Hospitality & Travel

Hospitality and travel recruitment

Service quality is the product, and it depends entirely on who is on shift. We staff hotels, restaurants, and travel operations through peak season and beyond it.

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Staffing an industry where the team is the experience

Hospitality hiring is unusually consequential. In most sectors a weak hire affects output; in hospitality it affects the guest directly, and the review is public within hours.

Sizanid Staffing recruits across front of house, kitchen and culinary, housekeeping and facilities, and hotel and travel management — for permanent roles, seasonal peaks, and event-driven demand.

Seasonal volume is the defining pattern. We run cohort hiring against your opening or peak dates so teams are trained and in place before guests arrive, not scrambling in the first fortnight.

What Hospitality Roles Do You Recruit For?

Hospitality and travel roles we recruit for, floor through to property leadership.

Front of House

Receptionist / Front Desk Agent
Guest Relations Officer
Concierge
Waiter / Server
Bartender
Restaurant Supervisor

Kitchen & Culinary

Commis Chef
Chef de Partie
Sous Chef
Head Chef
Pastry Chef
Kitchen Manager

Housekeeping & Facilities

Housekeeping Attendant
Housekeeping Supervisor
Maintenance Technician
Laundry Supervisor
Facilities Coordinator
Head of Housekeeping

Management & Travel

Duty Manager
Food & Beverage Manager
Revenue Manager
Events Manager
Travel Consultant
General Manager

What makes hospitality hiring hard

Seasonality, turnover, and unsocial hours define recruitment in this sector everywhere.

Seasonality swings headcount hard

A resort or seasonal venue may need to double its team for a few months, then release most of it. Permanent hiring cannot absorb that shape.

Turnover is among the highest anywhere

Hospitality churn is structural, so recruitment has to run continuously just to maintain service levels.

Unsocial hours narrow the pool

Evenings, weekends, and split shifts are the job, and that rules out a significant share of candidates from the outset.

Skilled kitchen staff are scarce

Experienced chefs at every level are in short supply in most markets, and the competition for them is constant.

Services that fit hospitality hiring

Hospitality clients typically combine seasonal volume hiring with permanent recruitment for kitchen and management roles.

Properties we have staffed

Openings and seasonal ramps where the team had to be ready on day one.

Hotel & Hospitality Group — Savannah, Georgia, USA

A leading hotel and hospitality group in Savannah, Georgia was preparing for a record-breaking tourism season and needed to staff multiple properties before peak occupancy began. Sizanid Staffing recruited and onboarded 85 hospitality professionals, including Front Desk Agents, Guest Services Representatives, Housekeepers, Executive Housekeepers, Line Cooks, Sous Chefs, Banquet Staff, and Hospitality Supervisors across five hotel locations. Through coordinated cohort hiring, structured screening, and workforce planning, every property was fully staffed and operational before the start of the season.

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85 Hospitality ProfessionalsAll five hotel locations fully staffed and trained before peak season launch

Questions, answered

The things hiring teams in this sector usually want to know before we start.

Can you staff a seasonal opening?

Yes. Seasonal hospitality hiring is volume recruitment with a fixed date, so we work backwards from your opening and hire in cohorts tied to your training schedule.

We over-source deliberately, because a share of seasonal candidates will not start on day one.

Do you recruit chefs and kitchen staff?

Yes, at every level from commis through to head chef. Kitchen recruitment is the hardest part of hospitality staffing, and we screen for actual station experience rather than job titles.

For senior kitchen appointments we often run a retained search, since the credible pool is small.

Can seasonal staff convert to permanent?

Yes, and it is one of the better sources of permanent hospitality hires, because you have already seen how someone performs on shift.

Conversion terms are agreed at the start of the engagement.

Can you recruit staff internationally?

Yes. International recruitment is common in hospitality, particularly for seasonal resort work and specialist culinary roles.

We manage visas and relocation, and our employer of record service covers markets where you have no legal entity.

Ready before the first guest arrives

Tell us the properties, the roles, and your opening or peak dates. We will come back with a cohort hiring plan so your team is trained and in place on time.

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