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How Large Restaurants, Hotels and Clubs Can Recruit the Best Staff

Ken Burgin

So why do so many of these operators ‘think small’ when it comes to recruitment, pay and conditions? It just doesn’t work in the race for talent… It’s time to flex your advantages when it comes to recruitment – you can offer ‘the best job in town’ if you re-organise and think large.

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Questions in the Minds of Restaurant Job Applicants

Ken Burgin

Are there opportunities for further training, or to attend workshops and events? By proactively addressing these questions during the interview process or in job postings, you can create a more effective recruitment experience. What training and induction processes are in place for new staff?

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Streamlined Menus in the Onboarding Process

Culinary Digital

It offers a variety of advantages that significantly contribute to the success of streamlined onboarding: Simplified Training A limited menu serves as a cornerstone of efficiency in the onboarding process for fresh additions to the team, be they kitchen staff or servers.

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Retaining Restaurant Employees During the Pandemic: 5 Effective Ways to Reduce Turnover

Goliath Consulting

These decisions do not have to be big ones—they can be as small as choosing uniform styles, weighing in their opinions on new policies, or even allowing them to choose the background music. This is exactly how Ricky Girardi, previously director of HR and Training at a Chick-fil-A franchise, approached it,” Wang said.

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How to Boost Teamwork in Your Restaurant

Lavu

Ultimately, your hiring process should be used to predict how well a new recruit will work long-term with your customers, other staff, and you. Provide Continuous Training. With ongoing training, you can emphasize the values of your brand, share ideas, solve problems, and build a dream team. Host Training Discussions.

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How a Performance Improvement Plan Could Save You $80K

Bar and Restaurant Coach

We tend to think of our hiring expenses in terms of the initial direct costs , like getting people set up with uniforms/dress code and in starting the payroll process. How long is the training program? ( the specific training, support or resources you’ll make available. The Actual Cost of Hiring a New Employee. 5 servers.

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Onboarding Checklist: How to Onboard Your Employees the Right Way

Sling

But if it’s something big, like a new hire arriving when or where no one was expecting them, not having a workspace ready on their first day, or training scheduled for a time when the trainer is unavailable, the employee is going to notice. Provide them with introductory training material. Schedule training. Fill out paperwork.