Socially responsible business is the way of doing business at CentreVille Hotel & Experiences, a hotel that was declared as the best in the Capital city by the Tourist Organization Podgorica.
"In addition to experienced colleagues in the field of hospitality developing their career path at the Hotel CenterVille, we provide the young people who represent the future of this industry in Montenegro since the establishment of the hotel a chance to learn and make progress," said Jelena Ognjenovic, General Manager of the Hotel CenterVille.
The CenterVille Hotel & Experiences participates every year in the Government's vocational training program for graduate students. The smile on the faces of both guests and employees is one of their priorities.
"A friendly, however, professional approach is what distinguishes our business. From the beginning of hotel operations to the present day, a great number of young people have been trained through our hotel facility. In addition to performing their primary duties, all hotel sector managers are continually taking some part of their time on a daily basis to help young colleagues in their work, and through concrete examples of practice they have made it easier for them to start their career, present their work as attractive as possible and have them trained so they could work in any hotel in the world, given that CentreVille operates in accordance with international, corporate standards," said Slavica Stojkovic, Human Resources Manager at Hotel CenterVille.
In addition to the professional training program, the praxis at the hotel CenterVille is also carried out by pupils from the secondary school "Sergije Stanic", the secondary vocational school "Spasoje Raspopovic" from Podgorica and the students from the Faculty of Tourism of the University Mediteran, and so on.
"Thirty high school pupils will finish their practice at our hotel in the dual education system this year and through regular practice. Out of them, ten service technicians, thirteen chefs, six pastries, and one baker. We are very much concerned with the quality of the time they spend with us, with the highlight on the skills they acquire," added Stojkovic.
Slobodan Lukovac, a student who has been carrying out the praxis at CenterVille Hotel & Experiences for two years, was the absolute winner in the discipline bar and bar business at the 12th National contest of Catering Schools in Montenegro, held on 23rd and 24th April in Budva.
"The competition was very strong, and I scored the best placement among 22 contestants. I had the highest, maximum number of points. I have perfected my abilities that I have shown in the competition, I developed in “The Living Room”, the lounge bar at the CenterVille, where I improve my skills daily, together with my colleagues and mentors," said Slobodan Lukovac, a student attending praxis at the CenterVille hotel.
Help in the education and training of young hospitality staff is something that the hotel welcomes with joy, and something that they are particularly working hard on.
"Since we are a country with a highly developed hospitality industry, it is clear to me that this kind of staff is very much needed. In this connection, it is our pleasure to give some contribution to the creation of hotel staff through competent types of mentoring, who will be competent, skillful and representative. Whether these young people are coming to work with us or in another Montenegrin hotel - we will do our utmost to make them complete tourist workers after graduation," concluded Ognjenovic.
As a credible employer, CentreVille Hotel & Experiences is a trusted partner to all educational institutions in the field of tourism and therefore invites all responsible to a co-operation to achieve a common goal - creating quality, domestic staff - to the satisfaction of employees and employers. For the second year in a row, the school for medium and high-level education "Sergije Stanic" cooperates with the Hotel CenterVille when it comes to the practical teaching of dual education students.
"The students from the “cooking” section had only praise for the head of the kitchen, Mr. Sasa Popovic, while the students from the restaurant/service technician learned all their knowledge in practice from Mr. Dragan Grnovic and Stojan Karadzic, who were their instructors during the school year. This kind of cooperation with an eminent hotel such as the CenterVille means a lot to our students because they have the opportunity to see and learn something that they cannot master in school, but only in practice among a large number of people and at a higher level of work when the practice is concerned. Therefore, we thank the hotel on behalf of the school and we hope for the same successful cooperation in the future," said Marija Grujucic, Coordinator of practical teaching at the secondary school “Sergije Stanic”.
At the moment, the CenterVille Hotel & Experiences, 38 students and graduates gain their first working experience through various programs of practice and work training. The CenterVille Hotel & Experiences currently employs 87 workers, which fully represent the Montenegrin workforce, which the hotel is particularly proud of.
Text by Promo sadrzaj, on May 16th, 2019, read more at Vijesti
