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Hospitality student Esme Brown thinks there are fewer jobs aboutImage caption: Hospitality student Esme Brown thinks there are fewer jobs about
As we hear when venues might reopen, hospitality students have been telling BBC Radio 5 Live their experiences of finding work during the pandemic.
Esme Brown, a final-year hospitality student in Manchester, said it does seem as if there are fewer jobs about.
“I do know there’s a lot of people out there who are really worried about grad jobs,” she said. “It just feels like there’s not many to apply for.
“When you search online now, not as many in hospitality come up as they did last year when I was looking ahead of time.”
UK Hospitality said that, before the pandemic, the industry employed 3.2 million people, but this figure may have shrunk below two million, because of venues closing or being unable to launch.
Tyler Elsom graduated last year and is working part-time on a “flexible furlough” contract with a hotel in Manchester.
He is optimistic about the future and would still encourage people to pursue a career in hospitality.
“When we came out of the first lockdown, everyone was full, everyone was busy so it’s going to happen again,” he says.
He also says most people he knows from his course have found work.
“Almost everyone’s got jobs,” he says.
Listen to 5 Live on the free BBC Sounds app.