Career Fair

The Hospitality and Event Management Career Fair is an annual event held in spring. Several businesses representing restaurants, non-commercial foodservice, contract foodservice, hotels/resort, commercial rental, event management, entertainment, distribution/whole sales, country clubs, casinos, and themed parks attend this popular event. Companies are looking to fill full- and part-time positions, seasonal positions, internships, and supervisory and management positions.

This event is open to Hospitality and Event Management majors, minors and alumni; Recreation, Park, & Tourism Management majors; Sport Administration majors; Event Planning minors; Business and Communication related majors; and graduate students in the Hospitality and Tourism Management program at Kent State University. Business professional attire is required for all attendees. Participants are also strongly encouraged to research the companies in advance, engage in mock interviews, practice elevator pitch, research STAR format of responding to behavioral (scenario-type) interview questions, and bring professional copies of their resume printed on resume paper.

Spring 2023 Hospitality and Event Management Career Fair participants:

Hotels, Resorts, & Lodging Related

• Aimbridge Hospitality
• Concord Hospitality (Full- and part-time)
• Drury Hotels (Full- and part-time; manager in training)
• Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
• Kent State Hotel and Conference Center
• Marriott International (Full- and part-time; S23 Marriott International Voyage Global Leadership Program, S23 Marriott International Voyage Global Leadership Program (Culinary)
• Nemacolin Resort and Spa (Full- and part-time; internship/externships, Leadership Programs, other full-time opportunities)
• White Lodging and Sheraton Erie Bay (Full- and part-time; front desk agent, housekeeping supervisor, front desk supervisor, HR coordinator)

Restaurants, Dining/Entertainment, Distributors, Residential Onsite Food Service

• BJs Restaurants and Brewhouse (Full-time; Senior Dining managers and Senior Kitchen Managers)
• Condado Tacos (Full- and part-time; Servers, Hosts, Cooks, Food runners, Managers)
• Hartville Kitchen (Full- and part-time; Servers, internship for F&B)
• HarvestOwl (Full- and part-time; Sous chef, Catering cook, Porter, Delivery Driver)
• Homegrown Hospitality Group
• Pinstripes (Full- and part-time; FOH manager, FOH intern, sales coordinator, sales intern)
• Sysco Cleveland (Full-time; Sales Representative)

Country Clubs

• Country Club of Hudson (Full- and part-time; Server, Bartender, Food runner, Golf shop, Greens Department)
• Fairlawn Country Club (Full- and part-time; Servers, Bartenders, Internship for F&B)
• Lakewood Country Club (Part-time; intern, culinary, service staff)
• Rolling Rock Club (Full-time; Private Club Hospitality Summer Internship)
• Sandusky Yacht Club (Full- and part-time; Hospitality internship, summer club hospitality positions)
• The Sharon Golf Club

Casinos & Gaming

• JACK Entertainment (Full- and part-time; F&B Supervisor, VLT Supervisor, Grill cook, Casino cashiers, Various F&B positions)
• MGM Northfield Park (Full- and part-time; Line cook, EVS Attendant, Cage Cashier, Sous chef, Dining Host, Graphic Designer, Security Officer, IT Tech, Facilities Supervisor)

Meeting Planning, Conference Center, and Related Companies

• Westfield (Full- and part-time; Culinary Intern, Hospitality Intern)

Theme Parks, Shopping/Retail, Others

• Akron-Canton Jellystone Park (Full- and part-time; Guest Relations Intern, F&B Manager, Aquatics Manager)
• Cafaro
• Cedar Point (Resort and Hospitality Internships)

Any questions? Please contact Dr. Ning-Kuang Chuang nchuang@kent.edu