{"id":2283,"date":"2022-09-07T15:50:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T14:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mapalstg.wpengine.com\/en\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=2283"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T06:57:45","slug":"competing-for-hospitality-talent-when-candidates-are-scarce","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/mapal-os.com\/en\/motivating-employees\/competing-for-hospitality-talent-when-candidates-are-scarce\/","title":{"rendered":"Competing for hospitality talent when candidates are scarce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-mapal-vertical-section alignfull vertical-section is-layout-flow wp-block-mapal-vertical-section-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light vertical-section__container\">\n\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group vertical-section__row is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-79dc550c wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group vertical-section__content is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-mapal-content-section content-section wp-block-group mapal-pattern-resource-starter-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns content-section__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c7ebd8d6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-column wp-block-column--left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mapal-os.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/EN_WHITEPAPER_Competing_for_hospitality_talent_when_candidates_are_scarce_1200x400_-_BANNER_WITHOUT_BUTTON_AND_LOGOS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mapal-os.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/EN_WHITEPAPER_Competing_for_hospitality_talent_when_candidates_are_scarce_1200x400_-_BANNER_WITHOUT_BUTTON_AND_LOGOS.png 1200w, https:\/\/mapal-os.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/EN_WHITEPAPER_Competing_for_hospitality_talent_when_candidates_are_scarce_1200x400_-_BANNER_WITHOUT_BUTTON_AND_LOGOS-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/mapal-os.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/EN_WHITEPAPER_Competing_for_hospitality_talent_when_candidates_are_scarce_1200x400_-_BANNER_WITHOUT_BUTTON_AND_LOGOS-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/mapal-os.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/08\/EN_WHITEPAPER_Competing_for_hospitality_talent_when_candidates_are_scarce_1200x400_-_BANNER_WITHOUT_BUTTON_AND_LOGOS-768x256.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-heading-3\">Strategies for finding talent in hospitality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/mapal-os.com\/en\/\">Mapal Group<\/a> and COREcruitment conducted a Talent retention and hiring survey among hospitality businesses, large and small.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our respondents revealed they still needed to fill 16% of their vacancies at that time. 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