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Restaurant Recruiting During and After COVID-19

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Restaurant recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic can be advantageous for restaurants because so much restaurant talent is looking for work. Restaurants must be picky, however, to ensure that new hires are good fits for the long term and that they’ll work safely alongside existing staff. What PPE will you provide?

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Critical BOH Restaurant KPIs That Optimize Labor Costs and CoGs, Part 2

Restaurant365

Leveraging your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH) data allows you to gain more insight into your operations. Get the data you need to grow your profitability by reviewing critical FOH and BOH restaurant KPIs. If you can unify your FOH and BOH data, you can contribute to a healthier restaurant profitability in the long-term.

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5 Tips for Overcoming Restaurant Hiring Challenges

Restaurant365

Employee retention and recruitment have long been a challenge in the restaurant industry. While restaurant owners and operators are certainly relieved to be coming out on the other side of the pandemic, restaurant hiring has become a looming challenge. Hiring challenges. Tracking applicants during the hiring process.

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How To Create a Fair Holiday Work Schedule For Restaurants

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Many restaurants are still working around hiring and staff retention struggles, meaning they may be unable to fully capitalize on the demand of the holidays. Hire Additional Staff in Time. Hire Additional Staff in Time. The bad news for restaurants is that food service businesses are facing ongoing difficulty hiring.

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How To Formulate A Restaurant Manager Job Description

The Restaurant Times

If you wish to expand your restaurant business or improve your existing restaurant’s performance, you should start by hiring a restaurant manager with an impressive track record. Hiring the best talent has been one of the most challenging tasks for restaurateurs in the US during CY21. Recruiting And Onboarding.

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8 Tips to Optimize Restaurant Labor Costs Despite Higher Minimum Wages

Restaurant365

Applying tools like smart employee scheduling based on SPLH percentage goals to your management, FOH, and BOH teams individually helps you optimize each part of your labor cost. This may cover everything from streamlining your menu so your BOH can be more efficient to changing the service well so servers can take care of tables faster.

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Meeting Off-Premise Demand While Rebuilding In-Restaurant Sales to Boost Profitability

Restaurant365

Hire to Meet Pent-up Demand for On-premise Dining. If you are successful at attracting customers back to your dining room, you need to have the right FOH and BOH team to support increased sales levels. If you are significantly scaling up on-premise dining, hiring is a priority. Track Your Labor Costs.