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Small Business Optimism Persists, Despite the Pandemic

Modern Restaurant Management

Businesses and consumers alike are finding ways to adapt and stay resilient during these unprecedented times. Even amidst the pandemic, the survey showed 75 percent of small business owners are optimistic about their business’s recovery and 82 percent feel that they are better prepared to handle a future crisis.

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How Restaurants Can Utilize a Small Business Loan to Fuel Growth

The Rail

Whether for operations expansion, equipment upgrades, staff recruiting, or more marketing activity, growth calls for resources. A well-utilized small business loan gives the financing required to scale your restaurant effectively and turns prospects into real outcomes.

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THE IMPORTANT THINGS I LEARNED IN THE KITCHEN

Culinary Cues

Here is one excerpt from his journal of observations: Service industry work develops the soft skills recruiters talk about on LinkedIn discipline, promptness, the ability to absorb criticism, and most important, how to read people like a book. Dont go there! This is the missing ingredient in so many guest experiences.

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Top Restaurant Hiring Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

For many, recruiting is a skill they’re not trained on and just one of a hundred tasks occupying their work day. Since the pandemic, businesses have had to cut staff to save costs, which has made hiring even more challenging. This negatively impacts the customer experience which leads to poor reviews and lack of repeat business.

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Self-Ordering Kiosks: One Solution to the Current Labor Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

In order to meet this massive shortfall, restaurants have had to up the ante on their recruitment drives. Some have been giving a special, one-off payment to new recruits, while others have provided free starters or drinks to those who sign up for interviews. Added Benefits to Boost Business. Self-Ordering Kiosks to the Rescue.

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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Modern Restaurant Management

Below, we review five common mistakes recruiters make when hiring seasonal workers and how to prevent them in order to reach your yearly goals. By developing a short-term worker-specific hiring plan, you give yourself the opportunity to recruit and hire based on your specific needs at that moment. How to avoid. How to avoid.

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How Restaurants Evolve in the War for Talent in 2021 and Beyond

Modern Restaurant Management

The seemingly never-ending battle to attract workers to open jobs is being driven by an overall smaller industry labor pool stemming from limitations in how companies are competing for and ultimately recruiting workers.

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