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What do travel agencies look for when hiring a travel agent? |
Travel Info What kind of prerequsites does one need and do online courses count? This is for Canada Travel Tips The travel industry is ever changing. Some agencies hire people who have travel experience. They will train you so long as you have been to many different destinations and can speak about the places because you know best, you have been there. www.mytravel.ca is one such company. Others prefer you have some experience in the industry so they do not have to train you. Essentially, you should have strong keyboarding skills, ability to problem solve, multi task, be very organized, work unsupervised, know world geography, have a basic sense of history, have a great memory, read a fair amount, be able to retain large amounts of information, know basic airport and airline codes, know how to upsale a vacation, meet sales quota's, have a pleasant telephone manner and be responsible. As for online courses, it is up to the individual agency to check out these courses and decide your knowledge base from your resume and interview. Others if in sales presentation Skills otherwise knowldge about Ticketing and Booking on the Computer. it easy now a days with the help of computer The prerequisites for travel agencies very from each company. Some companies might ask for experience, some might ask for a college degree, and others might ask for your personal travel experience. However if this is something you care to do, I can forward your information to my cousin. She run her own travel agency, and always looking for new talent. If nothing else she might can give you some feed back. If you are interested please feel free to email me at emmanuelfleming@yahoo.com and I will forward your information to her. I wish you much success. Emmanuel J. Fleming |
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