Asia’s hospitality staff shortage
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SINGAPORE – As Asia’s tourism and hospitality sector face drammatic challenges to cope with what now rpresents its worst staffing crisis in recent times, many employers are now being encouraged to reconsider their staff selection criteria in order to ensure they can fill vacancies.
According to leading recruitment and executive search specialist TMS Asia-Pacific (TMS) the situation has resulted in a paradox for many of its Asian clients who are now decreasing their overal criteria requirements – some by as much as 30 per cent – to secure staff.
TMS’ Singapore-based General Manager Asia, Andrew Chan, said that many companies had taken the decision to rethink their selection criteria and fill empty job slots as quickly as possible rather than spend months looking for that elusive “perfect” candidate.
The situation, he said, had been further exagerated by the high demands being fuelled by new casino and hotel properties across the region – most especially in Macau and China.
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