hospitality hiring
Hiring, Supporting Justice-Impacted Individuals in the Workplace
Penn State School of Hospitality Management | October 30, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Hiring those who have criminal records or histories of incarceration serves a significant role in the integration of those individuals back into society while helping hospitality businesses withstand labor shortages, according to researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management. The researchers developed a framework to guide hospitality businesses in the efforts to break down barriers of bias and destigmatize the hiring of these individuals. The team identified three major stakeholder groups — the hired employees, those in the correctional system responsible for administering and overseei...
King, Rounds Seeking Maximum H-2B Work Visas to Support Small Businesses in 2025
October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), alongside a bipartisan group of their colleagues, have written to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the maximum allowable number of additional H-2B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. H-2B visas fill needs for American small businesses when there are not enough able and willing American workers to fill the temporary, seasonal positions. As required by law, employers must first make a concerted effort to hire American workers to fill open positions; when the local workforce is insufficient, H-2Bs are seen as ...
How to Convince AI That You Are the Best Candidate for the Job
Linchi Kwok | October 2, 2024
Last week, we discussed how more companies used AI to screen resumes and analyze job candidates’ performance in the initial interviews. We called for companies’ attention to the potential AI biases in hiring. This week, we will visit what job candidates can do to help AI pick us and recommend us for hiring. A. Writing a Resume Tailored to AI Screening First and foremost, job candidates must thoroughly research the job and the company to understand its job descriptions and organizational culture. From there, they can: Write the resume in Word and submit it as a Word document instead of a PDF file. Select a straightforw...
Cloud, AI and Big Data Trending Themes in Hiring in Q2 2024, Reveals GlobalData
GlobalData | August 20, 2024
Job postings increased by 7.3% YoY Cybersecurity and big data were the other noteworthy themes RTX, Cargill, LVMH, and JPMorgan Chase & Co top recruiters The global job market dynamics in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 revealed a positive year-on-year (YoY) trend, despite layoffs by major companies like Google LLC, Nestle SA, Ford Motor Co, NIKE Inc, Amazon.com Inc, and Walmart Inc. Meanwhile, travel and tourism, foodservice, and retailing saw significant YoY growth in job postings during the quarter. Key technology themes driving hiring trends included cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cybersecurity, and eco...
4 Tips to Attract & Retain Gen Z Employees
Mark Lewis-Brown | April 9, 2024
By Mark Lewis-Brown The hospitality industry is no stranger to evolution, and after surviving the chaos of the COVID pandemic and the aftermath, hoteliers are much more adept at pivoting as new trends and developments push the hospitality industry in new directions. 2024 has already ushered in a great deal of change, as consumer booking trends change and many of the top global economies experience contractions, but as always, there will be many other shifts that will impact the hospitality industry over the coming years; one of the most significant changes that we are currently experiencing comes with the entry of Gen Z into the workforce, w...
11 In-Demand Hospitality Resume Skills
Frank Giannotti | August 30, 2023
By Frank Giannotti To increase your chances of getting hired in hospitality, it's important to make sure your CV showcases the skills that are valued by both human recruiters and AI-screening bots. Make sure you highlight these 11 hospitality resume skills to stand out from other applicants. AI recruitment software has many advantages for hiring managers and applicants, for example, it removes any biases or prejudices making the process much fairer. On the other hand, fancy formatting and conveying personality won't go as far. If an AI Bot is screening your CV, here's a handy list of terms they want to see and why it matters. ...
5 Strategies to Win 78% or Greater Employee Engagement
Beekeeper | June 13, 2023
By Cris Grossmann, CEO and co-founder, Beekeeper Frontline workers are the engine that drives business. Around the world, 80% of all workers serve on the frontline, working in industries such as construction, hospitality, manufacturing and retail. However, companies are struggling to hire and retain top talent. Frontliners are experiencing rising food, housing and childcare costs due to inflation, causing them to job-hop or take on extra work. Nearly 70% of Americans are looking for a second job to keep up with widespread price increases. Leaders are seeking to engage a multi-generational workforce, including younger staff who have diff...
10 In-Demand Hospitality Resume Skills
Frank Giannotti | December 21, 2022
By Frank Giannotti Is your resume good enough to stand out to a hiring manager or an artificial intelligence bot that's doing first round screening? Optimize your CV with the skills that hospitality managers are looking for. AI recruitment software has many advantages for both hiring managers and applicants, for example they remove any biases or pejudices making the process much fairer. On the other hand, fancy formatting and conveying personality won't go as far. If an AI Bot is screening you CV, here's a handy list of terms they want to see and why it matters. Luckily including key terms in your resume to show off your most pertinan...
