The ball will drop in New York City, the fireworks will light up the sky and midnight will strike marking a fresh new year. The start of a New Year is always a time to reflect and plan for moving forward to meet goals and grow personally and in the business world of hospitality.
With the New Year, employees are ready to seek after new jobs for a variety of reasons; hirer pay, better hours and so forth many looking elsewhere due to a holiday burnout and exhaustion. Much like hiring managers and business owners, employees too are ready for a fresh start for the New Year. Some employees will stay and overcome the burnout feelings, but others will leave and take on positions to move their career ahead or in completely different directions. Regardless where some employees may end up, you may have to hire.
Hiring is known to be one of the most dreaded experiences for business owners – from compensation to benefits and training, there’s a lot to consider when hiring if you plan to meet success head-on.
Some hospitality industry experts believe it’s harder than ever to staff – The hardships come from the fact that more people are looking for jobs because of the status of the economy, but there are less people with experience to hire. The ex-sales manager, teacher, lawyer, etc. are looking for any position, even if a complete career changes. Less experience doesn’t always count as a disadvantage, but sure can lead to longer trainings and more direct management needed until they have significant industry experience.
Similar, experts say employees formerly accepted one job and kept it for years, even decades – a sense of pride developed over time about the company they worked for and how they advanced. Today, more than ever employees are exercising their rights and embracing their inner adventure spirit and moving from job to job taking higher pay, better hours or whatever fancy they may be lured in with during the hiring process. The average time a candidate spends at one job in the hospitality industry is six months or less.
Harder now than ever to hire or hiring with ease, with our years of experience and understanding of the Pacific Coast Region, resolving to hire Pacific Coast Hospitality to handle your staffing and placement needs during 2015 will be one of the top things you do to ring in the New Year!
