What is Hospitality Graduate Recruitment (h-g-r)? What are the benefits of h-g-r for your business? Where do h-g-r candidates come from? For what job roles are h-g-r candidates suitable? What is the cost to work with h-g-r? How can your business work with h-g-r? Can h-g-r help with work permits or visas? Where does h-g-r operate?

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1. What is Hospitality Graduate Recruitment ( h-g-r )?

   h-g-r was founded in 2004 by Mr Jeff Ross, Managing Director. Jeff is a former Intercontinental Hotels Group General Manager, a former Scottish Hotel School (University of Strathclyde, UK) graduate, a former Swiss hotel school lecturer, and a current Director for Europe, Middle East and Russia with Hospitality Executive Search firm HES Global. Jeff is supported by an experienced administration team and an international sales team.

   h-g-r assists hospitality students and recent alumni to find quality entry-level, trainee, supervisory and junior management positions within the global hospitality industry. h-g-r works with over 250 international hotel schools and universities.   

2. What are the benefits of h-g-r for your business?

   There are many!

   • You can place and control unlimited job postings on our website. The website is very user friendly and it is simple to manage your job postings;
   • You can gain unlimited access to our hospitality student & alumni CV database from over 250 global hotel schools - test now!
   • The h-g-r CV template provides a thorough and well presented summary of each candidate – view CV template. The h-g-r office team checks every single candidate CV. h-g-r CVs automatically become inactive if a user has not used their account for 6 months, thus ensuring that the CV database is always up-to-date;
   • You can recruit as many people as you wish throughout your membership period, with no additional costs;
   • Every job posting you place on our website will send an automated email alert to potential candidates from our international student and alumni database;
   • Free inclusion of selected job postings in our monthly job flash newsletter to students, alumni and hotel schools internationally;
   • Full h-g-r office support to help you in the use of your account throughout your membership. The h-g-r team will closely monitor your job postings and help maximize the success of these postings by networking on your behalf to our hotel school and university partners internationally; and
   • h-g-r offers an efficient means of accessing over 250 hotel schools, students and alumni via one unique product and service.

     

3. Where do h-g-r candidates come from?

   We work in partnership with over 250 international hotel schools and universities. We work with and coach our student and alumni candidates to ensure that they are specific in what they seek and to ensure that their skills and expectations match your needs as a potential employer.

   Click here to view some current statistics on the demographics of h-g-r candidates.   

4. For what job roles are h-g-r candidates suitable?

   We work with students and recent alumni who are looking for entry level, trainee, supervisory and junior management positions. Our candidates are interested in many different departments within the hospitality industry, including kitchen, front office, housekeeping, food and beverage, sales, human resources and training, leisure and finance.

   Click here to view some current statistics on h-g-r candidate expectations and demographics.   

5. What is the cost to work with h-g-r?

   Please refer to the Pricing section of our website for full details. For a small membership fee, you can recruit as many candidates as you like within your h-g-r membership period.   

6. How can your business work with h-g-r?

   Please click on the following link to subscribe today, and gain immediate access to a global network of hospitality students and recent alumni. Or, contact us and a member of our sales team will follow up with you directly.   

7. Does h-g-r help with work permits or visas?

   Sourcing a work permit or visa is ultimately the responsibility of the employer and the candidate. However, h-g-r can advise and facilitate with this process.   

8. Where does h-g-r operate?

   h-g-r is an international business, well connected within the hospitality industry in every continent. h-g-r works with hotel schools, candidates and hospitality employers globally. h-g-r works within the hospitality industry exclusively.

   Our head office is strategically located in Lucerne, Switzerland.