Hospitality Careers can only accept Candidates that meet all of the client’s requirements.

What we look for is:

1. Good job stability (someone who has worked for no more than two companies in the last five years or four companies in the last 10 years). The only exception: young chefs can move around during their first seven years of experience. After that employers expect chefs to quit bouncing around.

2. Someone currently employed. Employers almost never pay placement agencies fees for people who are not employed. They expect to receive resumes from unemployed candidates when they run advertisements. They don't expect placement agencies to give them the same thing they feel they could get from a newspaper or Internet advertisement. If you are unemployed, there is nothing wrong with submitting your resume to a placement agency as long as you know the odds of the agency getting you a job are slim.

3. A good education. College degrees are not necessarily required for many jobs, but employers do expect employees to continue their education through additional schooling including technical courses, industry courses, etc. The world is changing very fast. If employees are going to continue to stay in the Top 20% in their field they must stay abreast of technology and the latest management, administrative, and leadership skills.

4. Solid job progression. When clients hire someone through an agency they expect the person to be well trained technically. That normally means someone who has gone through all the steps rather than skipping a few. In the early 1980’s the industry was growing at a very rapid rate. Many people skipped steps as they moved up the ladder. As soon as the boom stopped most of the people who skipped steps on the way up were the first ones laid off. When the going got tough they didn’t have the experience to carry them through the tough times. For example, It is possible to become a successful General Manager of a limited-service property with about five years of experience. To become General Manager of higher quality, full service hotels takes longer.

5. Someone who has worked for hotels with name an/or brand recognition. Employers typically feel that people who have had at least some recent experience with a major hotel chain or recognizable franchise are likely to have better training. There is one exception and that is first-class or luxury hotels that are well known. They may be independents, but they are still well known within the industry.

6. You need to have worked for more than one company. While this sounds contradictory to the previous statement about job stability, employers like people with more than one company’s experiences. Most employers feel that candidates who have worked for at least two different companies are better rounded than candidates who have spent 10-15 years working for one company.

7. You need to have worked in the Hospitality industry. We know that there are many people who would like to enter the hospitality industry and can possibly see a cross-connection from their current industry. While that may be possible, Hospitality Careers can only help those people who have direct experience dealing with the hospitality industry. That includes hotels, resorts, conference centers, casinos or casino hotels, the cruise industry, free standing restaurants, theme parks, clubs, convention and visitor centers, even retirement communities, or hospital / health care (food and beverage, engineering, human resources and/or housekeeping positions are the only positions that can be considered for people currently employed in hospital health care support functions.)