Dallas, TX and North Vancouver, BC - Sep 17, 2002:
La Quinta Corporation, the leading operator of mid-sized hotels, has selected Hcareers to boost its recruitment drive.
The joint initiative means that job vacancies at La Quinta will be simultaneously advertised on the company's corporate careers Web site, as well as Hcareers' job board. Hcareers, the dominant job board for the hospitality industry, attracts more than 2.3 million hospitality-specific visits per month, providing clients with the largest reach to qualified job seeker candidates.
Prior to working with Hcareers, La Quinta relied on local newspaper ads, national advertising services and industry referrals. Three-fourths of the hotel operator's field job vacancies are now filled by Hcareers. These positions include general managers, assistant general managers and sales representatives. Hcareers was selected because of its hospitality-specific and localized job listings, which allow La Quinta to post jobs by region of the U.S., by state or by metropolitan area.
"Hcareers has made the time and money we spend on recruiting far more efficient," said Diane Heppel, HR representative - Field Recruiting at La Quinta Inns, Inc. "We no longer spend hours trying to weed out the best candidates, and posting jobs online is much cheaper than placing an ad in the local newspaper. Hcareers has taken the pain out of the hiring process."
"Hcareers can supply the best candidates in less than half the time it takes to post a newspaper ad," said David Curry, president & CEO of Hcareers. "La Quinta is an established and highly regarded name in the hotel industry and Hcareers is well prepared to simplify and streamline its recruitment process."
In its most profitable month yet, Hcareers experienced a 75% revenue increase during July 2002. The company achieves five times more hospitality-specific visits than Monster.com. More than 7,000 current openings have been posted in the last 45 days alone.
About La Quinta Corporation Dallas-based La Quinta Corporation (NYSE: LQI), a mid-scale, limited-service lodging company, owns, operates or franchises more than 300 La Quinta Inns and La Quinta Inn & Suites in 33 states. For more information about La Quinta, please visit their Website at www.LQ.com or for reservations at any La Quinta hotel call 1-800-531-5900.
About Hcareers Launched in 1998, Hcareers operates three sites, Hcareers.com (U.S.), Hcareers.ca (Canada) and Hcareers.co.uk (United Kingdom, Ireland), which all focus solely on hospitality career openings. Job seekers who visit Hcareers can search a database of 7,000+ hospitality-industry job openings. Hcareers localizes its listings to make it easy for site visitors to search for positions by region of the U.S., by state, or by metropolitan area. A dominant force in hospitality-industry recruiting, the site attracts 2.3 million job-seeker visits each month, and has had 32,000 resumes posted by job-seekers in the last 90 days. Hcareers also sends out a bi-monthly email newsletter to more than 200,000 people interested in news and advice on hospitality-industry careers. For more information, please go to www.hcareers.com.