People who are trying to recruit excellent candidates for hotel jobs in Hong Kong, Singapore and other smaller countries often do not optimise local norms as much as they could. Candidates for hotel jobs in Singapore should be searched for in a very different way to candidates for hotel jobs in Hong Kong, for instance, because of the differences in the ways they live their lives.
The need to consider cultural differences when recruiting is well illustrated by the frequent underuse of digital avenues for recruiting much-needed local candidates within the small island nation of Singapore. Singapore is one of the most digitally sensitive countries in the world. Despite its small size, its citizens are unusually committed to their online presences and digital businesses. It has an incredibly large rate of digital use compared to other south Asian countries, with over 80% of citizens online, and among people in their twenties and thirties, 96% use the internet at least daily. But it’s not just them – many older people have a similar rate of usage as well.
Why does this matter for hospitality managers hoping to fill hotel jobs in Singapore? Because they can greatly lower their chance of hiring the wrong candidate – one who doesn’t perform well or who leaves their position before their work has covered the costs of their recruitment and training – by hiring an agency like Asia Caterer to do serious, in-depth narrowing down of candidates before they’re even called in for interviews.
Asia Caterer has a unique and innovative social media strategy designed to make sure that the people they recommend for local hotel jobs in Singapore are truly great candidates for the job. They investigate sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks, which contain valuable information about candidates, in order to winnow that information and select people who are just right for specific hospitality jobs in Singapore.
With the large penetration of online social media networks into Singapore’s society, the vast majority of candidates – been those applying for fairly low level or menial jobs – are very likely to have a fair amount of information about themselves on at least one network. That means that Asia Caterer can provide a field of candidates who aren’t just talented and hardworking, but great for the specific roles that recruiters are looking for.
The agency has thousands of people on its books. But this system means that whether a recruiter wants bubbly people with ten years’ experience for hotel jobs in Hong Kong, or graduates with great attention to detail for hospitality jobs in Singapore, Asia Caterer can find them.