Seasonal hospitality businesses do not have a fixed headcount need. They have an occupancy curve. The American Hotel and Lodging Association reports that 65% of surveyed hotels experience ongoing staffing shortages, with properties facing occupancy swings of 40 to 60 percent or more between peak and off-peak periods. Tourist-area restaurants often need to rebuild 60…

The hardest role to fill in the restaurant industry is not the general manager or the sommelier. It is the line cook. According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2025 State of the Industry Report, 59% of restaurant operators reported difficulty hiring chef and cook positions, the highest rate of any role tracked. Kitchen staff sit…

Thirty days is not a comfortable timeline for staffing a restaurant opening. It is, however, a workable one. What separates a smooth opening from a chaotic one is not the number of days available. It is the sequence. Most staffing failures at new restaurant openings happen for one of two reasons: leadership arrives too late…

Not every finance gap needs a permanent hire. Some of the most costly mistakes in finance staffing come from treating every open role as a permanent position by default. The market does not reward that rigidity right now. Qualified finance professionals are scarce, permanent searches take weeks, and some of the work to be done…

A CFO hire is not a recruiting exercise. It is a decision that shapes how an organization plans, reports, communicates with investors, and responds to financial pressure. When it goes wrong, the cost is not just a bad hire. It is a leadership gap at the exact point where the business is most exposed. Why…

A bad finance hire is not a minor setback. It is a compliance risk, a reporting failure in progress, and a cost that compounds long after the person is gone. Most hiring managers know this. What they underestimate is how hard the search has actually become. The Talent Pool Is Thin. And Getting Thinner Finance…