What to look for when filling an Executive Role within the Hospitality Industry.
Our Executive Resourcing is used to sourcing candidates for senior-level roles within the hospitality industry. We are responsible for seeking out market leading or hard-to-find talent, the best of the best that the industry has to offer. Our team are focused on understanding the candidate experience, designing effective assessment and selection approaches and, overall, how to make effective recruitment decisions, providing the perfect match for our partners.
Finding the right candidates for senior roles in the hospitality business is essential to its ongoing success and growth. This is more important than ever right now, in what has become a challenging landscape in the post pandemic era. It can be complicated to ensure that you place the right people at senior level, although there are steps that you can take to ensure your decisions are the right ones.
Understand the long-term vision of your organisation
Changing personnel at a senior level presents you with the opportunity to take a blank piece of paper and start afresh. This involves considering what is required of prospective candidates. Once you have a firm long-term strategy in place, you are able to communicate it to each candidate. Doing this helps to ensure that you are on the same page with the vision that is needed for the future of the Company.
Know what type of candidate you are looking for
You cannot hope to hire the right candidate for a senior role in your organisation if you do not understand what you are looking for. Businesses that are successful in their senior level recruitment have the answers to questions such as what personality traits are required in a candidate and what experience is needed. These answers are then used to formulate a candidate profile that can be used throughout the recruitment process.
Be proactive with your search
Simply choosing to advertise a senior role in your organisation is not always the best way to get the right people onboard. It limits your pool of candidates to those who actively seeking a new position. The best option is to search out professionals who are a good fit for your business. This proactive approach usually works best when using an ER expert who knows who to approach.
Be patient with your search
It often takes more time to hire senior executives than more junior personnel, so you need to be prepared for this. You cannot afford to rush the decision as this could lead to you reaching the wrong conclusion and being back to square one too soon. Be willing to wait for the right person if they already have a role at another organisation. If your requirement to fill your position is urgent you can make an interim appointment to meet the immediate need.
Make an offer that provides value
It’s no longer the case that high salaries are enough to attract top talent. This is particularly the case as younger professionals make their way up the career ladder. Successful recruiters realise this and recognise the value of offering a package of benefits. When considering what type of package to offer candidates for your senior positions, you may want to consider features such as share options and personalised lifestyle benefits.
Relationships Matter
Recruiting to a senior role can be complex and time-consuming. It can be difficult to manage the recruitment process alongside other aspects of the business.
It makes sense to develop a relationship with recruitment professionals who have access to a list of top potential candidates and can help you make the right choices and secure the services of the best individual for your business.
Following these steps helps you to solve the problem of filling a senior role in your organisation.
If you are a senior executive looking for a new role, or looking to recruit exceptional talent at a senior level please contact our Four Corners Hospitality Group Expert – Paul Gilley who has the relationships in place and can build them with your organisation.
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