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The Perfect Recruiting Plan

Embrace the Suck

If you’re like the majority of restaurants and bars in your market, you’ve been struggling to find staff. The new hires stay for a few weeks but end up leaving, and the cycle of anxiety begins again. Like 90 percent of the bar, restaurant, and nightclub problems, you are your own worst enemy. Are they breathing?

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Keeping Up with the Holiday Hiring Rush

Modern Restaurant Management

However, the harsh reality is that the current labor shortage is making it a challenge for many restaurants to handle the workload. 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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Eight Ways to Fill Seasonal Positions Amid Record-Low Unemployment

Modern Restaurant Management

In a job seekers market, if we don’t alter our approach to sourcing, recruiting, and hiring, we'll be left with open jobs and few applicants to fill them. This does not mean that you won’t find any candidates at all; you just need to look at candidates with other types of customer service experience beyond restaurants.

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Why You Struggle with Hiring

The Restaurant Coach University

Word on the street is there is a labor shortage for restaurants and bars. You need to rethink how you think about hiring. When you look at hiring do you view it as a necessary evil? Another step to finding top talent is to become obsessed with recruiting. Hiring and recruiting can be very similar to mining for gold.

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Building a Strategy of Trust and Safety in the Restaurant Industry Amid Covid-19

Modern Restaurant Management

With health and safety on the forefront of everyone’s minds, restaurants need to build their strategies upon a foundation of trust and safety. COVID-19 testing of employees can maximize safety at your restaurant and make guests feel more comfortable with their dining experience. Restaurants are a people-oriented business.

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

7 Shifts

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. In addition to their main duties, restaurant managers also have to contend with all the unwritten or hidden responsibilities that fall on them.

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How to Streamline Human Resources and Payroll in the Restaurant Industry

Restaurant365

Successful restaurant owners and operators don’t just provide great food. The people piece of the puzzle can be challenging for restaurants. Because of the complicated nature of human resources (HR) and the sprawling regulations surrounding payroll, HR and payroll can be a recurring headache for restaurant owners and operators.