FOR PREMIUM & LUXURY HOSPITALITY:
Become an employee-magnet and fill open positions in under 30 days
... even in times of staff-shortage. Without job portals, career fairs or newspaper advertising.
With our unique Luxury-Hospitality-Recruiting-System:
Magnetically attract the best candidates
Receive up to 4x more qualified applications
No more problems with finding the right employees
The leading hotels trust our expertise.
Status Quo
You are probably familiar with these challenges:
You hardly find qualified personnel
Since the corona crisis, it seems almost impossible to find good staff, for kitchen-, service-, frontoffice- & housekeeping-positions etc. Despite various recruiting measures, only a few suitable applications are being received.
The best employees already have a job
Competition for the best talent in luxury hospitality is high or the employees you are looking for, are already working for other companies and see no reason to change jobs.
It is difficult to be attractive for candidates
Every job posting on job portals looks the same as your competitors and you find it challenging to differentiate yourself from the vast number of other employers, to make sure that the best employees want work for you.
Case Study "Grecotels"
Problem
For the summer season, at 5* Grecotels in Crete, we were looking for qualified service personnel from their region, with experience in hospitality.
Solution
With targeted social media campaigns we made the job vacancies visible to people in Athens & Crete. With a 60-second application process we were able to receive over 420 qualified applications from local candidates, in under 6 weeks.
Result
The Hotel could fill all open positions with local & experienced staff, immediately.
420 applications for waiters, in 6 weeks.
Case Study "Divani Apollon Palace"
50+ qualified applications for waiters & hostess in 21 days.
Problem
For the summer season, the goal was to find hospitable waiters/ hostesses to work in the F&B outlets and upscale restaurant "Papaioannou". Due to the shortage of skilled labour and high competition in Athens, finding outstanding talent via traditional methods did not achieve the desired results.
Solution
With creative social media campaigns, targeting service professionals in Athens, we were able to receive over 50+ applications from local talent in a few weeks.
Result
The Hotel-Management had local candidates, with experience in upscale restaurants abroad, at the hotel for a final interview and we were able to fill the position immediately.
With the biggest advertising platforms that ever existed, Social Media, we reach candidates where they really spend their time nowadays and make luxury hotels like Le Grand Bellevue Gstaad visible as an attractive employer. We utilize Artificial Intelligence to place your job opportunities in front of the right talent, by the push of a button.
What are passive candidates?
So far, only candidates that are actively looking for you are finding your jobs on career portals or your website. With our method you reach active and passive candidates, and therefore the entire employee market.
*According to LinkedIn's Global Talent Trends 2022 report, the hospitality industry is among the top five industries with the highest number of passive job seekers - meaning they are not actively looking for new jobs but are open to new opportunities if the right one comes along. With traditional job postings (career portals, LinkedIn, your website) you are only visible to 12% of candidates (meaning: not even all of the active candidates are finding you after all).
The Luxury Hospitality Recruiting System
Our holisitc approach that solves your challenges in recruiting once and for all.
1. Magnetic Employer Brand
General phrases such as "flat hierarchies" or "team-oriented culture" are no longer enough. We are highlighting your strengths and develop an employer brand that magnetically attracts top talent sustainably.
2. Become visible to the ideal candidate
With effective Social Media Campaigns and Artifical Intelligence based algorithms, we place your job opportunities in front of the right candidates, to inspire them for a career in your Hotel.
3. Modern application process
Most job research (77%) is done on the phone. Nowadays, an application process must therefore be quick and uncomplicated. With our innovative application funnels, we achieve up to 4x better results than with conventional methods.
4. Efficient candidate selection & hiring
Via efficient and automatic pre-selection you only talk to qualified candidates. So you can fill your vacancies in the shortest possible time!
You can expect these results
Real results instead of empty promises...
Qualified personnel at the touch of a button
With our proven strategies and methods, we can help you immediately hire new qualified employees in service, kitchen, front office and other key positions. After creating the process once, we can repeat it as often as needed, depending on your requirements, so that you have your own sustainable recruiting system.
Magnetic Employer Brand
With a strong employer brand, you will spark the interest of future employees. We communicate why the best talent should be working with you and anchor these messages in the target group. You will be able to differentiate yourself, from Hotels recruiting via traditional methods, and have the best talent wanting to work for you.
Targeted visibility
Potential employees opt for the company that appears to be the most attractive. The most important point here is not only to be attractive but also visible. With our campaigns and AI based targeting, we place your company in front of the right employees.
About GrandHire
The experts, that turn your company into an employee magnet.
The founders of GrandHire, Alexander and Mathias Schmidt, are true Social Natives who have leveraged digital recruitment methods to build strong employer brands and attract the best talent. Their expertise has helped them grow their first business into a multi-million euro company with 14 employees. In 2023, they were recognized by the Financial Times Magazine as one of "Europe's Top 1000 Fastest Growing Companies of the Year".
With their extensive experience working with renowned hotels such as Four Seasons, Leading Hotels of the World, Swiss Deluxe Hotels, and Luxury Collections Hotels, GrandHire has witnessed firsthand the recruiting challenges faced by the industry. Understanding the needs of leading hoteliers and HR directors, they have developed a comprehensive recruitment solution tailored specifically to the luxury hospitality sector.
GrandHire recognizes that keeping pace with the latest technological trends and maintaining focus on daily operations can be challenging without external expertise. That's why they provide proven methods for attracting and engaging top talent, allowing you to focus on what you do best: delivering exceptional hospitality!
Alexander Schmidt
Co-Founder
Mathias Schmidt
Co-Founder
Alexander Schmidt
"While the hospitality industry faces persistent recruiting challenges nowadays, fortunately technology is advancing and revolutionary recruiting methods have become available. Those who start using those methods have no struggle to find qualified employees."
Alexander launched his first business during University in 2016, producing luxury F&B Equipment, engineered and "Made in Germany", for upscale hotels and gastronomy in the Middle East & worldwide.
He soon build the largest premium brand in the industry, "Steamulation", and needed to find a way to grow sustainably and find the best talent reliably.
After many years of trying different existing methods, he developed a modern method that is attracting employees magnetically.
Being able to hire the best talent and focus on growing his business, Financial Times and Focus Money Magazine, awarded his company as one of the fastest growing companies in Europe 2023.
He and his team are now showing luxury hoteliers around the world how to attract and hire the best employees with modern recruiting methods.
Mathias Schmidt
"Luxury Hospitality offers some of the most exciting career opportunities in the world and stands for excellence in many ways. From gastronomy, wellness, art, architecture and music, to teamwork, diversity, discipline and much more.
The employees are what make a hotel exceptional, therefore lack of great employees is also the biggest financial risk for hotels. It is our mission to help hotels attract the best talent, and make them excited to work for you, so that you can share the art of hospitality on the highest level."
Together with his brother Alexander, Mathias was able to transform their first company into the largest brand in their industry and one of the most attractive employer brands in the region, utilizing online marketing strategies to place their career opportunities in front of the right people.
Mathias is Co-Founder and CEO of GrandHire. He graduated renowned Antwerp Management School with Great Distinction and top of class with a Master's Degree in Global Management and Marketing.
He has worked closely with leading luxury hotels, such as Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Luxury Collection Hotels, Leading Hotels of the World and many more since 2019, and knows challenges in hospitality recruiting well, speaking to and working with hoteliers daily.
Seeing how stunned Hotel Managers were when seeing the number of great applications his brother and him were receiving through social media recruiting and effective employer branding, he decided with Alexander to dedicate a part of his team, to support selected luxury hospitality partners with this expertise.
He will help you build a magnetic employer brand and utilize technology effectively to attract and hire the best talent on the market.
Company Impressions:
What does a collaboration look like?
You apply for the free initial consultation
Select an available date in the calendar and enter your contact details.
A team member will call you and interview you
One of our employees will talk to you on the phone about your request and assign you the right contact person.
We coordinate the appointment together
In a video call, we will advise you individually on your situation for 45 minutes and work with you to develop a solution to your problem.
Long-term cooperation
Following the initial consultation, there may be the option to support you long-term with the implementation of your solution.
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Please note: Unfortunately, it is not physically possible for us to serve more than a handful of customers and deliver strong results at the same time.
Our services are in high demand. An application is required to work with us. In a free initial consultation, we will find out which strategies are best suited to your hotel and which levers will ensure your next breakthrough.
This is what you can expect from a video call with us:
1. We explain how our strategy works and uncover the potential in your region and for your hotel
2. Real examples of other hotels/restaurants that have found qualified staff using our method
3. Transparent information on services and prices
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