Window on a world of career opportunities where variety is always on the menu

A profession that draws talent from every walk of life, tourism is super social, offers career progression, on-the-job learning, travel and transferrable skills

Matthew Smith of Dublin Convention Bureau has travelled to seven cities overseas in the first eight months of his new job.

Tourism encompasses a broad variety of businesses. There is an assumption that it only suits the extroverted but behind every reception desk, tour guide and adventurer is a slew of back-room talent that supports and enables job satisfaction.