The mid-market and budget segment is leading the hiring charge as far as hospitality is concerned, Rajeev Thakur, director, Grassik Search Pvt ltd says. Within this, a major part of the hiring across Mid management and lower level staff will be through online portals like Naukri and linkedIn, and through employee referrals.
Apart from ease of access to a large pool of data through these platforms, they also help keep hiring costs low. Technological innovations such as cloud and big data have helped HR teams to a great extent in developing and executing recruitment strategies to hire the best candidates. Also, hospitality is a well-networked industry and where personal and professional associations play a role in closing out such vacancies.
A major hiring trend for 2016 which will help take business at the next level is the positive performance of hotels. This and economic sentiment has led to hotels delivering higher occupancy rates. Cost rationalisation, improved service and innovative measures including staycations and micro-stays have helped improve performance. Externally, an increase in discretionary spends and domestic business travel has resulted in strong performance metrics.