by Joe Rice | Sep 21, 2015 | Career Advice
4 Avoidable Salary Negotiation Mistakes “Executives have mastered the art of business deals, but some don’t bargain well for themselves” especially when it comes to salary negotiations. (Wall Street Journal). Salary negotiation is a crucial skill for all...
by Joe Rice | Sep 9, 2015 | Industry Trends
Employment Trends in the Hotel/ Hospitality Industry “As consumer confidence returns and people have a little more discretionary spending power, the market for hospitality jobs will heat up more.” John Challenger The hotel industry is a leader in job creation,...
by Joe Rice | Jul 27, 2015 | Hospitality Careers, Hotel Industry
Top Questions Hotel Executives Should Ask Before Accepting a Job Offer As a hotel executive, the decision of accepting or rejecting a job offer holds significant merit. It’s important to be expertly prepared when deciding whether or not the role being offered is the...
by Joe Rice | Jun 29, 2015 | Hotel Industry, Industry Trends, Management
Salary Trends in the Hotel Industry — 2015 Last month [May 2015], the employment in the Hotel/Hospitality industry rose by 57,000 and accounted for 20% of all new non-farm job growth. It’s no doubt the hotel and hospitality industry is beginning to thrive once...
by Joe Rice | May 18, 2015 | Hospitality Careers, Hotel Industry
2015’s Hottest Hotel Jobs: The hospitality industry (including hotels, restaurants, meeting venues, etc.) is one of the largest job industries in the US, employing 8.6% of the total working population, approximately 12.5 million people [US Bureau of Labor...
by Joe Rice | Apr 20, 2015 | Hospitality Careers, Hotel Industry, Leadership
4 Ways to Attract the Top Talent, that You Didn’t Already Know In our previous blog post we talked about how much a bad hire really costs (up to 10x as much as working with a recruiter) and how settling for simply an “o.k.” employee can actually do more harm than good...
by Joe Rice | Apr 2, 2015 | Hospitality Careers, Hotel Industry, Leadership
Top Hotel/Hospitality Conferences & Networking Events of 2015 If you haven’t thought about or registered for any hospitality conferences in 2015, we highly recommend doing so. Having been involved in the hospitality industry for over 20 years, we understand there...
by Joe Rice | Feb 24, 2015 | Hospitality Careers, Hotel Industry, Leadership
How Much Does a Bad Hire Really Cost? – In the Hospitality Industry How much have bad hires cost you and your business… tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of dollars? How do you combat turnover/bad hires within your hotel, resort, or business? ...
by Joe Rice | Nov 4, 2014 | Hospitality Careers, Hotel Industry, Management
PHOENIX—Robust industry fundamentals were not enough to distract hotel executives speaking during the 20th annual Lodging Conference from addressing various blips dotting their respective radars. Potential sources of pain ranged from Ebola to the rise of...
by Joe Rice | Oct 23, 2014 | Hotel Industry
Happy workers make good workers, all to the benefit of the firm and its shareholders. That, at least, is the view on the progressive side of the management-theory spectrum. Others, of course, believe that employees work hardest under the crack of the whip and fear of...
