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Career Opportunities

Explore internships, industry connections, and career support for UL Lafayette management, hospitality management, and PLRM majors.

In the Department of Management, career preparation starts long before graduation. Hands-on experience is built into every major, from running an on-campus restaurant to working an oil well lease, so you'll finish your degree with real work to point to, not just coursework.

Along the way, you'll meet the people who hire in your field. Industry professionals speak to classes and student organizations, employers recruit at events and expos, and internships put you inside real organizations while you're still in school. Employers often recruit our graduates for positions as soon as they finish their degree. Whether you're planning your first internship or preparing for your first job, here's where to start.

Career Support

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Explore internships, industry connections, and career support for UL Lafayette management, hospitality management, and PLRM majors.

Careers by Major

Hospitality management graduates manage food service operations, travel and tourism, lodging, guest services, entertainment, and events, anywhere in the world. You'll find opportunities in hotels, restaurants, cruise ships, catering companies, resorts, parks, casinos, and airlines, in roles such as:

  • Hotel general manager
  • Restaurant manager
  • Special events coordinator
  • Cruise director
  • Travel agent
  • Catering company owner
  • Business advisor

You'll graduate with real restaurant experience from running Lunch Club, 800 hours of industry work, and nationally recognized certifications like ServSafe and the Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics. 

A management degree opens doors in every kind of organization. Graduates work in roles such as:

  • Human resources manager
  • Business analyst
  • Account executive
  • Business development manager
  • Project manager
  • UX analyst

Many also launch their own businesses or continue to law school or an MBA. You'll build experience through social entrepreneurship projects and meet executives at Moody Business networking events and company field trips, and Lafayette's startup scene and companies like TABASCO® and Stuller give you plenty of places to start.

Landmen and land professionals work for energy companies, land and resource management firms, developers, and government agencies, in roles such as:

  • Land acquisition specialist
  • Lease buyer
  • Land and mineral rights negotiator
  • Right-of-way manager
  • Land development project manager
  • Surveyor

You'll gain landman experience on the program's own oil well lease and meet employers at national oil and gas expos, where some students receive job and internship offers on the spot. Studying in Lafayette puts you in the middle of the energy corridor that stretches along the Gulf Coast and beyond.

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Internships

Business majors can start earning course credit for internships in their junior year through the Moody Business Internship Program, which covers eligibility, applications, and prerequisites. Two of our majors require one:

  • Hospitality management: Complete a 150-hour internship in your final semester, in addition to 800 hours of documented industry work experience.
  • Professional land and resource management: Complete an internship of at least 250 hours, along with academic assignments tied to your work.

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