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Four Reasons Why Mobile Order and Pay Can Ease Staffing Shortage Pressure

Modern Restaurant Management

Mobile order and pay solutions are a cost-effective way to support the current skilled staff you have to deal with peak periods while also helping to maximize sales. Here are four reasons why restaurant businesses should consider mobile order and pay solutions to support any current staffing shortages: 1.

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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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Tech’s Role in Beating the Restaurant Hiring Crunch

Modern Restaurant Management

The hiring shortage and the fallout from "The Great Resignation" that saw 47 million U.S. First, by moving the distant central terminal to the palm of the server's hand, waitstaff can transmit orders to the kitchen or bar and accept payment directly from the table. That's the power of real-time data.

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Hiring Quickly (But Safely) as Dining Demand Picks Up

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are filling up again, but hiring and retaining employees in the midst of a national workforce shake-up remains an uphill battle. With staff in short supply as millions of Americans continue to quit their jobs, restaurants looking to ramp up hiring for the busy season are faced with an ultra-competitive hiring market.

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Third-party delivery and mobile ordering continue to reinvent how quick-service restaurants meet demand, according to Delaget’s QSR Operational Index report

Rocket Fuel

MINNEAPOLIS– March 19, 2024 – Investments in mobile apps and in-store kiosks continue to drive demand among quick-service restaurants (QSRs), with growth in third-party delivery showing no signs of slowing down, according to Delaget ’s annual QSR Operational Index report. Mobile app sales are up 57.2 percent year over year.

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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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12 Steps for Hiring Quality Seasonal Employees

Restaurant365

We understand that hiring top restaurant employees has never been so tough, but with some planning, persistence, and patience It can be done. Below are tips to improve your hiring efforts to recruit the best seasonal employees. If possible, conduct on-site interviews to speed up the hiring process. Make use of mobile platforms.

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