How Your Restaurant Can Tackle the Employee Shortage

The employee shortage might be temporary, but there are ways that your business can attract talent now and retain a competitive advantage in the future. There are more jobs than ever before, yet restaurants are struggling to attract employees. The number of workers quitting their jobs in April reached new highs of four million, with 5.6% of restaurant workers quitting their jobs. At the same time, restaurant job openings hit a new high of 1.34 million job openings in April.

 We are now in a market that favors employees and that means that restaurant owners will need to get creative to attract top talent.

High Turnover Rates Have Real CostsTraditionally, the restaurant industry has a significantly higher turnover rate than other industries. A study in 2018 found that the average restaurant has a turnover rate of 74.9 percent compared to the private sector average of 46 percent. In fast food, the picture is even worse, with turnover rates of 130 - 150 percent annually.

This has…