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

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Search Advertising. Technology platforms can also help you optimize these.

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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Modern Restaurant Management

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. How to avoid.

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Hire and Retain Better Restaurant Workers in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

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. The key here is in understanding the two types of advertising – traditional v. It all comes down to your staff.

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Restaurant Workers Can’t Be Replaced by Technology — But They Can Be Recruited

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Not surprising, as it has been reported on consistently, recruiting employees is the top concern for restaurants in fall of 2021, after Coronavirus shook up our economies and our definitions of success. Recruiting employees was the top concern in 2019 , before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the restaurant world. Surprising? Make It Fast.

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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. During this hiring frenzy, restaurants need to consider: Temporary sign-on or retention bonuses, and temporary pay raises, to better compete.

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Eight Ways to Fill Seasonal Positions Amid Record-Low Unemployment

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In a job seekers market, if we don’t alter our approach to sourcing, recruiting, and hiring, we'll be left with open jobs and few applicants to fill them. You never know, they may be interested and were just unaware that you were hiring. Streamline Your Hiring Process. Prepare to Pay Higher Wages. Hang in there!

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How Restaurant Owners Can Prepare for the COVID-19 Cold Weather Lull

Modern Restaurant Management

With slow seasons also comes the need to navigate seasonal layoffs and the task of hiring all the best people back the next season. Hire the Right People. The cost of re-hiring even hourly employees is about $3,500 per employee on average, and that cost triples when you think about manager level roles or higher.