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Understanding the Hospitality Applicant Economy

Job seeker expectations have changed.
Are you keeping up?

Hireology surveyed more than 400 job seekers looking for work in the hospitality space to better understand the state of the hospitality talent market and define real solutions for industry leaders looking to hire and retain better talent to drive real bottom-line impact. The resulting report, The Great Reassessment, offers these findings and more.

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Learn what job seekers really expect from you

In the survey, we asked questions around job search preferences in terms of devices, speed, and convenience. We also dug into job seeker expectations for work itself — including needs for flexibility, job growth, and more. Key findings include:

48% of hospitality job seekers say they’d take a pay cut for the flexibility they want
A third of job seekers in the industry say they won’t even apply to your open roles if you don’t list your benefits in your job description
52% of hospitality job seekers complete the entirety of the application and hiring process on mobile devices
59% of respondents seeking work in hospitality say they have given up on a job application because it took too long to complete

What our customers are saying

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""Prior to Hireology we were tracking all recruiting efforts across our 50 locations with an Excel spreadsheet. We were recruiting with blindfolds on, utilizing free local job boards and managing applicant pools out of our email inboxes. Since partnering with Hireology in 2016 we have redefined recruiting for Fox Motors.""
Michelle Hagley
Talent Development Manager |
 Fox Motors
""The centralized tool allows us to monitor KPIs across multiple locations that are key to our success. Additionally, the ability to pin high-priority jobs keeps them top of mind, ensuring that our team focuses on the most urgent needs. This feature helps streamline our efforts and keeps critical tasks visible across the team.""
Scott Williams
VP, Talent |
 Interim HealthCare, Inc.
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Jack Gamble
Administrator |
 Generations Home Care
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Gamble Jake
Administrator |
 Generations Home Care
"“Everyone on our team is doing more than managing recruiting, and we all get caught up in the day-to-day. But Hireology Referrals makes it so easy to set up campaigns in advance, saving us time and ensuring that our messages reach employees consistently.” "
Tenielle Schmidt
Director of HR |
 Brandt Hospitality Group
"“With our previous process, I was a middleman. Our paper employment application often got lost in the shuffle. Time card reconciliation included a process that took over a day and a half with each payroll cycle. By eliminating paper from our hiring process and empowering department managers to own their part of the payroll process, we have been able to attract higher quality applicants and save hours of time on data entry!""
Melissa Nelson
Office Manager |
 Fort Dodge Ford Toyota; A Rydell Store
"“New hires light up at the fact that they can get through their new hire paperwork and be on the job in less than one day.”"
Lane Beenken
Director - Recruiting, Training, Corp Development |
 Casey Auto Group
"I am staffing a new location and have been interviewing like crazy. Interview Scheduling has saved me time and helped to cut down on interview no-shows. All without having to disrupt my existing hiring processes."
Gabriela Coleman
Franchise Owner |
 European Wax Center

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