Looking at the HR side of the travel industry the last few months were dominated by the following topics:
- Hundreds of people working in travel lost their job
- Working from home became a big thing
- Many travel companies are now shot on staff now but no time/budget to hire and train new staff
This current situation causes major issues in our daily business and it is very sad knowing about friends and colleagues desperately looking for a new job in the industry.
Long term I see big opportunities to change the way people work in travel. As 90% of the tasks can be done remote the hybrid working model makes a lot of sense.
But there is more: Travel is a seasonal business and most travel companies struggling with short peaks and long downs. This is not just inefficient but also boring for the employees – even they found some tasks to do during low season.
Having this situation I strongly believe the travel industry has to look at other industries like IT and creative sectors like design, film etc. and how they manage teams. An essential part is to move to „Freelancing“ models:
Get the experts when you need them and let them work on other projects during low season.
With „Get a Traveltasker“ I like to take a step in this direction. The project is non-profit and I hope it will help all those travel champs out there to get found and get hired.