Hiring 300 New Employees in 2 Months with SeeMeHired

About Hastings Hotels

Hastings Hotels is an industry-standard when it comes to luxury accommodations in the UK.

Founded more than five decades ago by Sir William Hastings, this premier hotel group is the face of luxury in Northern Ireland. From the 400-year old city of Derry to the looming slopes of Mourne, Hastings Hotels proudly displays the country's best.

Known internationally, this group has seven world-class luxury hotels under its belt: the Culloden Estate and Spa, the Stormont Hotel, the Europa Hotel, the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa, Everglades Hotel, the historic Ballygally Castle, and Northern Ireland's biggest hotel, the Grand Central.

With all these 4-star and 5-star establishments under its care, there's no doubt that Hastings Hotels needs to maintain an impeccable standard for service and quality.

What Problem Did Hastings Hotels Face?

Unfortunately, Hastings Hotels was not left unscathed by COVID-19. During the height of the pandemic, the group was forced to close its doors to guests, losing hundreds of employees in the process.

Now that things are slowly inching their way into normality, the best hotels in Northern Ireland are reopening once again.

But with most of its staff gone, Hastings Hotels had a huge problem on its hands. After all, luxury hotels with world-spanning reputations must be able to keep up with the competition, even amidst a global pandemic. And that's hardly possible without enough staff.

Hastings Hotels' luxury establishments needed hundreds of quality hires, and they needed them as soon as possible.

They needed something more than just an Applicant Tracking System: a full recruitment toolkit.

How Did Hastings Hotels Solve The Problem?

The challenge that Hastings Hotels faced during the COVID-19 pandemic was in no way unique to them, but it was still a big problem, regardless.

Luckily, Hastings Hotels found a quick and efficient solution to their staffing issue: SeeMeHired.

Multi-Channel Job Board Posting

In order to attract potential recruits, Hastings Hotels' first step was to get the word out.

One of the best ways to increase the likelihood of finding the right fit is to cast a wide net across multiple channels and platforms. However, this could quickly get tedious and time-consuming if done manually.

To solve this problem, the Hastings group utilised SeeMeHired's instant multi-channel job board posting. With just one click, the job posts were instantly posted to all essential job boards and networking sites.

By utilising a combination of job boards, SeeMeHired's database, and the group's own site integration, Hastings Hotels managed to attract over 1500 applicants in a short amount of time.

Customised Recruitment Process

SeeMeHired's comprehensive platform allowed Hastings Hotels to customise their hiring journey extensively. From employee communication to custom workflows and even to video interviews—every function one could ever want during a recruitment process was available at arm's reach.

Since SeeMeHired comes as a complete package, there was no reason to leave the platform to tinker with other tools and software. The Hastings' group's selection method was further optimised with SeeMeHired's robust CV parsing, advanced shortlisting features, and Diversity and Inclusion Module.

Unified Operations

As you can imagine, keeping track of hundreds of applications across 7 locations can get confusing and inefficient quickly.

With SeeMeHired, Hastings Hotels only needed one account to keep track of the hiring process across all its establishments. SeeMeHired also made it possible for the group to reuse job descriptions and interview questions from one hotel to another, saving them time and money.

Thanks to SeeMeHired, Hastings Hotels drastically shortened its time to hire while raising its quality-of-hire in the process.

Improving the candidate experience

SeeMeHired provided a solid set of tools that made the recruitment process extremely easy and quick for Hastings Hotels and candidates alike.

For instance, SeeMeHired's automated communication feature handled updates and follow-ups with candidates during the most critical stages of the application process. Without this feature, managers would have had to send emails to over 1500 applicants manually.

By entrusting such tasks to SeeMeHired, Hastings Hotels managed to maintain close contact with all of their applicants, resulting in a more engaged talent pool and an enhanced candidate experience.

How Did SeeMeHired Help Hastings Hotels?

Thanks to SeeMeHired, Hastings Hotels maximised their time without sacrificing the quality of hire. 300 new, top-quality candidates were hired in merely two months—a feat that would have been much harder without the SeeMeHired platform.

To recap, here are the results of Hastings Hotels' recruitment operations with SeeMeHired:

• Streamlined processes by automating repetitive tasks
• Saved company time through instant multi-channel job posting and CV parsing
• Increased quality of hire by using advanced shortlisting features and data-driven analysis
• Attracted 1500+ applicants from various job boards, SMH's database, and the Hastings group's own website
• Enhanced candidate experience through consistent and timely communication
• Hired and onboarded 300+ staff members within two months

For Hastings Hotels, there's no doubt that partnering with SeeMeHired solved their problem quickly and efficiently.