Hospitality Recruiter

Job description / Role

Guildhall is seeking an experienced Hospitality Recruiter to join our executive search firm in Dubai. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of the hospitality industry, an established network of industry professionals, and the ability to identify, attract, and secure high-calibre talent for our clients across the UAE and wider GCC region.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, from understanding client requirements and sourcing candidates to interviews, offer negotiation, and placement.
• Recruit hospitality professionals across hotels, resorts, restaurants, luxury hospitality, food and beverage, and related sectors.
• Conduct targeted headhunting and executive search for operational, managerial, senior management, and leadership positions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with hospitality clients and candidates.
• Develop and maintain a robust network of qualified hospitality professionals across the UAE and GCC.
• Conduct candidate screening, competency-based interviews, and reference checks.
• Prepare candidate profiles, shortlists, and recruitment reports for clients.
• Advise clients on talent availability, salary benchmarks, market trends, and recruitment strategies.
• Manage multiple recruitment assignments simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery and high-quality placements.
• Maintain accurate candidate records and talent pipelines using recruitment systems and databases.
• Achieve agreed placement targets and contribute to the firms overall business growth.

• 5–7 years of proven recruitment experience, with mandatory direct experience recruiting within the hospitality sector.
• Demonstrated experience working with hospitality businesses, such as hotels, resorts, restaurants, luxury hospitality groups, or food and beverage operators.
• Strong understanding of hospitality roles, industry structures, and talent requirements.
• Experience recruiting mid- to senior-level professionals; executive search experience is an advantage.
• Established network of hospitality candidates within the UAE and/or GCC market.
• Proven ability to manage end-to-end recruitment assignments and successfully close placements.
• Excellent sourcing, headhunting, interviewing, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Strong communication, organisational, and commercial skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, target-driven recruitment environment.
• Proficiency in LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, and recruitment databases.

About the Company

Guildhall is the most respected HR & Headhunting Consultancy in the MENA Region.

With deep, extensive knowledge of HR & Recruiting in the region, Guildhall has become a trusted partner of choice for candidates and clients. Starting from an exclusive recruitment agency in Dubai - UAE, Guildhall has grown into an elite service with the ability to cover vacancies in across MENA and Asia-pacific.

Offering tailored Career Sessions and an innovative industry-first membership program designed to save money on core services.

Guildhall is the partner of choice.