Careers
You will graduate with the skills to succeed in any one of the hundreds of areas of the hospitality industry.
Past graduates include successful restaurant owners, hotel executives at Fairmont Resorts and Omni Hotels; managers of golf and country clubs, along with wineries; and, senior partners at tech companies like Open Table. Once you decide what areas are of most interest to you, and work with your adviser to tailor your curriculum, the sky is truly the limit.
Akio Goto ’22
Customer Growth Associate, Google
Work in Tech
For me, the hospitality major isn’t about working in the hospitality industry necessarily; it’s about taking care of people, and I feel you can do that in any place, including Google."
Akio Goto ’22
Customer Growth Associate, Google
Hospitality Career Showcase
Completely organized, executed, and attended by hospitality management students. This business networking session focusing on career development with a select group of invited hospitality companies. The event is designed for companies that want to educate students about who they are by meeting with them in small, concentrated groups. Companies meet students one on one to share job and internship opportunities.
Check out some of our past participants.
Employers
A selection of companies and organizations alumni are working for:
- CBRE
- Crew
- Fairmont Resorts and Hotels
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
- Hilton
- Hotel Diva
- Key Events
- KPMG
- Mina Group
- Nottingham Cellars
- Omni Hotels and Resorts
- One Market Restaurant
- Open Table
- PSAV
- Saison Hospitality Group
- San Francisco Travel
- Streamline Events
- The Commissary
- The Metropolitan Club
- The Olympic Club
- The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay
#6
USF ranks No. 6 in earnings for undergraduate business alumni
Source: Dept. of Education 2024
Hope Pinelli '17
Hybrid Winemaker at Heitz Cellar
Real-World Experience
By the time I graduated, I knew what I wanted to do because I had already worked in my declared profession. No one can teach you what having a full-time job is like; you have to be in it to understand. Being able to do that at 'no risk' before you graduate and sign a contract is invaluable."
Hope Pinelli '17
Hybrid Winemaker at Heitz Cellar