Gotovo svi hoteli suočeni su s nedostatkom osoblja, pokazalo je novo istraživanje za članove koje je provelo American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA).
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of survey respondents indicated they are experiencing a staffing shortage, 36% severely so. The most critical staffing need is housekeeping, with 43% ranking it as their biggest challenge.
Those numbers are slightly better than in May, when 97% of respondents to an AHLA member survey said they were short staffed, 49% severely so, with 58% ranking housekeeping as their biggest challenge.
Hotels are offering potential hires a host of incentives to fill vacancies—81% have increased wages, 64% are offering greater flexibility with hours, and 35% have expanded benefits—but 91% say they are still unable to fill open positions. Respondents are trying to fill an average of 10.3 positions per property, down from 12 vacancies in May.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of August, hotel employment was down by nearly 400,000 jobs compared to February 2020. Hotels are looking to fill many of the jobs lost during the pandemic, including more than 115,000 hotel jobs currently open across the nation.
Ovi kadrovski izazovi rezultiraju povijesnim prilikama za karijeru za hotelske zaposlenike. Nacionalne prosječne hotelske plaće od 2022. do lipnja više su od 22 USD po satu - više nego bilo koje druge godine u povijesti. Od pandemije prosječne hotelske plaće rasle su brže od prosječnih plaća u cijelom gospodarstvu. A hotelske pogodnosti i fleksibilnost bolji su nego ikad.
To help hotels fill open jobs and raise awareness of the hotel industry’s 200+ career pathways, the AHLA Foundation’s “A Place to Stay” multi-channel advertising campaign is now active in 14 cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, San Diego, and Tampa. For more info on the campaign, visit thehotelindustry.com.
“Današnje ograničeno tržište rada stvara prilike za karijeru bez presedana za sadašnje i buduće hotelske zaposlenike, a AHLA i Zaklada AHLA neumorno rade na širenju vijesti. Uz hotelske plaće, beneficije, fleksibilnost i uzlaznu mobilnost na povijesnim razinama, nikada nije bilo bolje vrijeme za rad u hotelu od sadašnjeg,” rekao je Chip Rogers, predsjednik i izvršni direktor AHLA-e.
Methodology: AHLA’s latest Front Desk Feedback survey of nearly 200 hoteliers was conducted September 12-19, 2022.
