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Job Search Tips for Career Success
Company culture is one of the most important considerations when you’re in a job or career transition. One way to navigate finding the perfect fit is to work with a staffing agency. At Elite Staffing, our mission is to connect hospitality staff to hospitality...

How Many Staff Do You Need To Staff an Event?
If you’ve been in hospitality very long, you know that planning an event can be a challenge that’s only overcome by hiring event staff. Whether it's a large-scale event or a smaller, more intimate event, the key to the success of that event lies in how well the event...

5 Tips for Veterans Seeking Employment
If you’re a veteran looking for work, it can seem like you’re navigating uncharted territory. It can be challenging to navigate a sea of varied job titles and roles and even to figure out what jobs your background qualifies you for. Navigating all that requires you...

Checking References: 10 Key Questions to Ask
The hiring process is a time-consuming task. Attracting talent, interviewing applicants, checking references, and running background checks are just some of the pieces of your recruitment process. This can all feel overwhelming if you don’t have a hiring manager. When...

Current Employment Trends: Why Is There a Labor Shortage?
As we clear through the COVID pandemic, we are left with the rippling effects it has made on the United States. Rising costs, lingering supply chain issues, and labor shortages are staring all of us – especially business owners – in the face. These impacts lead us to...

Employee Motivation and the Hospitality Industry
Employee motivation can be a challenging factor in the management side of the hospitality industry. While most organizations realize the significance of motivated staff, achieving this can often be taxing. Knowing where to focus your efforts makes all the difference....

How to Recover From Being Late to an Interview
Whether it be as serious as a family emergency, your baby having a blowout on the way to daycare drop-off, or you simply overslept – being late to an interview can happen. We are all human, so if you need help and are unsure where to start, look no further. Here are...

Hospitality Workers Are Quitting: What Can You Do?
The Great Resignation, also known as the Big Quit and the Great Reshuffle, is a term coined due to the ongoing economic trend where employees have voluntarily resigned from their jobs. This began in 2021, and the implications can still be felt today as hospitality...

EQ and the Evolving Hospitality Industry
The hospitality field is an ever-changing industry with new skills needed all of the time. Looking to the future, some may say that the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) plays a significant role in adapting to these coming changes. Hospitality skills are...

Culture Fit Interview: The Do’s and Don’ts
Culture fit interviews are a necessary part of the interview process, regardless of the position you are looking to fill. Each organization has its own set of attitudes, behaviors, and essentially – its very own personality. Culture shapes many aspects of how things...