June 26, 2001

HITEC 2001 Interviews - Conference Speaker - Mr. Keith Kefgen - President - HVS Executive Search

How the internet is affecting staffing strategies in the recruitment of hospitality technology professionals

HVS Executive Search provides human resource expertise to the restaurant, lodging, and gaming industries. Core competencies of the firm include executive search, compensation management, corporate governance counseling, employee assessments, and on-line recruiting. We site available at www.hvsinternational.com/exec.htm.

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Updated January 7, 2002

About Keith Kefgen
President - HVS Executive Search
Keith is a frequent lecturer on industry-related issues and has written more than 90 articles on the topics of executive selection, pay-for-performance, corporate governance and executive leadership. He is the founder of two e-commerce initiatives, hospitalitycareernet.com, a web-based recruiting site and 2020skills.com, an online assessment profile. He serves on the board of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and is co-president of the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment's NYC Chapter.

hospitalitycareernet.com is an internet recruiting service for hospitality professionals. The site provides state-of-the-art solutions for employment, news, career advice, compensation, assessment and more. For more information go to www.hospitalitycareernet.com/

20 20 Skills™ is an internet-based assessment tool specifically designed for service industry professionals. The site provides a state-of-the-art solution for assessing performance characteristics and cultural compatibility. 20 20 Skills™ was authored by professors Florence Berger and Judy Brownell of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. The assessment profile has three unique levels: senior, mid-management and line. For more information go to www.2020skills.com/

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