Friday, June 27, 2014

Tips In Hiring Housekeepers For Hotels

By Elsa English


It is certainly a given for hotel management to hire qualified housekeepers. These are the human resource that are essential to the Downtown Colorado Springs hotels because they are the ones who are keeping the ambiance of the place clean and neat for the guests. Without them, no one can keep the place clean and that will definitely keep your clients away.

You have to be meticulous when it comes to hiring the best housekeepers in town. It is essential for you to hire the ones with the best qualifications for the job so that you can ensure quality work and services from them. If you are hiring already, here are those qualifications that you have to check before you actually hire a housekeeper.

The first thing you should consider is looking for a staffing agency. The good thing about hiring a staffing agency to do the hiring process for you is that you do not have to go through all the trouble of the hiring process. You can just leave it in the hands of the staffing agency. Once the hiring process is done, you will get applicants who meet your needs.

The next thing that you will have to check is whether the said professional actually have the license or certification for this job. Usually, housekeepers have a certificate showing that they have finished the training and education needed for their work. You can ask them to show you their certificate and then you can verify it.

Ask applicants to give them a copy of a few government clearances. It is only natural for potential employees to get these government clearances so an employer should not hesitate to ask for them. The government clearances also serve as a proof of real identity for the applicants.

Getting to know more about the applicant's experiences should be beneficial for you. It s definitely better to hire an applicant who has already been providing quality services in this field for a few years now. You can be assured of their quality service. You do not need to train them so you can cut on the training cost.

Some employers might be better off hiring new graduates though. This is because you can personally train them according to your own standards of quality. You can also specifically hone them to your target market, business, and other standards that are meant for your own hotel. It should be a piece of cake for you to do that with the new graduates.

Do some background check for the applicants who pique your interest. You have to make sure that these housekeepers are of noble character. This is so that you can prevent having to hire those housekeepers that might contribute negative feedback to your hotel management. You have to hire the ones with the best characters, after all.

Interviewing the applicants before hiring them is a given. This is so that you do not regret your decisions on who to hire. When it comes to the interview, you have to observe them as carefully as you can. If you do, then you can get a glimpse of their personality. You can make a better decision with that.




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