Recruitment
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What does it take to scale the management ladder in hospitality? Rosalind Mullen asks managers for their career advice
Posted: 01 December 2011 | 14:20
Hotel companies are beginning to head hunt for vacancies at middle management level, as well as for top positions, in an effort to minimise the risk of hiring the wrong person, according to recruitment company HVS Executive Search...
Posted: 02 November 2011 | 11:30
No matter how hard women work, it always seems that we are having to play catch up with our fellow men. New research from the Chartered Management Institute...
Posted: 15 September 2011 | 15:44
There's something magical about working in the pubs and bars sector that lures people from all walks of life. But what really seduces them are the opportunities for career development. Rosalind Mullen reports
Posted: 01 July 2011 | 13:02
Amadeus, the NEC Group's event catering business, will be boosting the job market with 1,000 new posts over the next 12 months thanks to a string of upcoming high-profile events. Recent contract wins are responsible for the recruitment drive.
Posted: 20 June 2011 | 12:59
With Dubai emerging from the economic doldrums to once again become a magnet for hospitality professionals, Learnpurple chief executive Jane Sunley captures the conditions in a letter from the emirate...
Posted: 29 April 2011 | 16:42
The statistics are clear: the hospitality industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the UK, which by 2017 will require a workforce of 2.1 million, including 49,700 skilled roles and 246,300 managers.
Posted: 04 February 2011 | 10:08
The search for over 250 staff at the new St Pancras Renaissance hotel gets under way in earnest with an invitation-only recruitment day on Monday 6 December. Due to open in March 2011, the five-star, 245 bedroom hotel
Posted: 02 December 2010 | 13:50
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: private sector fears strikes; online job applications hit high; and pay and recruitment freezes fall.
Posted: 21 October 2010 | 14:55
The most anticipated restaurant of 2010, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, is set to open at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge, London, on 1 December. But can the biggest launch of the year circumnavigate hospitality's principal problem - a lack of skilled staff? Tom Vaughan asks the questions,
Posted: 16 September 2010 | 11:29
Experts warn that the cap on skilled foreign workers from outside the European Union, which the Government will introduce in April next year, will cause major recruitment problems for parts of the UK hospitality industry. Nick Huber reports.
Posted: 16 September 2010 | 10:39
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: employment tribunal cases rise; and
Wetherspoon creates 1,000 jobs.
Posted: 09 September 2010 | 16:37
Von Essen’s luxury hotel Seaham Hall has launched a unique head hunt for a new head chef – using social networking tool Twitter. Seaham Hall, in Country Durham, is asking Tweeters to submit a “twitticulum vitae"...
Posted: 08 September 2010 | 18:19
The owners of a new restaurant in the North East are looking to recruit 20 staff from across the region before its opening in the autumn. Head chef, Ian Woodcock, and front of house manager, Jane Gallogly, both of whom used to work for Elior division Digby Trout...
Posted: 20 August 2010 | 14:42
Topics covered in our weekly Infozone briefing include: hospitality vacancies dry up; new legislation for old; and morale key to employee retention.
Posted: 12 August 2010 | 14:25
Despite the fact that most job applications now seem to be done via e‑mail, it is still a good idea to write a covering letter to accompany your CV. Here...
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 16:21
Should the hospitality industry be taking the threat of of staff fraud more seriously? Nick Huber looks at the growing trend of pre-employment screening.
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 15:28
Demand for hospitality staff slowed to an almost complete standstill in July, part of a wider trend that saw job vacancies increasing at the slowest pace...
Posted: 06 August 2010 | 12:13
Despite the Government's tougher stance on immigration, sometimes the only candidates with the required skill set are not UK nationals. Nicola McMahon describes the precautions to take when employing foreign workers.
Posted: 09 July 2010 | 16:29
No one could ever claim that to choose a career in hospitality is to take an easy option. It's no secret that the hours can be long, the pressures great...
Posted: 09 July 2010 | 14:47
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