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Top Restaurant Hiring Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked hiring expert Sid Upadhyay, co-founder and CEO of Wizehire for his advice on best practices for hiring and retention. What do you see as key challenges of restaurant hiring right now? How do you teach how to hire? What goes into crafting an effective job ad?

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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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Keeping Up with the Holiday Hiring Rush

Modern Restaurant Management

The holiday rush is here, and as the world goes from pandemic to endemic, customers are dining out more. A recent survey by the National Restaurant Association found that 65 percent of operators do not have enough employees to support customer demand. Never hire someone in the name of urgency.

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Hiring Professional Security to Protect Your Restaurant

Modern Restaurant Management

Hiring a security firm can help protect your restaurant from disgruntled customers and crime, but which firm do you hire and what should you look for in a security team? Legally licensed security firms ensure that you’re hiring a professional, capable of protecting your property and patrons. Security Firm Licensing.

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Boost efficiency—and employee satisfaction—for great customer service

Restaurant Business

Restaurants have long depended on operational processes running like a well-oiled machine to keep service seamless for customers. below their February 2020 pre-pandemic employment peak, and the quitting rate continues to outpace the hiring rate for restaurant employees, according to the U.S. initialized)window[t].process&&window[t].process();else

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What makes good customer service? Explore Federal Café’s guide to great customer service

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If there’s one thing that can set your company apart, it’s good customer service – especially for an independent business. And if there’s one person who knows about the importance of customer service, it’s Claudio Ribeiro, owner of Federal Café , one of Manchester’s busiest and best loved brunch spots. “I

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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. Cost per hire.

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