Zoe Connolly is Hospitality Spotlight’s founder. For more than a decade, she’s pioneered innovative and proactive recruiting efforts, connecting the best talent with the best companies, across all levels of organizations. In her career, Zoe has worked with a variety of companies, from startups to Fortune 500 firms. While her focus early in her career was in technology and linguistics, her passion for the travel industry lead her to Hospitality Spotlight. Having recruited at all levels and for different industries, Zoe has learned to focus on the human connection and their passion for what they do. The search process is just as much about the candidate as it is about the employer. If a candidate and a client have made a connection, this will fuel and drive their passion for their everyday functions. This connection places an unconscious goal for the new employee to meet, the goal to make their employer happy. In turn the employer will also work harder for the employee. This connection turns a job into a career and co-workers into an extension of friends/family. Zoe is an island girl, with a DC brain and a West Coast address. When away from the recruiter’s desk, you will find Zoe enjoying a rom com movie (corny soundtrack and all), traveling, checking out a new restaurant or hitting up the local coffee shop. Caffeine is a must! She has a passion for friends and family and enjoys all these things best with her loved ones. Zoe is a member of HSMAI and the Hotel Executive Editorial Board. Currently, through working with hospitality and travel technology clients, Hospitality Spotlight has emerged as one of the go-to firms for senior level talent in the hotel and travel technology space. A refreshing combination of an expansive network and brutal honesty continues to push Zoe and her clients, both companies and candidates into a bright spotlight.