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5 Ways Digitalization Will Help Integrate H-2B Visa Employees Into the Hotel Workforce and Make Them Feel Valued
Andrada Paraschiv | April 12, 2022
As foreign nationals arrive in the U.S. on temporary Visas to help fill labor gaps, hotel operators can leverage mobile communication tools to remove the language barrier and assist with onboarding, training, scheduling, engaging, and recognizing employees By Andrada Paraschiv The next wave of foreign nationals on H-2B Visas are arriving in the U.S. to fill vacant non-agricultural jobs. Some of those workers may choose to fill vacant frontline positions at hotels. While operators are desperate for help, hiring from overseas can cause additional issues for Human Resources teams and managers, especially if the labor is unskilled. Therefore...
8 Ways Technology Is Tackling the Great Rehire and Resignation Crisis
Andrada Paraschiv | January 25, 2022
An employee app is the missing piece to the talent crisis– currently aggravated by Omicron – and it is something that can help hoteliers retain talent in the long run By Andrada Paraschiv 2022 is well underway but attracting job seekers to fill vacant hospitality positions is getting more difficult by the day. Those previously employed have moved on, either because they lost confidence in their employer, or they opted to work in less demanding environments. With employment priorities changing and people rethinking their options, research shows that former hospitality workers do not plan to return. A recent survey polling 30,000+ ...
How Human Resources Is Embracing Automation to Give a Competitive Edge
Andrada Paraschiv | August 17, 2021
A look at how employee communication app Beekeeper is becoming a hub for automation, improving worker acquisition and retention across the industry. By Andrada Paraschiv Over the past year and a half, technology has become more relevant in human resources for a variety of reasons. The economy’s gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has created a labor shortage that is quickly becoming a labor crisis. HR leaders are focusing on finding tools to improve the recruiting process and streamline workforce management. Automation is at the core of this, and it is being applied in ways that free associates and managers from tedious tasks, all...
How Technology Is Helping Find and Retain Hotel Talent
Andrada Paraschiv | July 21, 2021
Talent gurus Sandy Gentles of Marriott International and Ed Gallier of Jury’s Inn share how employee communication technology can be leveraged to solve today’s talent crisis By Andrada Paraschiv Finding dedicated workers and retaining them once they are trained has always been a challenge for hospitality, but in the current economic and social climate there is no time to waste on retraining workers only to lose them in the short term. In a market where acquiring skilled workers is the greatest challenge, retaining them becomes imperative. As leisure travel begins to return and hotel occupancy increases, operators will be challenged to ...
How Digitally Enabling Your Frontline Employees Has Become a Necessity
Andrada Paraschiv | April 13, 2021
Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort shares how Beekeeper kept its teams communicating during COVID-19 and how it is helping them to prepare for reopening in the upcoming season with minimal employee turnover By Andrada Paraschiv COVID-19 has completely altered the way the hospitality and attractions industries will operate for the foreseeable future. This pandemic has provided an opportunity for business leaders to reevaluate their business models and leverage more technology. Digital trends are not new, particularly when it comes to interacting with customers. But the most recent experience has made it clear that hospitality and attractions...
Lessons Learned in 2020 Spark New Digitalization Trends for Frontline Workers in 2021
Andrada Paraschiv | January 20, 2021
By Andrada Paraschiv It may be a new year, but it is far from business as usual for those working in the hospitality industry. According to new data released from the U.S. Department of labor, “498,000 employees were laid off from their jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector in December 2020.” The Washington Post reports that “of those, about 75% were employees at restaurants and bars,” and “nearly 4 million leisure and hospitality jobs have been lost since February 2020, according to economists.” One of the biggest lessons learned last year was that communicating with hotel housekeepers, laundry workers, roomservice a...
Beekeeper Webinar to Showcase Some Technology Must-Haves of the Next Normal
Beekeeper | September 16, 2020
Together with its marketplace partners Lua and SalesBoost, employee communication hub Beekeeper will showcase some of the tools every hotel needs on the road to recovery Oakland, Calif., Sept. 16, 2020 — COVID-19 is fundamentally changing the way hoteliers are operating their businesses. Physical distancing requirements, increased compliance demands, and razor-sharp attention to managing costs are accelerating the adoption of technology in the next normal. While the way to recovery is likely long and sinuous, a property’s technology stack can help alleviate some of the pain points. As part of its ongoing COVID-19 Webinar Series, Beeke...
Hotel Operations Have Changed, But the Importance of Communication Has Not
Andrada Paraschiv | September 1, 2020
Conversations become digitalized and streamlined as hotel operators continue to find new ways to communicate with employees while working around COVID-19 By Andrada Paraschiv There is a radical change in the way the hospitality industry is operating compared to the last decade. From shifting guests away from the front desk and favoring mobile check-in to new sanitization regulations that call for constant vigilance, it can be a lot for any organization to process and maintain consistency ― particularly right now as guidelines and state regulations are subject to abrupt changes. The need for communications is increasing tenfold between...
