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Top Restaurant Hiring Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked hiring expert Sid Upadhyay, co-founder and CEO of Wizehire for his advice on best practices for hiring and retention. What do you see as key challenges of restaurant hiring right now? How do you teach how to hire? What goes into crafting an effective job ad?

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Five Key Metrics Every Hiring Manager Should Track

Modern Restaurant Management

In businesses with high turnover – think, food or retail – managers spend a good portion of their time on hiring. The more efficiently and effectively they can hire, the less money and time they’ll spend, and the lower their turnover will be. Hires happen in days, not weeks. Time-to-hire.

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Restaurant Hiring: Navigating the Labor Shortage

7 Shifts

As we start to welcome back workers, doing things as they were before isn't going to work—especially in hiring. That all begins at the hiring level. The past year has turned servers into expert delivery packers, challenge chefs' creativity, and flipped the role of a restaurant manager on its head. Writing a good job description.

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[New] 7shifts Hiring Tools to Help Get Through the Labor Shortage

7 Shifts

There is a labor shortage impacting the restaurant industry, which has made the already difficult task of hiring even more challenging. In addition to the more widespread industry challenges in hiring, there are tech problems too. The hours multiply when different people are involved in the hiring process or decision-making!

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The CFO’s Guide to Leading Blue-Collar Teams

The demand for blue-collar workers outstrips supply, and even if a recession temporarily depresses hiring, the talent shortage is here to stay. The good news is your frontline managers can make all the difference. Download Paycor’s guide to learn: How to train frontline managers to coach blue-collar workers.

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How to Manage Multiple Restaurants and Locations

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Managing multiple restaurant locations is a good challenge to have. But to be clear, multi-location restaurant management is challenging. It requires a manager to differentiate concepts, ensure a consistent guest experience, and manage employees and technology across multiple storefronts. Table of Contents.

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Complicated Hiring Practices Drive Candidates Away.  Make Them Simple

Modern Restaurant Management

Hiring remains a significant challenge for the restaurant industry. Hiring is difficult enough. Hourly hiring is traditionally a complicated process – requiring applicants to create accounts, navigate clunky job websites, and fill out paperwork. People want a simple, straightforward process to getting hired.

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Restaurant Management Masterclass

Speaker: Harlan Scott, Founder of Harlan Scott Hospitality and Industry Restaurant

Due first to necessary staffing cuts, extreme safety protocols, and now the need to rehire against outsized government stimulus, unemployment benefits and wage requirements, managing and staffing have become the most urgent conversation in restaurants today. Do your staff think they’re working for the real deal?

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The Ultimate Guide to Executive Recruiting

It's no secret that hiring for a senior management position is a tough task for recruiters, and remaining open to changes and seeking better ways to source candidates is critical. That is why building a strong framework for executive hiring that maximizes efficiencies while minimizing cost and time to hire is important.