The charity has helped secure funding from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) for two UK-wide projects focused on demonstrating career progression opportunities and helping businesses better engage and retain their staff.
Simon Tarr, managing director of People 1st, said: “Currently 870,000 of the 993,000 people required by 2022 are to replace existing staff.
“The hospitality industry needs to attract and retain staff with the potential to progress – something which, at the moment, is just not happening.
“As much as the retention and skills deficit needs practical, workable solutions, it also requires partnership, which is why we’re delighted to be working with some leading lights to help affect change.”
A new app has also been developed so all possible vocational paths can be charted as well as the training needed for progression.
People 1st will be working collaboratively with AccorHotels; Hilton Worldwide; Mitchells & Butlers and Whitbread for the next 18 months to manage the development of the benchmarking model, while the ‘Map My Future’ smartphone app will be available as a white label product to wider hospitality employers.