UK - Jan 07, 2008:
The UK, European and Middle East's hospitality job board, Hcareers.co.uk is
strengthening its partnerships with leading Hospitality recruiters.
Sales director Jimmy Kyriacou states “Hcareers.co.uk has been helping Hotels
and restaurants find staff since 1998, and traditionally our core business has
always been directly with the Hotels and Restaurants themselves. This trend is
now changing.
The hospitality industry in the UK has rapidly expanded in the past five years. This growth is reflected in the
increased amount of opportunities for graduates. There is also a current
shortage of skilled staff. Subsequently, this has created a recent surge in the
number of recruitment consultancies which are now benefiting from candidates
already visiting the site.
Kirsty Hayes of Select Hospitality says "We have
worked with Hcareers since we opened Select Hospitality in April 2006, through
the website we have managed to attract the best hospitality candidates whilst
also raising our own company profile. An important factor in this industry"
How big is this sector?
The industry is made up of about 127,000 businesses and employs a workforce of
1.6 million people.
There are approximately 22,000 hotels and guest houses, plus around 16,000 bed
and breakfasts, in the UK.
Restaurants employ over 500,000 full-time and part-time staff.
Contract catering and hospitality services account for 19% of the sector (all
figures from Trends and Statistics, British Hospitality Association).
London and Southeast England have the largest
proportion of hotels, bars and restaurants, although vacancies exist across the
UK. The hospitality sector is truly international; skills learned in one country
can be practised throughout the world. It has a truly
global reach.
Jimmy continues "We are helping recruiters across the whole of Europe and also
the Middle East" Daniel Griggs, Director of BBT Global Resourcing,
states" Hcareers has allowed us to tap into a pool of candidates for our
hospitality roles across the Middle East, and in particular our ever increasing
business in Dubai"
Not everyone who works in hospitality work directly in the hotels and
restaurants themselves. Chris Denison Smith of FM Recruitments says "We use
Hcareers as an essential recruitment tool to ensure that hotel sector finance
professionals worldwide find us when they are looking for a great career move"
We mustn't forget the hotels themselves, as an ever increasing number are now
finding online recruitment to be an integral part of their recruitment
strategy.
A survey produced by Hcareers.co.uk in December, found that 57% of staff within
a selection of premiere Hotel brands had found employment online.
Jimmy Kyriacou continues "It is now a myth to believe that Hotel staff do not use the internet when looking for their next
move. Last month hcareers.co.uk attracted over 15,000
applications to jobs in Hotels and restaurants in the UK alone"
Joanne Meredith, training and development manager at the Ritz hotel London says
"Online Job boards have certainly helped our recruitment process over the
years, and have proven to be a very cost effective solution"
Hcareers are currently running various promotions for the month of January.
Please call Richy Sams on 0207 394 7799 or email richy.sams@hcareers.co.uk
www.hcareers.co.uk