Hotel Executive Housekeepers

The Occupational Outlook Handbook reports that employment for first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers will increase about as fast as the average for all careers through 2033. Several key factors, among them more international business travel, rising personal incomes, continued growth of the two-income family, and increased emphasis on leisure time and travel, contribute to the need for hotels and qualified people to maintain them. Even with a slower economy, chances are housekeeping will be last on the list for budget trimming. Without the reputation of a clean house, no hotel has a chance for success.

One downside to this occupation, and to the department in general, is the public's perception. Housekeeping is considered by many as very basic work and is often looked down upon. Certification, education, and standardization efforts are helping to give this field the more professional image it deserves.