Senior Executive Recruiter
Gecko Hospitality Corporate
Arizona
2021.07 - Current
- Lead full-lifecycle recruitment searches for restaurant and hospitality management roles across Arizona, from search launch through offer acceptance, using direct sourcing, database mining, and headhunting techniques to engage passive candidates.
- Conduct in-depth leadership assessments that evaluate candidates on operational expertise, P&L management, and cultural fit, ensuring alignment with each client's brand and business goals.
- Build and maintain long-term relationships with hospitality operators, gaining a clear understanding of their revenue and retention metrics to present tailored, high-fit candidate shortlists.
- Manage client-candidate communication and feedback loops, and negotiate competitive compensation packages that satisfy both parties.
- Apply extensive hands-on hospitality operations experience to evaluate candidates with genuine industry fluency, including restaurant and hotel financial metrics such as RevPAR, EBITDA, labor cost ratios, and P&L accountability.
- Bring a high sense of urgency, strong business ethics, and a relationship-first approach to every search, reflecting the standards operators expect from a trusted recruiting partner.