Jennifer had applied for a new hotel management position in her area and was feeling confident about her employment prospects. She’d just come through her third interview with flying colors—they’d assured her they need only check her references and she would likely be extended a job offer in short order. Imagine Jennifer’s dismay when she …
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Implement five effective tips to improve your hiring process today. Employee turnover is a challenge every hospitality manager faces. The inefficiencies it causes often have a negative effect on customer satisfaction, team morale, and the company’s bottom line. Fortunately, hiring the right candidates for your restaurant or hotel jobs can significantly reduce turnover. This means …
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Even top performers are worried these days. Thanks to the drumbeat of news stories about business miscalculations, facility relocations, and corporate mergers and acquisitions – all of which produce layoffs – they too fear they will end up out on the bricks. As a result, uncertainty has now become as important a recruiting factor as …
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Amidst all the breathless commentary about commercial social media sites, there’s another online social environment that’s being overlooked by many recruiters. It’s the most talent-rich resource on the Web, yet it hardly ever gets mentioned at recruiting conferences or in recruiting publications. The result is best described as LockedOut – the social recruiting strategy that …
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If you’ve been actively job searching for a while, you may be wondering why the resume you’ve been sending out hasn’t been generating any response. How could this be? Your resume is well-designed and full of good content, yet you feel like your resume is getting sucked into a black hole each time you submit …
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Whether you’re networking for a job or business (actually, what’s the difference?), you want to be memorable. Not memorable in any way, but rather memorable in a positive way. I’ve been attending business networking groups for a while and have also spoken at job search groups on various topics. While attending these events, I’ve noticed …
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I’m a firm believer that you can tell a lot about a person’s character by his or her handshake. In a recent job interview workshop, I told my attendees about my obsession with a good handshake and, as a result, a half-hour conversation ensued. In the workshop, I talked about the importance of making a …
