You have worked hard to get here, and now you have become a successful hotel or hospitality professional. It’s something to be proud of, and there is a good chance you feel comfortable with where you have gotten in your career and just want to settle where you are for the time being. However, while you may be completely satisfied with your current position, maybe you are starting to feel that you are ready to change things up.
Admittedly, you may be hesitant to explore new opportunities, as you are hoping to avoid upsetting your current employer by asking around. At the same time, however, you also want to avoid leaving any gaps between jobs. In cases such as this, where confidentiality is of the utmost importance, using a hotel recruiter is, by far, your best option.
Confidentiality
When working with a hospitality recruiter, most candidates still have regular employment, and it is often crucial to keep this fact private to avoid soured relationships or even retribution. A recruiter understands how important confidentiality is to a client, and they work as hard as they can to preserve it.
Support and Advice
Not only will a hospitality recruiter talk with you about your career objectives and goals, but they will also walk you carefully through each stage of the hiring process. Recruiters can help you prepare for job interviews, negotiations for your salary and your benefits package, and they will provide you with objective, honest feedback, and constructive criticism regarding your experience and skills as they relate to the jobs that you are sending resumes to.
First Access
When an employer or a hiring manager is looking to bring someone on as a new hire, roughly 70 percent of the positions they are looking to fill will not even be published on job boards. Hospitality recruiters often have considerable access to “hidden job markets,” as these companies have spent decades building up industry experience and relationships. Not only do they have first, sometimes even sole, access to new job postings, but these recruiters also know the opportunities that are incredible and which ones are not.
Masters of the Industry
With their specialty firmly in place, recruiters are the undisputed masters of their chosen industry. They know the exact skills, qualities, and competencies that hotel companies want from new hires. They also have tremendous insights relating to different company cultures, the reasons behind job openings, growth plans, any details on recent turnover, advice about the hiring managers, and information on recent promotions inside different organizations. They even have advice for you on which businesses you should avoid entirely. Every one of these is an insight you cannot get when you apply to a job directly.
Building Long-Term Relationships
Most hospitality recruiters know that a candidate today is a client tomorrow. Even after they have secured you a position somewhere, they can easily become a life-long contact who can help you with industry knowledge, potential career moves, and career advice while you keep developing as a professional in your field.
Are you ready to make a move to a new position in the hospitality industry? Joseph David International as ranked the #1 hospitality recruiter in the country for good reason. We find the ideal fit for both the candidate and the hotel or hospitality organization. For more information about our placement services for candidates or to see a list of current opportunities, click here.
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