Look for the passive job seeker
A passive job seeker is defined as one who is currently employed, is a valued member of his or her team, and is actively using a skill set in their current role.
By contrast, the active job seeker is someone who isn’t currently employed, may have been out of work for some time and is not honing on practical skills as one would in a work situation.
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The distinction also needs to be made for the recruiter seeking the passive job seeker and not outright ‘poaching’ a colleague from their present employment. The former may have their resume uploaded on social media platforms like Caterer Global and LinkedIn, and attend networking and industry functions, whereas the latter sees the recruiter offering a job on sight, often times at a candidate’s current workplace.
Poaching is just not ethical in recruitment practices and can give a hotel or company a very bad reputation in the market.
The key is to build relationships with hospitality and catering schools, develop business relationships and to attend industry events, as these activities bring in leads as well as potential candidates for hire in your company.
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