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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?

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Daily, Weekly, Biweekly? What’s the Best Pay Schedule for My Restaurant?

Modern Restaurant Management

Most restaurant operators go with monthly, weekly, or bi-weekly schedules. Advantages/disadvantages : Because significantly less paychecks are being distributed (12 per year as opposed to the usual 26 or 52), monthly payouts makes tracking payroll simpler for restaurant managers.

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Avoiding the Four Biggest Traps of Restaurant Payroll

Modern Restaurant Management

As an example, a restaurant owner doing payroll by hand may incorrectly record overtime pay and tip records, which subsequently leads to tax errors. This goes to show that restaurant staff pay, which makes up about a third of restaurant operating costs , is one of the most important facets of running a restaurant.

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Using Technology to Combat the Labor Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

Without enough workers to meet diner demand, many restaurants have reduced operating hours and rely on overburdened staff, harming employee satisfaction and reducing critical staff loyalty. When using the right technology, however, operators can begin to address common concerns like understaffing, employee burnout and common wage concerns.

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Patio Season is Here. Make it Your Best Summer Ever with 7shifts Tools Built for Restaurants

7 Shifts

Make sure you have enough staff to cover the busy summer season with 7shifts’s Hiring Tool. Once you find your ideal candidate, their information is automatically filled into 7shifts so you can get your new hires on the schedule instantly, without the extra work. It costs an average of $5,864 to hire a new team member.

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Back of House, Yet Front-Facing Priority – Restaurant BOH Trends to Monitor in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

So, even if your customers are unaware of what’s going on behind the scenes, any operational inefficiencies will eventually surface – with potentially dire consequences for your business. They include restaurant management tips for cutting costs, decreasing food waste, and much more. Two primary methods are involved.

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Tip Pooling Tools to Easily Manage Tips at Your Restaurant

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Tipping practices are in constant conversation in the restaurant industry. Attempts have been made to eliminate tipping altogether, but many restaurants ended up reverting back to a traditional tipping system. Tip pooling is another way that restaurants have changed up the system to make it fairer for everyone involved.