Evaluating HRM: Recruitment and Selection Practices at ABC Hotel

This report provides an analysis of the human resource management practices, specifically focusing on recruitment and selection, at ABC Hotel. Based on an interview with a middle-level employee in the Front Office Division, the report highlights the importance of HRM in the service sector, where employee performance directly impacts customer loyalty. The recruitment and selection process at ABC Hotel is examined, starting with job analysis that includes job descriptions and job specifications. The report details the various stages of recruitment, including screening, application completion, employment tests, comprehensive interviews, background checks, and physical examinations. The discussion emphasizes the effectiveness of ABC Hotel's approach in finding the right person for the right position, aligning with established HRM theories. While ABC Hotel's practices are effective, the report recommends adopting innovative recruitment strategies, complying with employment laws, focusing on employee satisfaction, and exploring online job portals. The report concludes that ABC Hotel's HRM practices contribute to its ability to attract and retain skilled employees, ultimately supporting its organizational objectives.

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Human Resource management in
Tourism and hospitality industry

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Table of Contents
Findings.......................................................................................................................................................3
Recruitment and Selection of ABC Hotel.................................................................................................3
Job Analysis.............................................................................................................................................3
Job Description....................................................................................................................................4
Job Specification..................................................................................................................................4
Recruitment and Selection......................................................................................................................5
Discussion....................................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................7
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................................8
References...................................................................................................................................................9

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Findings
By conducting the interview of middle level employee in Front Office Division of ABC Hotel, It
is found that human resource management deals with the effective handling of most significant
resources in company and specifically it is vital function for service sector where the offering is
intangible and services offered by the employees is the single source of loyalty in customers.
Modern hospitality and tourism organizations have understood the fact that their employees are
the most significant resource of organization. Principally in the hotel business, having a
qualified, skilled, good and hardworking staff can differentiate between which hotel is bad and
which is good. At this hotel, the HR managers are able to include all the aspects that make its
human resource management a significant part of hospitality management (Al-Refaie, 2015).
In his interview, front desk employee of ABC Hotel stated that HRM at this hotel applies all the
policies and procedures which are directly related to its employees and their responsibilities.
These polices are relevant to recruitment and selection, training and development, performance
management and appraisals. For this report, the interview is conducted regarding the recruitment
and selection practices of ABC Hotel. In this interview, the questions related to job profile and
recruitment and selection of hotel’s employees have been asked. Interviewee has answered all
the questions appropriately that assisted me to understand the recruitment and selection process
at ABC hotel (Rudman, 2010). The practices and processes are discussed below:
Recruitment and Selection of ABC Hotel
At Hospitality organization, recruitment and selection are two most important concepts under its
human resource management. Recruitment is the process of recognizing that a hotel needs to hire
someone up to the mark at which application forms for that position have arrived at organization.
Then, the selection includes the processes which are involved in selecting from various
applicants the most suitable candidate to fill that position (Boella, 2017). The interview
conducted shows that recruitment and selection process at ABC Hotel is very strong because it is
using effective practices to find out right person for right position.
Job Analysis
The recruitment process starts with conducting job analysis that includes both job specification
and job description. In this interview, the position of front desk supervisor is taken as example to

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understand its ABC’s practices. This hotel advertises its vacancies with the help of online
recruitment portals and newspapers. For which, it develops both job description and job
specification which are described below:
Job Description
Job description refers to the list of roles and functions that a person needs to meet in a job. It
includes the reporting of an individual to the senior authority and qualities and skills needed. The
interviewee stated that ABC Hotel prepares its job description by including different details
which are given below:
Position: Front Desk Supervisor
Reporting Authority: Front Desk Manager
Roles and Responsibilities:
 To maintain good relationships among all the team members.
 To provide excellent guest care services at hotel 24*7.
 To provide pleasant experience to the guests and clients.
 To give the solutions to customer complaints.
Job Specification
Job specification can be referred as the qualifications of an individual that is needed to perform
the tasks and duties of job. It is a significant part of recruitment function (Granovetter, 2018).
Hotel includes some specific details in this part of job analysis that assists the organization in its
recruitment and selection process. Interviewee said that company requires below given
qualifications for the position of front desk supervisor:
Job Experience: The person with experience of minimum 2 years in well-known hotel.
Education: The candidate should have bachelor’s degree from recognized university in the
discipline of Hotel Management.
Personal characteristics and qualities: The candidate should have good communication skills,
confidence level and good personality and other skills like decision making and critical thinking.

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The front office employee stated that in the recruitment process, the person is judged on the basis
of above given job description and job specification. Under the practices of recruitment and
selection at ABC hotel, job analysis plays a significant role. In its recruitment advertisement, the
organization clearly states that person having above specifications will be called for interview
and will be chosen if he/she crosses all the basis and levels of selection. IT gives a competitive
advantage to ABC hotel in New Zealand Hospitality sector and it will assist in its development.
It reduces the organizational costs and enhances its profitability. Thus, by using above job
analysis, the hotel is able to choose the best candidate to fill empty position in organization
(Brewster, Chung & Sparrow, 2016).
Recruitment and Selection
The interviewee told that recruitment and selection process of ABC Hotel includes various stages
which may vary for different jobs but hotel makes sure that the best candidate is chosen for the
job position in the hospitality organization (Albrecht, Bakker, Gruman, Macey, & Saks, 2015).
After developing job analysis, the hotel starts its recruitment and selection process with some
specific stages.

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Figure 1: Recruitment and Selection Process at ABC Hotel
These stages are discussed below:
Screening
In ABC’s recruitment process, the first step is screening of the candidates who have applied for a
specific position but they do not meet the minimum requirements like knowledge, skills and
education for required position (Landau & Rohmert, 2017). At this step, the HR department at
hotel screens the resumes and sorts the people who are disqualified for the position.
Completed Applications
From the first step, the passed candidates are approved to fill the job application form and the
people who fail fill the requirements properly and completely, are excluded in this step. The
people, who fill the application form properly, are forwarded to the next step.
Employment Test
After the above step, the individuals are allowed to participate in the employment test which is
taken specifically for checking the intelligence and attributes of the candidate to meet the job
post of ABC Hotel. It includes the requirements which are needed to fulfill the needs and
demands of guests staying at hotel rooms (Chaneta, 2014).
Comprehensive Interview
At this step, HR manager of the hotel conducts two interviews. In the initial interview, ABC
Hotel eliminates the applicants who fail to meet the expectations of hotel’s interview panel. In
this, technical questions are asked to the candidates about the job roles and responsibilities. It is
taken by the senior manager of ABC Hotel.
Background Examination if Required
In the second interview, the HR manager analyzes the background, belonging and origin of
candidate with making sure that he/she does not have any criminal history (Rudman, 2010).
Physical/Medical Examination if Needed

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There are various positions at ABC hotel in which there is need of medical and physical
examination. It is a meeting criterion for many positions in hospitality sector. This is the last step
if any candidate crosses all the above steps properly and successfully.
Permanent Job Offer
After crossing all the above steps, candidate reaches to this step. It is a discussion about the job
responsibilities and roles and salary as intended by the person for the job post (Collings, Wood &
Szamosi, 2018). If everything goes alright, a letter of appointment of ABC Hotel is given to the
selected candidate.
Discussion
In this way, the recruitment and selection practices of ABC Hotel is organized and managed very
effectively. All the steps are managed in effective way which assists it in finding right person for
right position. It indicates that by following the theory and stages of recruitment and selection,
ABC Hotel is selecting the candidates for vacant positions (Josephat, 2011). From this interview,
it is found that recruitment and selection practices make ABC Hotel capable of selecting the
proficient and most suitable candidate for hotel and for performing the roles and responsibilities
as needed. It can be stated that job description and job specification of organization match to
each other and they will assist the organization to attain its major objectives.
About the above interview analysis, it can be noted that job description is significant measure in
assisting the selection of appropriate person for any job designation in ABC hotel. Basically,
through this the organization describes the duties, roles and requirements in terms of skills,
experience, education and knowledge which are needed for the job. For example, a service
delivery head in this hotel is chosen with the greatest concerns to qualifications, skills and
expertise with becoming capable of handling guests at hotel in fair way (Coller, Cordero &
Echavarren, 2018). It indicates that ABC Hotel gives more significance to different
characteristics including in the creation of job specification, job description and final selection of
employee to allow the best in guest satisfaction.

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Conclusion
From the above analysis, it can be concluded that ABC Hotel is using effective recruitment and
selection practices which help the organization to get skilled and talented people to attain
organizational objectives. The above report is prepared on the basis of an interview that is
conducted with the middle level employee in front desk department of ABC Hotel. The
interviewee told that company’s recruitment and selection process starts with developing job
analysis process. Under this, it creates two different categories i.e. job specification and job
description. Furthermore, it is analyzed that this hospitality organization is using effective
process and different steps which enable it to select desired candidate for vacant position. In this
report, it is defined by using the example of front desk supervisor. It shows how the organization
designs its job specification and job description. Thus, it is concluded that HR department of
ABC Hotel considers that the employees must possess enough skills and capabilities which are
required for any specific position in any department of hotel.
Recommendations
However, ABC Hotel is using effective processes and practices for its recruitment and selection
programs. But still, there is need of improvement in these practices. So, it is hereby
recommended that this hospitality organization should adopt some innovative strategies for
recruitment so that it can attract fresh talent in the future. It should hire the employees by
complying with different laws and regulations of employment. It should pay more attention on
the employee satisfaction. It should comply with the law that enables the candidates to enter in to
negotiation, bargaining with the employer. It should explore different online portals for job so
that it can find most suitable candidates for any particular job. In a service organization, it is very
important to hire the employees who are satisfied with organization and its HR policies. So, this
hotel should consider these points and implement them in practice.

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