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Reduce Time Spent on Recruiting

Modern Restaurant Management

In a tight labor market, restaurants are struggling, with many reducing hours or even closing due to staff shortages. In a recent poll of restaurant managers and owners, LANDED found that two out of three are spending three or more hours a week on recruiting, and one in six are spending six-plus hours a week. Recruiting is an art.

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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. It is important that you have a recruitment marketing budget to drive top-of-funnel traffic in your hiring funnel.

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How to write a restaurant marketing plan that puts butts in seats [Ideas and Strategies]

7 Shifts

They're people leaders, customer service providers, line cooks, inventory managers, occasional bartenders, public relations reps, number crunchers, and even marketers. It all starts with a great marketing plan. Your marketing plan is the cornerstone of your restaurant's success and business plan. Marketing Plan Template.

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The Top 10 Things Learned from Working with 1000+ Restaurants

Embrace the Suck

It’s the solutions to how you deal with those problems that are the great divide between those that struggle, from those that thrive to the rare few that drive their market. Your goal should always be to dominate your market. You’re not marketing enough. I’m not a fan of competition. Bad hiring is a disease.

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How Digital Hiring Platforms Help Short-Staffed Restaurants?

Goliath Consulting

According to Beef O’ Brady’s CEO Chris Elliot, “Beef O’ Brady’s entire system has been impacted by the tight labor market, with about 25% of its restaurants seriously impacted and 5% critically impacted.” Virtual interviews and digital training platforms have made the recruitment and hiring process quicker and easier. Consistency.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Marketing & advertising It's your job to ensure the restaurant's seats are full, especially if you're not part of a massive franchise that benefits from corporate advertising. This means that managers tend to bear more of the marketing responsibilities and have to know how to use digital marketing platforms effectively.

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How to use QR Codes for restaurant marketing and management – dozens of easy examples

Ken Burgin

In fact QR codes have been around for many years, and widely used in Asian countries – now that they’re understood here, you can start to leverage them for restaurant & cafe marketing, recruitment and daily operations. Take it one step further and give the option to join your email list to receive promotions.