Expectations are higher than ever. Deliver and your guests will return.
Looking for an expert to recruit top talent for you? You need a hospitality recruiter dedicated to finding the right candidate perfectly suited to your industry. Our team is made up of some of the most experienced executive hospitality recruiters who work tirelessly to find your perfect match.
We were named to Forbes 2018 list of America’s Best Recruiting Firms. Find out Why.
We really enjoyed working with Gecko Hospitality. They quickly provided experienced candidates for GM and DOS positions and made the hiring process a walk in the park for us! We have recommended Gecko to others in the industry and will definitely be returning to them for our future hiring needs!
Gecko’s help in finding a General Manager for our historic inn was invaluable. Their persistence to provide qualified candidates was amazing. I am delighted with their guidance and knowledge
I was skeptical because the market where we wanted the General Manager is remote and trying to find solid talent in remote markets is increasingly difficult today. Gecko met that challenge immediately and provided us with qualified candidates. They followed the process and were ready to help. We now have a General Manager that we otherwise would have missed! We were able to secure the opening in three weeks. Gecko Hospitality is truly a great resource for finding talent quickly. They provide that niche in the hospitality industry, and we will certainly use them again.
As an experienced hotel developer, operator and owner, I recently took over a property in a new city and needed to staff it with a high quality, sales oriented General Manager on very short notice. This was not an easy request. However, having previously worked with her in a major market hotel management position, I contacted Dossandra Lazar at Gecko Hospitality to handle the search for me. Based on the criteria for the position, Dossandra was able to present several talented candidates for me to select from. Gecko assisted in the entire hiring process from pre-screening, background checks and references. With the high caliber of candidates she presented to me, I was able to hire an outstanding General Manager for our new property. I will most certainly use and wholeheartedly recommend Dossandra Lazar and Gecko for any future hospitality recruitment needs.
I recently worked with you and Gecko Hospitality to fill a management position within my hotel, Hilton Garden Inn. I found the experience to be nothing but positive. You filled the position fast and sent only very qualified candidates. I found Gecko to be very professional and reliable in this process. I am very happy with the candidate that ended up placing, and am overall very happy with the entire experience.
I look forward to working with you and Gecko Hospitality in the future!
I wanted to follow up with you on the candidate that you recommend for our Embassy Suites in Destin, Florida. WOW, she is awesome. I actually visited the property last week and we went out to make sales calls and she is great. She is professional, friendly and not afraid to knock on anyone’s door. She was the perfect fit for our team there.
I appreciate all your efforts in finding us the perfect fit. You made everything SO easy and saved me a lot of time and searching. I will definitely be calling you again should I need another “perfect fit” at another of one of my hotels. I have also shared your information with some of my counter parts.
Thank you again Tom, it was a pleasure to work with you.
Paul Cook, from Gecko Hospitality, has been headhunting for Drury Hotels and he has been doing a solid job. He has forwarded management candidates for selected open Operations and Sales Management Positions, and our Internal Recruitment Team has been able to utilize the candidates he has sourced for us.
Paul Cook is also very positive, customer service oriented, and quick to respond to our requests/feedback. He has done the necessary research and follow up, in order to find qualified candidates who possess the necessary background, experience, job stability, and Drury Culture.
I would recommend Paul Cook as a headhunter/recruiter to assist with positions within the hospitality and customer service industries.
Thanks, Paul!
We are delighted to recommend the team of professionals at Gecko Hospitality. They have played a critical role in the senior management of Hotel Management Services. We started our search for a Senior Vice President of Operations for our group of hotels. They helped us every step of the way. They met with us and drew from that meeting a better understanding of the culture of our company. We, in the past, have used management companies, for the staffing of our hotels as well as trying to source people directly. The work Gecko Hospitality did was unique. They understood immediately what we needed. Their resources proved to be true. In four short weeks we secured the best Senior Vice President for our organization. We are very pleased! The candidates were excellent and Gecko Hospitality helped keep the process moving. Their follow through is great. We are pleased with them and will definitely use them again.
It has been a real pleasure working with Gecko Hospitality during our search for a Restaurant Manager at Larks Restaurant in Ashland, Oregon. Our recruiter, Michael, took the time to really understand our unique needs and found us multiple outstanding candidates who were not only a good fit for the job but also fit with our organization. My expectations were exceeded and I am sure we will use their services again in the future.
Karen Kern is one of the best in her industry. She is very thorough in candidate selection, follow’s up and follows through. She takes her time and has always giving me the best of the best in candidates. In fact, her candidates are still with the company today. Her knowledge, understanding and experience are a true asset to her company and mine. Her approach and overall demeanor is always very excited, open and precise. I look forward to working with Karen for many years to come.
I have had the absolute pleasure in working with Gecko Hospitality this past year, we work directly with Karen Kern on most of our open positions and she has been phenomenal! What I appreciate most about Karen is she takes time to listen to exactly what we are looking for in a candidate, from their experience and demeanor. I can always count on her to be in communication with me and answer any questions I have during the process. Karen is a very knowledgeable about overall hotel operations and understands recruiting experienced people into these roles at our hotels.
Marty, Karen, and team have been a true asset to our recruitment process and we look forward to continuing to work with them for years to come.
I wanted to follow up to let you know how much we appreciate you connecting us with our new hire. We understand this is your job but we can’t tell you what a fantastically perfect fit he is for our GM role. We have had a very difficult past 4-5 years with various GMs that were not the right fit and were honestly very detrimental to our business. I know we paid for your service, but I need to extend an extra-special thank you to you for helping us with this most important hire. We are excited and optimistic about our future and this is the single key contributor to that!
If we have future needs for other roles, we wouldn’t hesitate to reach out and will recommend you to anyone looking to fill a hospitality position.
I wanted to thank you and your company for the tremendous guidance we received on our recent hiring of a Food and Beverage Manager for Westwood Golf Club. Karl Ludeke was outstanding in guiding us through the process and made my job very easy. He culled through the candidates only aligning us with the candidates he felt would be a good fit for our operation from a skills perspective. Then it was all about finding the right cultural fit.
I believe we have found the right person and it is in large thanks to Karl Ludeke and your organization.
Ricky Lyons
General Manager
Great Experience, working with Marty Tarabar. He is a true professional.
Mitch Merrill, Sioux City Country Club
November 16, 2017
To Whom It May Concern:
In early 2017 I introduced “Vault 634”, a new venture under my umbrella of companies that would transform a historic bank building in the heart of Allentown, Pennsylvania into the region’s premier wedding and event venue. We decided to harness the property’s irreplaceable gilded age architecture and invest another $4.5 million to equip the property with nothing short of the very best in modern-day conveniences. With such a substantial investment into the tangible building, we wanted to ensure we staffed the operation with the highest caliber people on the market and were quickly referred to Gecko Hospitality by numerous colleagues.
Working with Gecko Hospitality was a refreshing experience. Within a few short days of signing the contract, we were promptly receiving vetted quality candidates. Marty and his team were quick to make suggestions and provide reports which allowed us to focus on laying the groundwork for our up-and-coming venue. Each of the individuals we decided to interview ended up being better than the last, and after a very brief screening period, we were able to narrow down our selection to two candidates.
Gecko, once again, took charge to make our lives as easy as possible. Within a few short days, they had coordinated reference reports and set up our second round of interviews. Within a week and a half, we had an executed employment letter and our new Director of Operations on staff.
Gecko Hospitality was efficient and thorough. Given we had such a positive experience with Marty and his team we could not think of using another service to recruit in the future.
Sincerely,
Zachary J. Jaindl
Chief Operations Officer
I was fortunate to be connected with Megan and Chris in my latest search for a General Manager at The Inns at St. Albans. We are a family-owned Inn operation that was needing a professional approach and additional staff to help us get to the next level. We were referred by a world-renowned luxury resort to the team at Gecko Hospitality. From the start I felt comfortable in a process that was new to me. Chris and Megan took the time to travel to our site in Missouri and to spend a few days touring our properties and listening to our needs and vision. Chris and Megan screened many applicants and pared down the field to 19 successful applicants. I would have never been able to attract that kind of talent on my own. Final round interviews were conducted with 9 candidates and again Chris joined every interview and counseled us after each appointment. I had never been through such an experience and as a small family-owned operator, I would not have known how to narrow the field. A site visit involving two days of meetings was set and again, I was relieved when Chris offered to attend and assist with the final interview. His guidance and opinion helped us make a great decision. His follow-through continued with designing the offer and incentive compensation package. We stay in touch still as he and Megan check in on the progress of our business often. I feel like I learned so much through the process and highly recommend the team to anyone hoping to grow their operations.
Datra Herzog
Owner | The Inns at St. Albans
