“You say that the applicant had decades of experience . When he started out , experience was what was needed. Today, things are different .”
How are they different today? Experience trumps all. Nobody was offered a management job at a hotel right out of school in my graduating class.
"It is not the schools job to inform a student about future job opportunities and the real world situations involved in that career. It is the student’s responsibility to do their homework to find those things out before choosing a career or major. "
No but it is their responsibility to inform the student ABOUT their chosen major. Learning about how these management companies do business is something we would need to know about even if nothing would deter us from a career in hotels. I joined knowing that I wasn’t going to be making much at first. I joined knowing that I would work nights and weekends. I joined knowing that I would deal with complaints on a continual basis. I was never informed that the management companies are changed so often in hotels.
Plus, I did do my homework. I was very skeptical about this and every other major I was considering. There was no information that I found that would have informed me of the massive turnover among management. I guarantee nobody at my school would inform you of this as well. They’re not going to bad mouth the product AKA the education the student intends on purchasing. Even when I do a search online just now I don’t many or really any articles about high turnovers among managers. I see plenty on hotel staff, which I too expected, but not among the managers themselves. Perhaps, someone else can find some but I KNOW there was nothing to that effect when I was in school some time ago.