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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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New Age Recruitment Marketing Channels for Today’s Competitive Restaurant Hires

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In today’s tight job market, to be competitive and stay top of mind of potential hires, it’s important to launch a holistic recruitment marketing strategy to support basic recruiting functions. Social Media Advertising. If you don’t actively drive traffic via advertising then nobody will see your content.

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How Restaurants Can Hire and Rehire Quickly During COVID-19

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I know how hard it is to stay in business, how slim the margins are, and especially how difficult it is to hire and take care of the employees that keeps the business alive. Each of these factors mean restaurant owners may have to hire — and hire fast. Many restaurants are experiencing a truly strange predicament.

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Hire and Retain Better Restaurant Workers in 2023

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But in a difficult hiring environment, how do you build a great reputation without jeopardizing your bottom line? And in 2023, that’s the problem most hiring managers in the restaurant industry are facing. Employees actually do want signs of long-term career prospects and manager recognition, such as promotions.

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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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Managers and owners must develop strategic hiring plans through the end of 2022 and into 2023 to protect staff from long hours and burnout. However, limited budgets and resources necessitate thoughtful hiring decisions in order to reduce wasted time and costs on advertising positions or training new hires.

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How To Build a Manager

Modern Restaurant Management

A few months ago, I wrote about how hard it is to find staff, especially managers. At that time, I discussed two ways that we were going to build a manager from existing staff rather than search for a new one. Recently, one of my clients had a great manager pass away unexpectedly. Experience vs. No Experience. Dedication.

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How Restaurants Can Attract and Retain Workers Tempted by Retail Holiday Job Offers

Modern Restaurant Management

And they are hiring staff they should not, assuming any warm body is better than no bodies. Amazon, for instance, is advertising sign-on bonuses of up to $3000 for seasonal help. Each year, we hear from restaurant general managers how frustrated they are about staff jumping to retail jobs over the holidays. Bring them back.

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