Interim Management Solutions
The increasing demand within the hospitality sector for flexible labour to meet the peaks and troughs of the business drove the conception of our interim management service in October 2008. Temporary Connections is highly selective. All candidates accepted for temporary assignments are reference checked, verbally and in writing, where possible in line with current legislation. Our interview forms part of the selection process and covers the following criteria –
- Current circumstances and availability
- Career history to date
- Core skills and experiences
- Training courses and qualifications
- Operating style
- Management Capability
- Areas for future development
Where specific knowledge is required the brief is explored and further selection criteria built into the agency interview to better match the individual to the assignment. The hiring manager approves the assignment brief before being communicated to the interim manager. Temporary Connections covers a variety of senior positions within the hotel and restaurant sector – General Managers, Deputy Managers, Head Chefs, Sous Chefs and Food & Beverage.

Why use an interim Manager
The hospitality sector has seen many changes this century and will certainly see more if society continues to seek new leisure experiences and business follows changing economic cycles that demand different skills to cope with the challenges ahead.
Temporary Connections provides interim recruitment solutions:
- manage change with high calibre professionals
- Availability of key skills and experiences maybe essential to meet your business needs. You may be undergoing considerable change at a time when economics d - not allow you to recruit the senior people with the expertise to take you through this challenging period. An interim can be a cost effective and timely solution.
- excel business growth
- An interim manager can provide strategic or tactical resource to enable rapid results.
- overcome hospitality industry skills shortages
- Attracting the right permanent people can be difficult, time consuming and expensive. Interim managers relieve the pressure to recruit quickly and reactively.
- Peak business demand
- When your business experiences seasonal peaks and troughs or extreme demands on your team an interim manager will provide the assistance you need at short notice.
- A temporary solution
- cover a permanent vacancy, sickness or injury, maternity or sabbatical cover.

Tips for getting the best results
- Introduce the interim manager to the team and consider what will be communicated about their purpose and objective.
- Clearly set out the objectives you want them to achieve and the time scales in which you want them to be carried out.
- Agree the frequency of review meetings, the management information you will require and its format and completion bonus and incentives if applicable
- Communicate the authority for decision making and set clearly defined boundaries.
- Provide as much detail about your business prior to the assignment to ensure the interim manager hits the ground running.