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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. Social Media Advertising. If you don’t actively drive traffic via advertising then nobody will see your content.

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How Staffing and Recruitment Futureproofs F&B Growth

Modern Restaurant Management

In other words, staffing and recruitment is the primary challenge for restaurant and F&B operations today. Transform recruitment processes to focus on transferable skills, personality, even if your best candidate might not have the best CV. And that is just the United States. No one was prepared for that. Not operators.

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Restaurant Workers Can’t Be Replaced by Technology — But They Can Be Recruited

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Not surprising, as it has been reported on consistently, recruiting employees is the top concern for restaurants in fall of 2021, after Coronavirus shook up our economies and our definitions of success. Recruiting employees was the top concern in 2019 , before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the restaurant world. Surprising? Make It Fast.

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As Police Use ‘Foodie’ to Recruit, What Does the Word Mean?

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When I first saw a police recruitment poster that called to “Foodies, Gamers, Techies, Influencers” like the four horsemen of some Twitter apocalypse, I assumed it was a joke. police department, using subway advertisements to recruit New Yorkers to move south. A post shared by DC Police Recruiting Division (@joindcpolice).

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Hire and Retain Better Restaurant Workers in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

When deciding where to recruit restaurant workers online, many job platforms promise to plaster your jobs across the Web for a fixed price. The key here is in understanding the two types of advertising – traditional v. The key here is in understanding the two types of advertising – traditional v.

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How Restaurants Can Attract and Retain Workers Tempted by Retail Holiday Job Offers

Modern Restaurant Management

Amazon, for instance, is advertising sign-on bonuses of up to $3000 for seasonal help. Automating these parts of the recruiting process can save GMs many hours a week and lead to better hiring rates. And they are hiring staff they should not, assuming any warm body is better than no bodies. Using technology to automate hiring.

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Five Common Seasonal Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Modern Restaurant Management

However, limited budgets and resources necessitate thoughtful hiring decisions in order to reduce wasted time and costs on advertising positions or training new hires. Below, we review five common mistakes recruiters make when hiring seasonal workers and how to prevent them in order to reach your yearly goals. How to avoid.

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