HOTELS & HOSPITAL ITY
“The demand for hospitality
professionals rises by a third from November to December.”
recruitment process each year and the types of roles you may need. Each year there are slight trends but overall the picture remains similar for the skills gaps and peaks in demand. It’s never too soon to start looking!
Use technology Hospitality talent platforms such as Brigad cut through the noise and mountains of CVs to connect you directly to qualified independent professionals. Stringent vetting means that the huge demand for skilled professionals who will fit seamlessly into fast-moving teams is already done for you, ensuring quick connection to the right people. Integrating technology into both the recruitment and staff management systems can help the hospitality industry to make this period much easier upon its existing and new independent staff.
Technology platforms can reduce the administrative challenges of handling the influx of new staff at this time of year and provide an all-encompassing solution that gives managers more time to uphold service standards. By handling payroll and easing the stress of management, they make it much easier to take on new independent professionals whilst maintaining an efficient, accurate and prompt payroll system.
“The number of hours that the typical hiring process equates to is difficult to quantify but it’s evident that it can be both labour and time intensive.”
any other time of the year, but some find their work unforgiving and inflexible to their needs. Everyone would love some time off over Christmas, but the hospitality industry can’t always accommodate this. The difficulty in securing new talented hospitality professionals means managers are often less inclined to give their current longstanding and trusted staff the time off they need, as they fear it could jeopardise service levels at a critical time of year.
This in turn can make the festive period one of the hardest on existing staff. On top of the extra hours and difficulty sourcing staff, the admin logjam caused by the vast amount of staff turnover at Christmas time leaves many professionals and managers overwhelmed, bogged down by the slow speed of connection that traditional recruitment avenues provide.
What can be done?
Plan ahead Keep a track on your figures so you know what demand you are seeing year on year around the festive season. This will help you to anticipate when to start the
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Be flexible Our system allows independent hospitality professionals to select which days they are available, working their own shift pattern. Plus, the ease with which ad-hoc time slots can be filled means that managers can be more flexible in giving their regular, core staff time off or support during the busy Christmas period.
Brigad’s pool of talented, trained independent professionals means managers no longer have to fear a reduction in skill when they use short-term staff. By being able to guarantee quality work whilst providing more flexibility to staff, managers can support their team during the toughest period they face all year.
We believe that there are so many reasons for the hospitality industry to be cheerful this festive period. The forward-thinking use of technology platforms can alleviate the staffing and recruitment problems that are thrown up during the busy festive period. By taking the hard work out of finding the talented staff to fill the additional hours on a Christmas time sheet these platforms help ensure that no hotel, restaurant or hospitality provider is left in short supply.
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