How Do You Know if Your New Job is Right for You?
The biggest worry that we hear from most employees is that they won’t fit into their new job. During the interview, the candidate works hard to put their best foot forward, but when the offer comes, they may have some anxiety about how the job will really work. The time between the job offer and […]
“Turkeys for Tots” Supports Food Insecure Families Across Southwest Florida
Gecko Hospitality, one of North America’s premiere recruiting firms that connects top talent and companies within the hospitality and restaurant industries, announced the kickoff of its annual “Turkeys for Tots” fundraising drive. “The number of people — especially children — who experience daily food insecurity in our area is astounding,” said Robert Krzak, President, Gecko […]
Best Ways to Maintain a Work-Life Balance as a Hotel Manager
There’s one thing that’s harder than running a hotel and that’s trying to maintain work-life balance while you’re doing it. Hotels run 24/7 and hotel managers are responsible for what happens under their roof during that time. Since the job can be all-consuming at times, finding a way back to real life is can be […]
How to Recover Your Restaurant’s Reputation After a Poor Review
Bad news always travels faster than good, which is why a poor online review of your restaurant can do some damage. You may not even feel the review is accurate, however, it still may negatively affect your business. What’s the best way to deal with a bad restaurant review? Is it worth trying to recover […]
5 Key Takeaways from the NACE Conference + Expo
The National Association for Catering & Events (NACE) is a professional organization for event and catering specialists. NACE has been around for more than 60-years and has over 40 chapters and 3,500 members. Each year they host an annual conference. In 2019, the event was held in Cincinnati, Ohio. Gecko Hospitality was pleased to attend […]
Restaurant Management Apprenticeship Programs
With more than 1 million restaurant locations in the United States and 14.7 million restaurant employees the restaurant industry continues to offer promising opportunities to the next generation of professionals seeking a job in restaurant management. Currently 9 of 10 restaurant managers started their career at the entry level, and 8 of 10 restaurant owners […]
Restaurant Management 101: How to Handle Employee Poaching
If you want to stand out at a qualified restaurant management candidate to a job interview, then you need to do more than memorize lists of questions from the internet. You need to be able to discuss serious issues that can cause a successful restaurant to spin out of control, like employee poaching, handling toxic […]
Restaurant Managers 101: Immigration Compliance in the Hospitality Industry
Are restaurant managers liable? Derek Brenner, the acting director for Homeland Security Investigations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), recently stated: “This year, … you’re going to see more and more of these … large-scale compliance inspections, just for starters. It’s not going to be limited to large companies or any particular industry…. It’s going […]
Gecko Hospitality Named One of Forbes Best Professional Recruiting Firms
Some things are just worth doing. At Gecko Hospitality, we believe in matching the best talent with top employers in the service industry. This year we were recognized for our outstanding efforts by Forbes, who named us to their list of America’s 250 best professional recruiting firms in the nation. This is the second year […]
How to Keep GenZ Working in Your Restaurant
In 2018, The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation and the Center for Generational Kinetics have taken a closer look into Gen Z and their professional expectations. The results were positive for hotel and restaurant managers. GenZ is ready to fill positions that are difficult to fill. But, keeping them long term may be easier than […]
