Press Release

Long Beach, Calif. - Jul 16, 2008: The Strategic Talent Acquisition Roundtable (STARoundtable) and Hcareers, the leading hospitality industry online job board, announced today a partnership to provide a highly specialized one-day workshop to help staffing and recruiting professionals in the hospitality industry become stronger leaders. The Hospitality Recruiting and Staffing Leadership Academy will take place on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, in Orlando at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management.
“As the leading job board for the hospitality and restaurant/foodservice industries, Hcareers is proud to partner with STARoundtable to offer hospitality professionals a unique opportunity to optimize their recruiting and staffing leadership skills,” said Rene Bernstein, vice president of marketing for Hcareers. The Hospitality Leadership Academy will be co-lead by three principals from Riviera Advisors, a premier global human resource consulting firm. With a combined 50-plus years of real-world experience that involves leading and managing hospitality and corporate recruiting functions, these uniquely qualified experts will share their own successes and failures, while also providing proven solutions for today’s recruiting leaders.
During this full–day intensive workshop hospitality recruiting and staffing professionals will learn and discuss such critical topics as: best practices for organizing, managing, motivating, measuring and leading a recruiting and staffing team; metrics executives and hiring managers care about the most and how to interpret and implement them; how to translate data from workforce planning into staffing strategies; and learning how to build a consultative recruiting culture. The workshop begins between 8 a.m. and concludes at 5 p.m.
“There is a serious gap in professional development opportunities for hospitality professionals who will be asked to lead or are already leading staffing and recruiting functions at their organizations,” said Jeremy Eskenazi, principal of Riviera Advisors. “There is a lot of training to teach recruiters how to become better at recruiting, but there is a significant educational void for professionals seeking to become leaders. The STARoundtable Academies are an important professional development resource that can significantly fill that void.”
Each workshop uses a module format. Some modules are presented seminar style, while others are roundtable discussions. With small groups of 30-50 professionals per session and with the input of Riviera Advisors’ experts, the Academies naturally create dialogue between leaders, as well as extensive opportunities for an exchange of ideas and tabletop discussions.
The program has been approved for 6.25 recertification credit hours towards PHR, SPHR, and GPHR certifications through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).
The tuition for participation, which includes breakfast and lunch, is $995 per person. Space at each Academy is limited and discounts may be available for participants. To register for a STARoundtable Recruiting and Staffing Leadership Academy or for more information, please visit http://www.staroundtable.com or call toll free (877) 201-STAR.
About STARoundtable The STARoundtable is a powerful facilitated member community designed specifically for corporate and organizational recruiting and staffing leaders. The STARoundtable offers highly structured, professionally facilitated discussion and workgroup sessions focused solely on the challenges and opportunities of leading recruiting and staffing inside of organizations. In addition, the STARoundtable offers powerful access to tools, resources, and research reports on staffing and recruiting leadership and subjects driven by STARoundtable members. Regionally aligned throughout the U.S., there are currently three STARoundtable groups, and the membership of each STARoundtable group is made up of only members from that region. Membership is by invitation only. The STARoundtable also produces powerful educational events and workshops on staffing and recruiting leadership that are open to the public. STARoundtable is managed by Riviera Advisors, a premier global human resources consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations develop stronger internal recruiting and staffing capabilities. For more information visit STARoundtable.
About Hcareers Hcareers is the leading job board for the hospitality and restaurant/foodservice industries. A unit of onTargetjobs of Fort Worth, Texas, Hcareers is known for being the leader in providing industry-specific online recruitment solutions with the most relevant jobs and job seekers in their niche market and has rapidly become the number one choice for both job seekers and employers in the hospitality and foodservice industry. For more information visit www.hcareers.com.