Caterer.com Supports Scottish Tourism

Hospitality recruitment website Caterer.com is the latest organisation to join the Scottish Tourism Forum, an independent body that promotes the importance of the tourism industry in Scotland.

This move underlines the companyís commitment to the Scottish tourism industry. As the regionís leading sustainable industry, tourism significantly boosts Scotlandís international competitiveness and business performance – and there is still untapped potential. For instance, the estimated 20,000 tourism businesses in the country already generate revenues of 4.2b a year and this is forecast to increase 50% by 2015.

In response, Caterer.com recently opened an office in Glasgow and put in place a team of experts dedicated to helping Scottish hospitality businesses with their on-line recruitment advertising needs.

The companyís strategy for strengthening the Scottish tourist industry was outlined by website director Ian Burke: ìThe leisure, travel and tourism sector in Scotland employs 182,000 people, but with an average staff turnover of 29%, thereís a risk the sector could lose about 53,000 employees a year. For that reason, we have decided to work with the Scottish Tourism Forum, HIT Scotland and Springboard UK to raise awareness of the industry as an employer of choice. We have also opened an office in Glasgow to provide a dedicated resource to assist employers in the sector with their on-going recruitment needs.î

To improve its service, Caterer.com has also commissioned research into recruitment and retention across Scotland and will be presenting its findings at hospitality show ScotHot, which takes place during Scottish Tourism Week at the SECC Glasgow on 2-4 March 2009.

About Caterer.com
Caterer.com (www.caterer.com) is the UK's leading hospitality recruitment website.

The site carries over 20,000 vacancies for hospitality professionals looking for a career in top hotels, restaurants, contract catering, pubs and bars - from around 500 employers at any one time.

Caterer.com is part of Totaljobs Group, the UKís largest and fastest growing online recruitment company, comprising 10 job board businesses, which between them carry over 300,000 jobs, and attract over 3.3 million jobseekers, generating 2 million applications every month.

These recruitment websites are CareerStructure.com, Caterer.com, Catererglobal.com, CWJobs.co.uk, Retailchoice.com, Salestarget.co.uk, Totaljobs.com and Totaljobs.nl

Totaljobs Group Ltd is owned by Reed Elsevier Group plc, a FTSE 100 company employing 35,000 people globally, and one of the world's largest publishing and information companies.

To find out more about Totaljobs Group go to www.totaljobsgroup.com.