Hospitality Workforce Strategy
Hospitality Workforce Strategy That Connects People, Partners, and Opportunity
DeShazo Advisory helps education, industry, and workforce partners build stronger pathways into hospitality careers.
Founder Perspective
Forty Years. Multiple Perspectives. One Mission.
Founder Steve DeShazo brings more than forty years of experience across hospitality, education, and workforce development, with a perspective shaped by operations, entrepreneurship, classrooms, higher education, employer partnerships, apprenticeships, and industry leadership.
That experience provides a practical understanding of how employers, educators, workforce organizations, and industry partners can work together more effectively.
Forty-plus years across operations, education, and workforce leadership.
Our Philosophy
The answers already exist. They’re just disconnected.
Employers are looking for talent. Educators are preparing students. Workforce organizations are investing in career pathways. Industry associations and community partners are creating opportunity.
The challenge is often not a lack of programs, resources, or commitment.
It is connection.
DeShazo Advisory begins by understanding what already exists: the programs, resources, relationships, and opportunities already at work within a community or system.
The first question isn’t “What should we build?” It’s “What can we connect?”
Only after understanding the existing landscape should we consider whether something new is actually needed. When it is, we can build with greater purpose because we understand what it needs to connect to.
Advisory Services
Building Stronger Hospitality Workforce Systems
DeShazo Advisory works collaboratively with organizations to understand workforce challenges, identify opportunities, connect partners, and develop practical strategies that can be implemented and sustained.
Workforce Strategy & Regional Ecosystems
Align talent development with employer and community needs and strengthen regional workforce connections.
Employer & Education Partnerships
Connect learning and career preparation more closely with industry.
Apprenticeships & Career Pathways
Build pathways connecting education, work-based learning, and employment.
Education, Programs & Strategic Initiatives
Strengthen programs and develop initiatives around emerging workforce opportunities.
Let’s Build Something Together.
If you’re exploring a workforce challenge, developing a partnership, strengthening a career pathway, or simply have an idea worth discussing, let’s start with a conversation.
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