Huntingdon Marriott says training helps it attract the best staff

Mon, 10 Jan 2011

Huntingdon Marriott says training helps it attract the best staff

The Huntingdon Marriott has been speaking about how winning an award for its staff training policies has helped it to attract a high calibre of employee over the past year.

The hotel won the 2009 Training and Development Award at the Hunts Post Huntingdonshire Business Awards. The award has not only helped to boost the hotel’s reputation on an external basis, it has also helped it to lure the best talent from within the wider Marriott hotels chain.

Human Resources head, Jon Dawson, said that the reputation of the company, with regard to its training for employees, has allowed it to recruit for posts including director of operations, head housekeeper, office manager and human resources manager from other Marriott hotels.

Dawson said, "It’s not unusual for people to transfer internally as their careers progress, and being known as a hotel in which people can progress makes our business appealing. It shows we invest in training and development, and enables us to recruit key talent in our organisation."

The firm recognises the successes of the trainees by holding ‘town hall’ meetings, which it says allows it to create a 'culture of training.'

Dawson concluded, "We often get other hotels asking how they can do what we do. They see our approach, and it has encouraged them to enter awards in their areas and to get involved in their communities."

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