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How Large Restaurants, Hotels and Clubs Can Recruit the Best Staff

Ken Burgin

So why do so many of these operators ‘think small’ when it comes to recruitment, pay and conditions? It just doesn’t work in the race for talent… It’s time to flex your advantages when it comes to recruitment – you can offer ‘the best job in town’ if you re-organise and think large.

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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

By proactively addressing these questions during the interview process or in job postings, you can create a more effective recruitment experience. Waiters and bar staff can often increase their earnings through sales incentives, such as bonuses for selling certain dishes and drinks or achieving high customer satisfaction scores.

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How a Performance Improvement Plan Could Save You $80K

Bar and Restaurant Coach

Most bar and restaurant operations don’t have Human Resource departments—and some would say that’s a good thing. We tend to think of our hiring expenses in terms of the initial direct costs , like getting people set up with uniforms/dress code and in starting the payroll process. 1 bar manager. 1 bar back. 1 bar manager.

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How to Boost Teamwork in Your Restaurant

Lavu

Ultimately, your hiring process should be used to predict how well a new recruit will work long-term with your customers, other staff, and you. Wake up staff brains and bodies with healthy meal options, a juice bar, free fruit, nuts, or other wholesome snacks. Hire Cohesive Teams with Wise Hiring Practices. which would it be and why?”.

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Gaucho | The Evolution: CEO Martin Williams announces new direction with the launch of ambitious Charlotte Street concept, opening 9th December

Sante

This modern ethos and design will gradually be replicated across all 16 sites, from interiors to menu to uniforms. Destination cocktails: Two elegant bars with exceptional drinks lists that are a new Fitzrovia drink-spot whether for a quick cocktail or to settle in with bar food.

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First Robotic Mobile Restaurant and DoorDash’s Commissary Kitchen

Modern Restaurant Management

“There is no doubt that we’ve seen an increase in demand for plant-based meals across all of our restaurants and bars,” said Executive Chef Andre Natera, of the Fairmont Hotel in Austin. Topics vary from plant-based staples such as soups, dressings and marinades, to meat and dairy alternatives and no-heat cooking.

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WARNING: Restaurant Culture In Crisis

Embrace the Suck

It was a restaurant, a wine bar and a market. When you think about the posture and the way people, almost even really pose and they speak, you know they don't talk like that, or they don't carry themselves that way once the uniform comes off. What I did was I took the restaurant model. I pulled it apart. I created a hybrid.

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