How to Run a Successful Hospitality Interview

With so much attention paid to candidate quality, many employers fail to focus on the ingredients of a successful interview. Your hospitality candidates are only as good as your hospitality candidate assessment. If your interview process is rushed or sketchy, you may inadvertently be passing over the best candidates to your rivals. Remember that interviews are…

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Hospitality – Days to Fill Analysis

For the last five years we’ve been tracking the time it takes to fill a vacancy. Specifically, our data looks at the time taken from a job being registered to the successful candidate commencing work. Below is a chart which shows how this metric has changed over this time period. Whether you’re in the market…

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7 Traits of a Top Hotel Manager

The secret of any successful hotel lies in its manager, pulling all the threads together behind the scenes. Basil Fawlty wouldn’t cut it in the contemporary hotel world, where leaky pipes and horrendous customer service are a thing of the past. So what essential qualities should you look for in a hotel manager to make…

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9 Tips to Improve Your Hospitality CV

With so many good hospitality candidates out there, it’s important to know how to catch a recruiter’s attention immediately – and hold it. This is where your hospitality CV is a vital tool. It should, ideally, make you stand out as a key candidate the recruiter can’t afford to miss. Once you’re invited for interview,…

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Why You Need a Recruitment Strategy

In a world of ever-increasing competition, hospitality employers need to employ the cream of the hospitality crop – and know how to keep them. Why let your competitors snag all the best workers? Let’s look at how to put together a recruitment strategy which really works for you. What is a recruitment strategy anyway? A…

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