{"id":313010,"date":"2019-11-29T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=313010"},"modified":"2019-11-29T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T20:00:42","slug":"hyatt-risehy-teaches-ropes-of-the-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/hyatt-risehy-teaches-ropes-of-the-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyatt RiseHy teaches ropes of the industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_313013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313013\" style=\"width: 861px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/RiseHY.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The youths is encouraged to explore career opportunities in the hospitality industry at Hyatt Regency Saipan. (Bea Cabrera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hyatt Hotels Corp. launched RiseHY in October last year at all Hyatt brands worldwide, including at the Hyatt Regency Saipan, with the goal of encouraging young people to explore careers in the hospitality industry.<\/p>\n<p>In the CNMI, that program is being touted as a solution to help the Commonwealth\u2019s youth rise to their full potential. Its participants, called Opportunity Youths, are not only learning the ropes of the hotel industry but also creates a path that would help them pursue a long-term career with Hyatt.<\/p>\n<p>Hyatt Regency Saipan currently has three Opportunity Youths under its wings: Andrew San Nicolas, who is assigned at the hotel\u2019s wellness spa, Club Elan, and Michael Pangelinan and Jeff Tullao, who are both in Housekeeping. All three are being nurtured so they could acquire skills that they could later develop if they want to.<\/p>\n<p>The program is in line with the hotel chain\u2019s purpose of caring for people so they can be their \u201cbest,\u201d a tagline that is not only geared toward their guests and clients but also targets community members and recognizes every individual\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n<p>The target is to hire 10,000 \u201cOpportunity Youths\u201d worldwide by 2025, particularly youths who are not attending school or are employed, so they could have the chance to enhance their skills and that includes skills in people relations, housekeeping, and other hospitality jobs. <\/p>\n<p>RiseHY employees continue to develop while on-the- job by going through assessments, work-based learning experiences, and simulations to increase the candidates\u2019 fit with Hyatt.<\/p>\n<p>Hyatt general manager Nick Nishikawa attributes their Opportunity Youth\u2019s success to the guidance they provide, adding that Hyatt Regency Saipan is a good training ground, from entry level jobs to long-term careers such as managers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been a big part of this community. \u2026We are involved in schools and career opportunities for people in the community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyatt Hotels Corp. launched RiseHY in October last year at all Hyatt brands worldwide, including&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":311052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supplement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}