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4 Ways To Improve Your Recruitment Processes to Attract Quality Candidates

4 Ways To Improve Your Catering and Hospitality Recruitment Processes to Attract Quality Candidates Are you struggling to attract quality Catering or Hospitality candidates? Below we take a look at 4 ways to improve your Catering and Hospitality recruitment process to ensure that you start attracting the best candidates.   1. Be Open Minded You […]

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Struggling to get enough quality Catering or Hospitality applications?

Struggling to get enough quality Catering or Hospitality applications? Do seem to be constantly looking for new Catering or Hospitality staff and are always struggling to get enough quality applicants? You’re not alone. In London particularly, there’s a catering recruitment crisis with a severe lack of well qualified and experienced candidates. In addition, there’s a […]

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Don’t struggle with restaurant staffing over summer

Don’t struggle with restaurant staffing over summer Summer can be an extremely busy time for restaurants in London. With millions of tourists flocking to the capital, most will want to experience the fantastic food on offer in London, one of the gastronomic hotspots of the world. However, this can also place a severe strain on […]

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Has Catering Training Changed for the Worst in Recent Years?

Has Catering Training Changed for the Worst in Recent Years? Here at West One, we’re in a good place to assess the state of the UK’s catering and hospitality industry. With all of our consultants and staff having extensive frontline experience of working as qualified chefs, hospitality staff and management, we often discuss how things […]

Are You Aware of the Consequences of a Bad Hire?

Are You Aware of the Consequences of a Bad Hire? With London and the rest of the UK currently experiencing a lack of good quality staff entering the catering and hospitality professions, making a bad hire is a risk that every restaurant and hotel is at the mercy of. But are you aware of the […]

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Hiring a Chef Isn’t Just About Skills and Experience, It’s About So Much More…

Hiring a Chef Isn’t Just About Skills and Experience, It’s About So Much More… Whatever level of chef you are looking at recruiting from Commis Chef to Executive Chef, it can be tough. With an ever increasing number of restaurants and other eateries opening across London, the fact we as a country have not been […]

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Employers: How to Make the Most of Your Recruitment Consultant

Employers: How to Make the Most of Your Recruitment Consultant Whether you are new to using the services of a recruitment agency to fill your role or you are an experienced user, have you ever considered if you are making the most of your recruitment consultant? Below we take a look at some ways you […]

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Employers: Why you should act now to beat the summer recruitment rush

Employers: Why you should act now to beat the summer recruitment rush In London, the hospitality industry often sees an increase in its recruitment needs during the summer months. As the influx of visitors to the capital increases every year, so does the need for hotels, restaurants and other establishments to have quality and reliable […]

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How to Prevent an Interview No Show

How to Prevent an Interview No Show There are a lot of good things about being a recruitment consultant. It’s a privilege to be able to help people move their careers forward and to provide solutions to bars, restaurants and hotels when they’ve had so much difficulty recruiting. Like any job though, there are certain […]

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How to stop recruitment problems hampering the growth of your business

How to stop recruitment problems hampering the growth of your business Are you looking to grow your business this year? London’s food and hospitality scenes are as vibrant as ever, which means that there is increasing competition from a range of quality venues. We work with some of the most successful restaurants and hotels in […]

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The benefits of using temporary restaurant staff

The Benefits of Using Temporary Restaurant Staff Opening a new restaurant? Find out the benefits of using temporary staff Starting up any business is tough, but a restaurant can be particularly so, especially in London. With dining out now something most people enjoy on a regular basis, consumers are demanding more and more from their […]

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Don’t struggle with restaurant and hotel staffing over Christmas!

Don’t struggle with restaurant and hotel staffing over Christmas! Let our Christmas restaurant and hotel temps give you a helping hand. Christmas is the hospitality industry’s busiest period, with restaurants and hotels bursting at the seams with festive parties. It can be an exhausting time of year and it can put a severe strain on […]

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The advantages of using a specialist Catering and Hospitality recruitment agency

The advantages of using a specialist Catering and Hospitality recruitment agency Why use a Catering and Hospitality recruitment agency? Are you finding it harder and harder to recruit good quality Catering and Hospitality staff that have the right skill set and are reliable? You’re not alone, with a growing need for catering and hospitality staff […]

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