Introduction
The tourism sector is large sector consisting of several sub-sectors. This sector is the main player in bettering different economic situations. These subsectors constitute meeting and exhibitions, special events, attractions, tourism service, food and beverages, travel and accommodation subsector. This article seeks to highlight the potential employers in the travel or transportation sub-sector. The potential recruiters include; The Strong Recruiters Company, Prospects4Leisure Travel Company, and the World Tourism Organization among others. However, in this paper, we will dwell on the Prospects4Leisure Travel Recruiter Company, a leading recruiter who works diligently to present rewarding and interesting opportunities to qualified job seekers (Rakic and Lester 111).
Prospects4Leisure Recruiter Company
Prospects4Leisure Recruitment Company is a leading employment agency with an outstanding reputation for enlisting qualified candidates in the most reputable tourism travel jobs. The Company offers a tailor-made employment service exclusively concentrated on leisure travel, demonstrating a great deal of passion and diligence. The company matches skilled and motivated job –seekers with the best online companies, tourist boards, tour operators, cruise lines, and travel agents. The Company additionally has an amazing relationship with their clients, which together with their professional and friendly team.
Object
In the Prospect4Leisure Company, work experience is a very fundamental consideration. According to Prospects4Leisure, work experience in the industry is vital to making an informed decision. Experience enables one have a taste of the particular field and, later on, gets well acquainted with the travel subsector. Most employers are impressed by experienced job seekers due to their prior commitment to the industry. Therefore, the recruitment company encourages job-seekers to volunteer in different tourism travel agencies during their free time while studying to earn the much-needed experience. For these reasons, the employment agency prefers individuals with prior experiences since they are the ones which suit the needs of the agency's clients.
Objective of Prospects4Leisure Company
The recruitment agency strives to connect the job-seekers to different employers majorly focused on the travel subsector of the large tourism industry. The company, with its properly trained, friendly and passionate employees has managed to present attractive opportunities in different reputable travel agencies. Countless job-seekers have managed to work as travel consultants, tour operators, front line managers among other position within the travel subsector. The company has ensured flexibility in receiving, reviewing and even forwarding of the received CVs to their clients to assist them in attaining the objective. Additionally, the agency offers personalized advice to the applicants to ensure their clients come gets only the best of the candidates. Through these, the agency fully meets its objective of connecting candidates to potential employers in a manner that ensures they record a success story from both the employer’s and the job-seekers’ point of view.
Hiring Process at the Agency
The Prospects4Leisure Agency has dedicated the hiring processes to the Human Resource (HR) Department. The Human Resource recruiters are faced with the responsibilities of screening, recruiting and sustaining the staff members. The recruiters implement the requirements as stated by the labor laws and manage collective bargaining. This process is regarded as most effective as compared to different employment agencies since, at Prospects4Leisure, the activity is carried out by individuals who are well qualified to manage every issue regarding the management and sustenance of the human resource. Therefore, these recruiters review applications to establish the education, the skills, the experience and other necessary qualifications required for the job and, later on, determine who to summon for the interviews (Rakic and Lester 111).
The recruiters from the HR department test the skills and knowledge to be sure if the applicants are qualified. These tests can be physical tests, personality and skills tests.
The Operations
After receiving applications from the candidates through hardcopies or online means, the employers review these applications to assess the different applications. After that, the Human Resource go ahead to carry out a series of intensive assessments and skill tests on a one on one basis. After deciding on the candidates to be picked, the employers then go ahead to summon the candidates for interview. An interview is a dialogue between the employer and the job applicant that aims at evaluating the candidate's potential and qualifications regarding the job. Since the earlier tests already provided an earlier overview of the candidate's qualification, the interview gives a more detailed impression regarding the applicant’s timeliness, communication skills, manners and personal hygiene. After the interview, applicants will be chosen based on the previous test results and the interview. This phase will slim the pool of applicants down even more. A set of pre-set criterion is then developed and may comprise of education, experience, knowledge and even skills.
The next step after the interview involves selecting the right candidate for the post. The selection is carried out by comparing the applicants' qualifications to a pre-destined criteria or qualifications lists necessary to perform the specific job. In some instances, the applicants' selection is conducted by a single recruiter, while in other instances; the selection is handled by a whole committee. After the selection, the interview notes, and the applications are reviewed for the last time and then informed decisions are made (Ordóñez de Pablos, Tennyson and Zhao 65).
Later on, reference checks and background checks are performed by the recruits. Carrying out these reference and background checks involves assessing an applicant's criminal record, military record, credit score and education. These checks are conducted to verify that what an applicant states in his or her application letter is the truth and can be confirmed. If it is proven that the candidates have not stated the truth, then that is a chance for the organization to withdraw the job.
Before finalizing the recruitment process, an offer is initiated, negotiated and countered. The entire employment packages are presented to the successful applicant, the job responsibilities are then discussed with the candidate into details and development, and learning opportunities are laid down. To properly finalize the whole process, the candidate delivers a hand-written acceptance of the offer, and the recruiters enter the finalist's details into the system, and other candidates who were nor successful are contacted and informed of the outcomes (Berge and Eliassen 86).
Occasions
The hiring decisions are made at the start of the year. This is after the organization reviews all the future vacancies from expired contracts, annual promotions, and retirements. At the start of the year, the organization evaluates the human resource requirements in the client organizations and makes necessary updates.
Outlets
The Prospect4Leisure Recruitment Company makes all their hiring decisions in the company's headquarters. The decisions are made in the Human Resource Departmental office where the recruits are summoned, and they discuss the hiring procedure step by step.
Works Cited
Berge, Petter M, and Sondre B Eliassen. Hospitality And Tourism Management. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010. Print.
OrdoÌñez de Pablos, Patricia, Robert D Tennyson, and Jingyuan Zhao. Global Hospitality And Tourism Management Technologies. Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference, 2012. Print.
Rakic, Tijana, and Jo-Anne Lester. Travel, Tourism And Art. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013. Print.
