Our job board Luxury Hospitality Career has brought together the most prestigious London hotels in a special London Focus. We share with you all the available positions. We take this opportunity to ask recruiters to tell us more about working for their unique hotel.
Today, we are with Blandine Clavel, Human Resources Executive & Recruitment Manager, The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection.
1/ What human qualities are you looking for in a candidate?
Passion and kindness. We are looking for candidates with a real interest in making the hotel the best, who are passionate about what they do, and who work hard to get what they want.
A positive and genuine attitude is also adamant to work within our teams.
2/ What makes your hotel different from the others? What is (or are) your distinctiveness?
The Lanesborough was the first hotel in London to offer Butler Service for all guestrooms and one of the first to offer internal chauffeur service to our in-house guests.
We have now re-opened our doors in July 2015, after an 18 months complete renovation and we are proud to be back to being one of best hotel in London, according to LQA and Forbes.
3/ What benefits may expect your employees? (tangible, intangible, work environment, human relationships, career progression…)
As The Lanesborough, and as part of the Oetker Collection, we thrive to be an employer of choice for our employees.
They can enjoy a variety of benefits, from meals on duty, uniform, season ticket loan, medical cover, 28 holidays per annum, mobility within The Collection, but also training and development opportunities.
We encourage our employees to be pro-active with their own development, and are proud when they succeed in progressing their career further within the hotel and the company.
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