Recent Blogs
October 14, 2015 – Vicki Pero
Have You Built These Controls Into Your Online Reservation Program?
Online reservation revenue contributes a small percentage of transient revenue at most facilities at 5% or less. At the same time, these programs are growing in popularity with customers and have offered operators a way to sell otherwise unused inventories, creating a win-win situation. If one or more online reservation providers sell spaces at your facilities, make sure you build these controls into the program.
October 06, 2015 – Colleen Niese
Do You Lead Someone With Red Lipstick?
Four high school girls thought it would be funny to wear bright red lipstick to school and kiss the bathroom mirror, leaving their mark for all to see. Once their homeroom teacher figured out what the four were up to she issued demerits in an attempt to get them to stop it. The punishment proved useless as the girls came to school day after day with lipstick in hand. Until one day when the teacher called the girls into the ladies room where the school’s custodian was waiting with her. She asked him to demonstrate to the girls how he cleaned the mess they’d leave behind. He proceeded to dunk his mop into a toilet and wash down the mirror.
No more red lipstick.
September 23, 2015 – Vicki Pero
You’re a New Leader – Will You Change the Culture or Will It Change You?
Between the Marlyn Group’s recruitment and consulting activities, quite often we are involved in the onboarding and coaching of new leaders within an organization. There are many drivers behind these personnel changes, but a common theme among them is a desire for change. The early days for a leader in a new role are a telling time for whether he or she will deliver on those anticipated changes or become part of the status quo. If you have recently taken on a new role or are considering a career move keep the following in mind to stay on track with your objectives.
September 09, 2015 – Colleen Niese
Does Your Company’s Career Page Turn Candidates On or Off?
If the extent of your company’s effort when it comes to candidate searches roughly entails posting a canned job ad on Craig’s list and doing a quick search on LinkedIn, there’s a lot of opportunity to improve the number of viable applicants currently being captured.
In 2014, 76% of all career seekers started their search on either Google, Yahoo or Bing; of those, 59% went to the potential employer’s career page and only 23% were still relying on the “traditional” job boards. Which means people interested in working at your company are typically going to your company’s website to learn about the open position, and as importantly what it would be like to work within your organization.
