UNAIR NEWS – Students in this era should be able to hone soft skills to face the competition. There is a fierce competition in professional world at the moment. In addition to academic skill, another skills are needed to be able to compete.
The ability to know self’s strength and weakness is also important so their potentials can be honed properly.
“Knowing the strength of self will be important capital. To optimize the potential, ” said Christina Mia, a practitioner of HR & Training, in her lecture in building B Faculty of Vocational Studies, Thursday, November 16.
She added that self-control is also important. Self-control from the emotional, spiritual, and intellectual aspects will channel the abilities or skills properly.
She also said that the current challenges are not only coming from within the country. The opening of MEA brought greater climate of competition in Indonesia. Hotels in Surabaya may be filled by workers from Thailand, Philippines, and Malaysia.
“Don’t hold yourself back. Do all the work, even if it’s a low level job. As long as it is done diligently, and continue to learn, your hope will be realized, “said Cristina.
The industry of hospitality and tourism is growing rapidly. Tourism has become one of the important sectors in regional development. Thus, the graduates of the related majors are also being sought.
However, alumnus od D3 and S1 programs should not relax because, so far there are many majors in tourism or hospitality in vocational schools. They also give competition and should trigger improvement in learning.
She spoke fluently about the topic with some fresh jokes and interacted well with the audience, which were mostly students and lecturers.
Guest lectures like this are routinely done at Faculty of Vocational Studies. Hopefully, students can take lessons from the speakers. “The presenters who were invited were practitioners and academics who had been successful in their fields. Students can be inspired, “said Dian Yulie Riendrawati Ph.D as Head of Department of Hospitality Management Program Faculty of Vocational Studies Unair.
“We gain a lot of insights from guest lecture,” said Ayu Langan Kirana, one of the students. (*)
Author: Helmy Rafsanjani
Editor: Rio F. Rachman
