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Hospitality Recruiters for Hotels, Resorts & Restaurants

Hospitality recruitment services

Built Around the Right Hire.

Finding applicants isn’t the challenge. Finding the person who has the experience, judgment, and fit to succeed in your organization is.

Xclusive Direct Hire combines hospitality expertise with a highly selective recruiting process to identify, qualify, and present candidates worth your time.

Xclusive’s hospitality recruiters work as a hotel recruiting firm and restaurant recruiting partner, placing permanent talent with hotels, resorts, restaurants, hospitality organizations, and management companies, from property and unit-level operations to corporate support and leadership roles. We are backed by Xclusive’s national hospitality staffing network.

Direct hirePermanent Talent Backed by Hospitality Expertise
A better search starts with a better understanding

Before We Recruit, We Learn What You Actually Need.

A job description tells us part of the story. We want to understand the organization, the role, the operating environment, and what success will look like once someone is hired.

We ask questions early, test assumptions when necessary, and help sharpen the search before candidates enter the process.

The questions that shape the search

01What are you hiring for?
02What does this person need to accomplish?
03What kind of experience will translate successfully?
04What will make someone the right fit for this organization?
Direct hire across hospitality

Permanent Talent Across Hospitality

Xclusive recruits permanent talent across hotels, resorts, restaurants, hospitality organizations, and management companies. Our searches span frontline leadership, operational roles, and the corporate teams that support hospitality businesses at scale.

Restaurants

Unit-level leadership & operations

General Managers
Assistant General Managers
Executive Chefs
Sous Chefs
Offsite Catering Managers
Bar Managers
Directors of Operations

Corporate support

Finance
Human Resources
Marketing
Training
Research & Development
Multi-Unit Catering
Executive Assistants

Hotels & Resorts

Property-level leadership & operations

General Managers
Assistant General Managers
Front Desk Leadership
Housekeeping Leadership
Food & Beverage Managers
Executive Chefs
Sous Chefs

Corporate support

Finance
Human Resources
Marketing
Training
Executive Assistants
Hotel recruiting firm

Hotel Recruitment for Every Level

As a hotel recruiting firm focused on permanent placement, we help owners and management companies find General Managers, Assistant General Managers, Food & Beverage leaders, Rooms and Housekeeping leaders, and Executive Chefs.

Every hotel search starts with the property: the brand, the guest, the team, and what the next leader has to deliver. We recruit beyond the active applicant pool and present only the candidates we would hire ourselves.

Need hourly or temporary coverage instead? See our hospitality staffing services.

Restaurant recruiters

Restaurant Recruiters for Unit and Multi-Unit Leadership

Our restaurant recruiters place General Managers, Assistant General Managers, Executive Chefs, Sous Chefs, Bar Managers, and Directors of Operations for single-unit and multi-unit operators.

We also recruit the corporate support teams behind restaurant groups, including finance, human resources, marketing, training, and research & development.

Executive search

Hospitality Executive Search

Some roles call for a more focused search. Xclusive supports hospitality executive search for directors, vice presidents, and corporate leaders across hotels, resorts, restaurants, and management companies.

Tell us about the role and we will outline how we would approach it. Start a Search.

How Xclusive Direct Hire works

You Don’t Need More Résumés. You Need the Right Hire.

Instead of filling your inbox with résumés, our goal is to bring you the strongest two or three candidates we believe deserve serious consideration.

  1. 1

    Understand the Search

    We learn the role, organization, expectations, compensation, and operating environment.

  2. 2

    Find the Right Talent

    We recruit beyond the active applicant pool, including experienced professionals who may not be looking.

  3. 3

    Qualify Before We Present

    We evaluate experience, operational fit, career history, communication, and potential concerns.

  4. 4

    Keep the Process Moving

    We stay involved through interviews, references, offers, and the conversations that close a great hire.

Hospitality expertise

Hospitality Recruiting Requires Hospitality Knowledge

Hotels, resorts, restaurants, and hospitality organizations are complex operating environments. A candidate who looks right on paper still has to understand the pace, expectations, service culture, and realities of the business.

Xclusive is built around hospitality. That industry focus gives our Direct Hire team context for evaluating candidates that goes well beyond matching experience and keywords to a job description.

Industry knowledge+Recruiting judgment
Meet Jennifer Tierney

“I’m Not Going to Send Somebody I Wouldn’t Hire.”

25+ years of recruiting & talent acquisition experience

Jennifer Tierney brings more than 25 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience to Xclusive Services, including work placing professionals across hospitality operations, corporate functions, and executive leadership.

Her search process is grounded in straightforward philosophy: recruiting is ultimately an exercise in judgment. Her team’s job is to understand the search well enough to recognize the people who deserve to be in it.

Jennifer approaches every candidate recommendation with a simple standard: Would I hire this person myself?

Or reach Jennifer directly · Director of Hospitality Recruitment

Insights from Xclusive Direct Hire

Thought Leadership

You Don’t Need More Résumés. You Need the Right Hire.

Why judgment, qualification, and a smarter recruiting process matter.

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Five Things to Consider Before You Start a Hospitality Search

What every search should clarify before recruiting begins.

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Why Hospitality Recruiting Is Different

Why industry knowledge matters when evaluating hospitality talent.

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Three Ways Your Hiring Process Can Cost You a Great Candidate

How hiring process delays can put strong candidates at risk.

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Proof

See How We Work With Hospitality Clients

Case study

Sustaining Excellence and Flexibility in Luxury Hospitality

How Xclusive supported a luxury hospitality client with talent that met a high service standard.

Case study

Meeting Quality Standards at All Levels

How Xclusive helped a hospitality client maintain quality across every level of the organization.

Where we recruit

Where We Recruit

Our hospitality recruiters work with hotels, resorts, and restaurants in markets across the country. See all Xclusive locations, or start with one of these markets:

Questions from hiring teams

Hospitality Recruiting FAQ

How much do hospitality recruiters charge?

Xclusive offers contingent search, which means no hire, no fee: you pay only when you hire. Fee details are discussed once we understand the role and the search, so contact our team to talk through your situation.

What is the difference between a hospitality staffing agency and a hospitality recruiting firm?

A hospitality staffing agency supplies hourly or temporary workers to cover shifts and events. A hospitality recruiting firm finds permanent, direct-hire talent such as General Managers, chefs, and corporate leaders. Xclusive offers both, and this page covers direct hire.

How long does a hotel General Manager search take?

Timelines depend on the role, the market, compensation, and how quickly your team can interview and decide. We set realistic expectations with you at the start of every search and keep the process moving through references and offer.

Do you recruit passive candidates?

Yes. We recruit beyond the active applicant pool, including experienced hospitality professionals who are not actively looking but would consider the right opportunity.

What hospitality roles do you place?

We place permanent talent for hotels, resorts, restaurants, hospitality organizations, and management companies, including General Managers, Assistant General Managers, Food & Beverage leaders, Executive Chefs, Sous Chefs, Rooms and Housekeeping leaders, Directors of Operations, and corporate support roles.

How does the dedicated-recruiter subscription work?

Subscription gives you access to a dedicated Xclusive recruiter who knows your organization and works your searches as they open. It is an alternative to contingent search for organizations with ongoing hiring needs.

The right hire changes more than a headcount

Ready to Start Your Next Search?

Every permanent hire carries an investment of time, money, leadership attention, and trust. The recruiting process should reflect what is at stake.

Xclusive Direct Hire helps hospitality organizations conduct searches with greater focus, reach candidates they might not find on their own, and make hiring decisions with better information.

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