Five Steps for Attracting Candidates to Your Business
Attracting candidates in today’s almost-post-Covid environment is difficult. Restaurants, hotels, movie theaters, and others in the hospitality industry are struggling to provide quality customer service due to a lack of employees. The temptation for many is to settle on anyone with a pulse. But to conduct business as before and provide quality service to your […]
Franchise Owner Spotlight: Kevin Kalstad
Kevin Kalstad has been a Gecko Hospitality owner since 2010. He now has divisions of his business spread across Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington. Why was franchise ownership of an established staffing company a good investment for Kevin and his family? What regrets does he have? Finally, are there tips that an experienced franchise owner […]
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Franchise
Franchises are great business opportunities. They lessen the risk associated with starting a business from scratch. Instead, they offer a proven system for building an established brand that you can capitalize on. But a franchise isn’t always the best choice for an entrepreneur. How can you know if starting a franchise is the right business […]
Highest Paid Hospitality Jobs in 2021
Everyone is hiring these days. Certainly, the hospitality industry has rebounded from the 2020 pandemic, where many facilities laid off or furloughed staff or even shut down their doors. Now it seems like none of us in the industry can find enough workers to get the job done. However, some hospitality jobs offer the kind […]
Ghosting: Is it Right and How Can You Avoid It?
Ghosting, at least in the new sense of the word, is not a good thing. Ghosting is when a person who used to be friendly or even romantic with someone suddenly cuts off all communication without explanation. It’s a painful experience and leaves one baffled over what they could have done differently to avoid […]
Use This Template to InMail Hospitality Talent About Your Jobs
LinkedIn is the world’s hottest professional social site for networking and job search. LinkedIn has 756 million members so it’s a hotbed of potential candidates for any jobs you have posted in your hospitality business. If you’ve never sent an InMail and don’t know what to say, exactly, this blog will get you started. LinkedIn InMail […]
What’s the Difference Between an LLC and Corporation?
Which is better; a limited liability company (LLC) or a corporation (S-Corp). The answer is individualized. An LLC has more structure than a partnership or sole proprietorship. An S-Corp is probably even more formal. Both can protect your personal liabilities from seizure in the event your company gets into trouble with creditors. So, what are […]
Coaching Employers to Speed Up the Interview Process
The recruiting and hiring process has evolved over many years. The standard format that many businesses still use today began in the 1960s. Various industries were booming and corporations couldn’t hire people fast enough. The process of sending a request to fill an open position to the human resources department, placing a help-wanted advertisement in […]
Best Ways to Ask Your Manager for the Raise You Deserve
Asking for a raise gives most people anxiety. However, it doesn’t have to. If you’ve never done it, you should know right up front that there are good and bad ways to conduct yourself during this process. In this blog, we will give you some of our best tips on the best ways to ask […]
What Skills Assessments Should Be Used in Hiring
There’s some controversy surrounding skills assessments—should you conduct them, or not? Skills assessments can gauge both hard or soft skills for a candidate, whether they’re measuring your personality or your math skills. Some companies swear by them and others say they take science just a step too far during the candidate interview process. How can […]
