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This enables them to learn, experience and chat with people directly involved within the industry. “It’s massive because it’s actually meeting real people out there doing stuff. Roger came in and did a cocktail session with my hospitality and tourism class,” Sutton said. “It’s just the confidence to talk to adults, the confidence to try new things, confidence to experiment… they can say they know what is out there in the real world. “They now know what a mixologist is, they’ve never thought about doing anything like that before, but now they’re all into it using a cocktail shaker. “We just had Erica [Sheldon-Collins] from the THA come in last week as well, she talked to my students about the industry and it was really good. She answered lots and lots of questions
that they had about finding jobs, getting careers in the industry, what’s expected on the resume, what skills are expected.” Sutton hopes it all leads to her students becoming the next wave of talent within the hospitality ranks. “Students are unsure going from high school to college to TAFE to wherever, I think we need to really work hard in Tasmania of making sure those pathways are very clear and giving them opportunities to actually get out there and do work experience. “They need to know what to do and how to get there and I think if anything, that’s kind of been my mission, to open their eyes to possibilities and to get them working in a great industry which is growing in Tasmania at an enormous rate.”
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