Job Seekers Perceived Employability and Hiring Managers Decisions in the Hospitality Industry

Abstract

The relationship between job applicants perceived employability and employers actual hiring decisions is an important issue for both job applicants and hiring organizations as well as higher education Actual employability is a set of skills and qualifications suitable for organizational job roles when hiring managers make decisions However most research heavily focuses on job applicants the relationship among perceived employability proactive career behavior and career motivation Little research has involved actual employability from the perspective of hiring managers The study examines both perceived employability and the employability of hospitality industry hiring managers The hospitality industry s turnover rate is much higher than the overall industry average We investigate the relationship between hospitality job applicants career motivation and perceived employability mediated through proactive career behavior Then we analyzed the qualitative data collected from the interviews with high-level human resources managers in luxury hotels