospitality industry is expected to add more than 1.6 million new jobs to the economy through 2012 — an outstanding increase of more than 18 percent that offers excellent opportunities in a wide range of occupations.

Hard work? Of course it is. But rewarding? Just ask our many program graduates who work all over the city and state in top hotels, restaurants, resorts and clubs!

North Lake College offers one of the few fully accredited associate degree programs in Hospitality Management in the north Texas area. What are you waiting for? An exciting job is waiting for you!

Hospitality Management Degree and Certificate Options

North Lake College offers a fully accredited program in Hospitality Management that includes an associate degree and two certificates:

Though the hospitality industry is notoriously unpredictable — which for the people who love it, presents an exciting challenge since no day is ever the same — you’ll go further in your career with training that has already helped you prepare for the unexpected.

Our associate degree program in Hospitality Management provides not only industry-specific courses but a complement of skills-related courses so you can meet the challenges of the job with solid training as well as professionalism and good judgment.

Specialized and related skills taught in our program include:

Other Degree and Certificate Options

The Dallas County Community College District offers nearly 350 career and technical degrees and certificates, plus 36 academic degrees. For more information, see a chart of our degree plans by location.