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Placement Assistance
The Directors and the staff of the International Tour Management Institute are committed
to your success, before and after graduation. Prior to acceptance a personal career-counseling
interview is conducted to evaluate your aptitude for tour management. You will not be
accepted unless we believe you have what it takes to be successful.
During the training you are instructed on interview techniques with tour operators and
you learn how to prepare a personal resume to highlight your marketable skills. After
successful completion of the course, a follow-up interview is conducted to discuss your
overall performance in the course, your career goals in Tour Management and recommendations
on how to attain those goals.
ITMI maintains contact with many tour companies who are seeking professionally trained
tour directors and guides. The Institute assists in arranging interviews for our graduates
with these prospective employers. Although we do as much as we can to assist each student,
this should not be construed as a guarantee of employment.
The Institute provides the names, addresses and contact information for hundreds of tour
companies and during the follow-up interview the Institute directors target new graduates
towards specific companies and individuals to pursue job opportunities.
A unique factor about employment opportunities in tour management is that you can chose
to work for local tour companies near your home or take advantage of diverse opportunities
to work for national and international companies throughout the world without relocating
your home base.
Periodic newsletters/bulletins are sent to all graduates keeping them posted on the latest
job opportunities. Graduates have also developed a network for employment through close
associations with each other and ITMI is planning to develop a Graduate Bulletin Board on
our website for grads to find employment and communicate with each other.
Graduate Educational Opportunities
The Institute operates two-day field trips during each training sessions. Graduates may
participate at a reduced rate in order to become more familiar with different touring
destinations. Occasionally the Institute also operates special graduate training programs
that highlight new areas and services.
All ITMI graduates are eligible (subject to availability) to sit in for one or two days
for refresher training during any scheduled class. This on-going training is available
only from ITMI as part of the professional learning experience.
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