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Hotel General Manager Job Description and Template
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Direct-hire recruiting
Hotel Recruiters
We are hotel recruiters for full-service, select-service, boutique and resort hotels and the management companies that run them. Our hotel management recruiters focus on department heads and unit leaders, not corporate C-suite positions.
As hotel headhunters, we approach employed managers at comparable operations and screen for skill and motive to move. One dedicated recruiter owns each search, with confidential searches available.
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Property types
Hotel types we recruit for
Roles
Hotel management roles we place
What to look for
What great hotel managers bring
Property-wide judgment
Managers who understand how rooms, service and financial results connect.
Department leadership
Clear standards, coaching and accountability for the team.
Operating fit
Experience matched to room count, service level and outlet scope.
Compensation
Hotel manager salaries in 2026
BLS median: $69,250
Hotel GMs fall within the BLS lodging managers category: median annual pay of $69,250, with the highest 10% earning more than $128,880 (May 2025). Department-head figures vary by role. See our hotel general manager salary article and salary guide.
See every role in our salary guide.
Our process
How we recruit for hotels
Our hotel executive recruiters focus on property GMs and department heads. We learn your room count, service level, outlets, ownership structure and the reason the role is open.
One dedicated recruiter approaches employed managers from comparable hotels, screens each finalist for operating skill and motive to move, and coordinates interviews and the offer. Confidential searches keep a filled seat off public job boards.
Every placement is a permanent, direct hire on your payroll. You pay a contingency fee only if you hire our candidate, and every placement carries our six-month replacement guarantee. Terms apply.
Many of our searches are confidential and never posted. Send your résumé and we'll reach out when a role fits.
Send Your ResumeFAQ
Hotel recruiting FAQs
18% of first-year base salary on contingency: no hire, no fee, no retainer. A $9,000 minimum applies to roles under $50,000 base. Our six-month replacement guarantee covers one replacement search with conditions. Portfolio pricing is available for groups hiring three or more managers a year. Terms apply.
We are a direct-hire recruiter who approaches employed hotel managers. We do not supply temps, entry-level staff or corporate C-suite executives. Candidates never pay.
Yes. A confidential search avoids public postings and protects the property's identity until you approve disclosure.
Hotel GMs, AGMs, front office managers, directors of housekeeping, food and beverage directors, banquet and catering managers, executive chefs and executive sous chefs.
Yes. We recruit property GMs and department heads across managed portfolios, with one dedicated recruiter per search.
Roles we recruit for hotel
Markets we recruit in
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