The Hospitality Recruiters

Name

The Hospitality Recruiters

Legal name

Hospitality Recruiters

Website

https://thehospitalityrecruiters.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitality, Travel & Events Direct Hire (BPACAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

Keywords

• Hospitality recruitment services
• Executive search services
• Interim staffing solutions
• Collaborative hiring platform
• HR outsourcing services

Headquarters

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Recruitment & Hiring Services: Revenue is generated through recruitment service agreements with hospitality employers, encompassing collaborative hiring (Samen Slimmer Werven), executive search, and interim staffing placements. The Samen Slimmer Werven package is priced as a fixed monthly retainer.
2. Career Coaching Sessions: Individual career coaching sessions offered to job seekers, with DISC assessment included or excluded. Sessions are charged at a flat rate per session.
3. HR Services & Payroll Administration: Custom HR service engagements including partial or full HR administration outsourcing, payroll management, and HR consulting for hospitality businesses without dedicated HR departments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Hospitality Recruiters is a specialized recruitment firm that connects Dutch hospitality employers with qualified candidates across hotels, restaurants, catering, and fast-food operators. The company delivers collaborative hiring subscriptions (Samen Slimmer Werven), executive search for leadership roles, interim professional placements, HR administration outsourcing, and career coaching for individual job seekers, all supported by AI-powered job distribution to 1,500+ job boards via Tellent ATS technology.

Product overview

The Hospitality Recruiters is a specialized recruitment firm for the hospitality industry offering a portfolio of services: a core collaborative hiring platform (Samen Slimmer Werven/Recruiting Smarter Together) that combines ATS technology with AI-powered job distribution across 1,500+ job boards; Executive Search for leadership positions; Interim Professionals for temporary staffing across 12 disciplines; HR Services for payroll and administration outsourcing; and Career Coach for individual candidate guidance. The product suite is positioned as a partnership model rather than a standalone platform, integrating with ATS providers like Tellent, major job boards (Indeed, LinkedIn, Monster, Google for Jobs), and using AI automation to multiply recruitment reach up to five times.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Samen Slimmer Werven: Collaborative hiring service package that automates recruitment process using AI and technology, providing online visibility through job boards and social media. Available from €1,750 per month.
• Executive Search
• Interim Professionals
• HR Services

Products and services

• Samen Slimmer Werven (Recruiting Smarter Together) Collaborative hiring subscription service for hospitality employers that combines ATS technology, AI-powered job board distribution across 1,500+ job boards, candidate pre-screening, recruitment analytics, and a unified dashboard. Priced as a fixed monthly retainer starting from €1,750/month with unlimited vacancy postings.
• Executive Search Full-cycle executive recruitment service for hospitality leadership roles including F&B directors, executive chefs, and senior management. Includes visa application support for recognized sponsors, Dutch 30% tax ruling administration, and behavioral/cultural fit assessment alongside qualifications.
• Interim Professionals Placement service for freelance hospitality specialists covering consulting, events, finance, hotel management, HR, IT, marketing, operations, pre-opening, recruitment, revenue management, sales, and training functions. Billed hourly (€75-€115/hour excluding VAT).
• HR Services Partial or full HR administration outsourcing and payroll management services for hospitality organizations without dedicated HR departments, enabling focus on strategic HR topics such as retention and staff development.
• Career Coach Individual career coaching sessions for hospitality professionals covering resume optimization, interview preparation, networking, and salary negotiation support. Includes DISC behavioral assessment (€150 per 1.5-hour session) or standalone sessions (€75 per 45-minute session).

Quantifiable outcome

• Increase employer recruitment reach by up to 5x through combined platform, AI distribution, and network effects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TellentcoreTechnology or IntegrationTellent is described as the exclusive technology partner for The Hospitality Recruiters' ATS platform. Through this collaboration, Tellent provides the technological infrastructure (innovative ATS software) that powers the company's recruitment platform. This enables candidate management, vacancy page hosting, recruitment analytics, and automated job distribution across multiple job boards. The partnership combines Tellent's ATS technology with The Hospitality Recruiters' hospitality sector expertise and network.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn (Recruiter): Professional networking platform with dominant recruiter tooling and integrated job distribution, integrated into THR's Samen Slimmer Werven stack. Comparable as a direct employer-sourcing substitute and as a distribution dependency.
• Randstad N.V. Global staffing leader headquartered in the Netherlands with broad hospitality, hotel, and restaurant recruitment services across multiple verticals. Comparable as a large, established Dutch-based competitor offering permanent placement and staffing across the same geographic market.
• Indeed: Largest global job search platform and a key distribution channel for THR's own AI-powered campaigns. Comparable as both a potential substitute for hospitality employers and as upstream infrastructure THR depends on.
• Hays plc: Global recruitment firm with dedicated hospitality and leisure practices offering permanent placement, executive search, and HR services. Comparable to THR's executive search and HR services offerings across multiple geographies.
• Michael Page International: Specialist recruiter with hospitality, leisure, and FMCG practices offering permanent and interim placements. Comparable on the executive search and mid-management permanent placement side of THR's portfolio.

Direct peers

• HVS Executive Search: Hospitality-focused executive search firm specializing in senior placements for hotels, resorts, and restaurants globally. Directly comparable to THR's Executive Search service in candidate pool, methodology, and target customer segment.
• Caterer.com: Hospitality-specific job board and recruitment platform focused on chefs, hotel, restaurant, and catering professionals. Comparable as a vertical job distribution and recruitment platform competing for the same employer and candidate audience.

Regional players

• ASA Talent: Dutch staffing and recruitment firm focused on hospitality, catering, and events in the Netherlands. Directly comparable as a Netherlands-based generalist hospitality recruitment competitor serving similar employers.
• Hotelcareer: Hospitality-specialist job board and career portal operating across multiple European countries. Comparable as a vertical hospitality job distribution competitor serving overlapping employer candidates.
• Baanbrekend: Dutch HR services and recruitment firm offering permanent placement and HR administration. Comparable as a Netherlands-based competitor combining direct-hire recruitment with HR outsourcing, mirroring THR's bundled service model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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