Lodging Leaders

243 | Don’t Leave Me Now: How to reduce employee turnover


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The annual employee turnover rate in the U.S. hospitality industry is 70 percent.

When compared with 10 to 25 percent at other industries, the rate at which people leave hospitality jobs is at a “disastrous level,” said one of the experts we interviewed about recruiting and retaining employees.

In this episode of Lodging Leaders, we report exclusive data on retention and turnover rates.

Guests also offer practical solutions to the problem, including better managing labor costs to be able to give employees a pay raise.

Overall, the experts agree that creating awareness about the opportunities to build a meaningful career should be the central strategy to recruiting and retaining employees.

We feature Ron Mitchell CEO of Virgil Holdings, which owns Hcareers, a recruitment website; Del Ross, chief revenue officer at Hotel Effectiveness, which helps hotels manage labor costs; Davonne Reaves, CEO of The Vonne Group, a hospitality consulting firm; and Sarah Smart, vice president of global recruitment at Hilton Worldwide.

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