I would like to share my story to you...
Actually, I have a qulaification from Switzerland and work there for about a year as a trainee (Waiter). When I went back to Singapore, I started off as a Receptionist... a very low profile job earning about S$950 plus. But after 3 months, another Resort asked me to join them, so I join another resort as a Duty Manager and it gives me about S$1300.00 to start with. I am only 20 years of age then. I worked very hard and hope to be promoted fast...however, to my surprise, I was stucked there for awhile. Of course, the reason is I am too young and can't go far from a junior management staff. However, they place me in various depts and I learned alot from that particular Resort. Meantime, I also took up a part-time master degree since I am single and had nothing much to do after work.
Guess how long I was in that Resort? Seven years, I learned almost all operations of running a resort plus a Master degree. Do you know how much was my salary after 7 long years from S$1300 when I started? Only to S$1800.00 - S$500.00 different.
Now the interesting thing happened to me, I was later head hunted by a Resort in Malaysia, they offered me RM4500.00 to manage their Resort. I was only 28 years old then. I worked hard and after 6 months, they added RM500.00 more to my salary that makes RM5000.00.
The only way to earn good money is .... hard work and continously upgrade yourself. Don't give up when you feel your career get you no where. Learn as many things as you can in a company irregardless is your job or not. Treat as though is your company and you will go very far. Is tough in the real world and if you don't work hard, someone will. Of course, some people believe in working smart but I personally feel that, first thing first, work hard then work smart.

I'm now the Resort Manager. However, as a Hotel grad, it depends on which posotion you are heading for. Junior Mgt staff is about RM1200to RM1800.00. Middle MGT (Executive) is about RM2500 and above. Well, the best of it...enjoy your work serving your interal and external customers.