7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

7shifts provides a cloud-based team management and scheduling solution, allowing owners and managers to schedule restaurant employees , approve shift trades, and communicate with staff from one easy-to-use mobile app. With Team Communication, you can message individual staff members or the whole team about announcements or shift changes.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

However, just like many other hospitality sectors, the specialty coffee industry experiences high staff turnover rates. Nevertheless, it’s still vital that coffee shop owners are able to hire skilled and passionate baristas to ensure their businesses remain successful. Why is staff turnover so high in the coffee industry?

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Embrace the Suck

MAY 24, 2023

This means internalizing the essence of hospitality. Take the initiative, communicate, and show genuine interest in their capabilities. Step 3: Scout for Personality, Not Just Skills During the hiring process, we sometimes over-emphasize experience while undervaluing the importance of personality.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2022

As of 2019, hospitality had a national average turnover rate of 75% , and that's only grown since the pandemic. Showcase your core values in your employee handbook, in new-hire training, on your company careers page. The Solution: Create a training program. Communication is lacking. Lack of recognition.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

We've raised $80MM in new funding led by Softbank with continued support from Ten Coves Capital and Enlightened Hospitality , the fund affiliated with Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group. It was a way to solve the scheduling and communication headaches that restaurateurs like you often deal with.

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Hospitality Hiring Communication Training 450

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In order for new hires to perform well and stay happy in their roles, hiring managers need to pay more attention to the restaurant onboarding process. The purpose of the onboarding process is to teach new hires how to do their jobs successfully, and to catch them up on the company's culture and procedures.

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Open for Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Restaurant training is one of the most important things an owner can put into place. Well-trained teams mean shifts run smoothly and guests are happy with service. With ongoing training, you improve your chances of talented employees growing professionally as the restaurant or restaurant group grows.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 28, 2020

COMMUNICATION. As much as communication is always the number one criticism of those on the receiving end – it will be even more so during times of crisis. Communicate profusely with your business guests – use all of the mediums available and make the communication positive and uplifting. HOSPITALITY FIRST.

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Social Media Communication Loyalty Program Training 436

7 Shifts

OCTOBER 16, 2023

7shifts set out to solve this industry challenge by building a true all-in-one app that serves the entire restaurant employee lifecycle from hiring, training, and scheduling to paying and retaining. Well-trained and engaged staff contribute to better customer satisfaction. Hire It’s hard to find good staff.

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Open for Business

JUNE 15, 2023

Empathy might not be part of your restaurant’s training program—yet. This important skill can create a positive workplace culture and improve the hospitality experience for guests. In fact, teaching empathy can be a helpful part of every restaurant training program. After all, hospitality is a two-way street.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Hiring tools can help streamline the repetitive process. A hiring solution allows managers to organize and manage applications all in one place, automatically tracking applicants in the hiring pipeline. This article was published in Hospitality Technology. Leverage hiring technology for managers.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2020

The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. Doesn’t it make sense to create a restaurant employee handbook that encourages a positive workplace culture through teamwork and training? Watch: 7shifts CEO Jordan Boesch at Toast Food for Thought as he discusses hiring and employee engagement.

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Employee Relations Hiring Document Food Safety 370

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2022

Successful restaurateurs are ones who understand the power of people marketing, of keeping the name of the restaurant in the public eye and communicating effectively with existing and potential customers. Those who are successful in the restaurant business live and breathe service and hospitality. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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ExactHire - Restaurants

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Let’s face it, hiring in the restaurant and hospitality industry is never really easy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the quit rate for employees in the restaurant and hospitality industry is 4.9%–more than twice the average for all other industries. Job Applicants for Restaurants and Hospitality.

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Crunchtime

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As critical functions in multi-unit restaurants, training and operations are inherently intertwined. Because operations leaders are focused on creating scalable processes, and helping teams better execute the work they do every day, training is a critical factor for success.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 31, 2023

Some of us know that we should - but in between dealing with maintenance issues and hiring new employees, it can be hard enough to take care of yourself, let alone your staff. Because I don't wanna hire the wrong people. And what I've found is that once I have hired those people, I started to see the hourly team changed.”

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Your individual hiring decisions define your company culture over the long term, impacting both the customer experience and employee retention. Short-term restaurant hiring challenges, like filling open roles because you’re understaffed, may seem like the most urgent day-to-day priority. Offer a competitive wage and benefits.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 21, 2023

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine learned more from Decaria about his role, approach to hiring and culture. Besides financial and operational responsibilities in my day to day, I’m in constant contact with our team, communicating with them several times a day and am present at all of our restaurants.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Your individual hiring decisions define your company culture over the long term, impacting both customer experience and employee retention. Short-term restaurant hiring challenges, like filling open roles because you’re understaffed, may seem like the most urgent day-to-day priority.

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Hiring Recruiting Training Communication 78

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

At her first job as a server, she tried to show a new hire how to make a side salad. Alison Edginton is the Manager of Training & New Can Openings at Smalls Sliders , an American burger QSR in Louisiana. Look for groups like The Multicultural Food & Hospitality Alliance that run webinars and seminars.

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Leadership FOH BOH Website Management 195

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Happy, engaged, well-trained employees can make or break your business (and so can having the right amount of those employees on the clock at the right times). Digital systems also give employees more autonomy and better tools for communicating their availability, which tends to increase engagement.

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Lavu

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The 2021 COVID-19 pandemic caused many people to leave the hospitality industry, and many have not returned. million, while the number of hires was 1.3 million, while the number of hires was 1.3 This means that there were 600,000 more job openings than hires in the food services and drinking places industry in July 2023.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

A recent survey of restaurant operators by the University of South Florida School of Hospitality found that hiring and turnover was their number one challenge. But there are tangible ways to mitigate these hiring and retention challenges, and they all start with putting the restaurant’s team first and foremost.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As we look to hire new team members and keep existing ones, restaurant operators have to ask them what they're looking for—because what we thought it was clearly hasn't been enough to keep restaurant employees around. And what can operators do more (or less) of to make hospitality into a long-term and viable career? Communication 4/5.

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Employee Relations Communication Hospitality 2022 370

7 Shifts

MAY 25, 2021

I'm excited to share that 7shifts has raised $21.5MM led by Danny Meyer's Enlightened Hospitality Investments , which is the investment arm of Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). We define the employee lifecycle as everything from hiring, training, scheduling, paying, and retaining.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 16, 2022

Take note of employees who demonstrate initiative, integrity, or management potential and present them with special projects, training responsibilities, and other developmental opportunities. Hiring Referral Compensation. So, why not tap into your employees' networks of hospitality professionals? It's a win-win-win.

Front of House 370

Front of House Back of House Communication Customer Service 370

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2020

Educate yourself on costs, hiring, and the market you are in before taking the leap. Educate yourself on the staffing/employment trends and always be prepared to continually hire. Hiring/staffing ?? Training before opening. Stay true to your concept and hire people who share the same level of passion as yourself.

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Restaurant365

MAY 7, 2021

While restaurant owners and operators are certainly relieved to be coming out on the other side of the pandemic, restaurant hiring has become a looming challenge. Another significant factor may be that while restaurants were furloughing or laying off workers during the pandemic, other industries were hiring. Hiring challenges.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2020

Ample research has been done pointing to the most significant culprit behind these issues – POOR COMMUNICATION! We live in a world where numerous communication tools are available and where an overload of ineffective communication abounds, confuses, and even irritates those on the receiving end.

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7 Shifts

JULY 8, 2023

And what QUESO stands for is, quality is one part and it's quality in everything that we do, whether it be our food or training our people. Being of service is the S and obviously we're in the hospitality business and we're of service to each other. We're of service to our communities. Kahn: "I tell this story all the time.

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Future Food

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Trends that will shape the future of your food and hospitality projects for 2020. However, food and service will always be at the heart of hospitality. Food, hospitality and the customer experience will continue to rely upon execution of excellence and the hot pursuit in the very definition of it. The Environment 22.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 2, 2022

In all my years in the restaurant/bar/hospitality industry, I have never run into the hiring situation that we are in today. This really opened the lines of communication for both the employee and management. After assessment, managers become better communicators. No raise required! What about teamwork? No raise required.

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Communication Training Management Management 226

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

If you're new to the industry and are wondering what experience you'll acquire in a restaurant job, or if you're an industry vet looking to clearly communicate your abilities and skills on a restaurant resume, read on for 20 distinct skills learned while working in a restaurant. Health, Allergen, and Food Safety Training and Certifications.

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Front of House Back of House Kitchen Safety Food Safety 370

The Restaurant Times

MARCH 10, 2022

You must captivate interest to hire and retain your restaurant staff. Good workers are a clear indicator of a good restaurant and excellent service; thus, it is essential to hire the best staff and to do so, you must follow specific procedures that will assist you in building a great restaurant team. . Hire The Right Talent.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 27, 2021

Most restaurants are trying to hire right now. Here are a few critical ways you can proactively and effectively communicate your culture to potential hires. If you are looking to address your restaurant hiring challenges , consider starting with an audit of your online presence. Cultivate an online presence.

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Sling

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

And once you find one, how can you get hired? However a specific seasonal job is defined, part-time employees are usually disqualified from receiving certain benefits, so it’s essential that you clarify during the interview how many hours you’re likely to work if you’re hired. But how can you find a seasonal job ? 1) Schedule.

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