Hotel chain to recruit 800 for new openings
Jurys Inns is embarking on a nationwide recruitment drive for 800 new staff to work in 10 new hotels.
Up to 200 vacancies – setting a target of 25% – will be filled by long term unemployed workers as part of a government scheme.
The company also wants to employ 100 people in management positions.
Jurys Inn is searching for staff from any country or profession, provided they have one fundamental quality – ‘friendliness’.
It argues that great hospitality is more relevant today, not less so as consumers want more value for less in tough times.
The chain plans to open seven hotels representing more than 1,700 rooms in, Watford, Exeter, Derby, Swindon, Aberdeen, Portsmouth and Prague this year.
Further hotels are planned in Glasgow, Newcastle and Bradford in 2010.
CEO John Brennan said: “We offer careers not jobs and want the 800 friendliest people in Britain to work in our new hotels.
“As a response to increasing unemployment we expect to recruit from a diverse range of backgrounds and personalities. Only those prepared to go the ‘extra mile’ for the customer will succeed. We look for qualities not qualifications.
“We hope to get talented people who normally don’t think about hospitality.
“Our changing labour market can turn a new generation on to career opportunities in the hospitality sector that for too long have been ignored and looked down on.
“We are also seeing a trend in people switching from office jobs to more rewarding, people businesses like hospitality.”
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