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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. This is the missing ingredient in so many guest experiences.

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WILL THE RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE BECOME IMPERSONAL

Culinary Cues

Chefs and restaurateurs invested in recruiting students at regional culinary colleges for internship and permanent positions after graduation, but those schools are struggling to find students to enroll whats going on? Where theres a will there is a way.

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ARE YOU READY?

Culinary Cues

By now you should have a way to compensate for this through in-service training of less qualified hires, bonuses for exceptional employees, profit sharing, non-traditional recruiting methods, or even the use of technology and automation. The supply chain is fragile and now with imposed tariffs this may become an even greater concern.

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STOP SENDING THE WRONG MESSAGE ABOUT CHEFS & KITCHENS

Culinary Cues

After absorbing all the negative press and glamorized abusive behavior it’s no wonder restaurants are having a tough time recruiting employees. It’s all so overdone and not true of the majority.

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THE BEST PATH TO CHEFDOM

Culinary Cues

PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER Harvest America Ventures, LLC Restaurant Consulting www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG (Over 800 articles about the business and people of food) CAFÉ Talks Podcast [link] More than 70 interviews with the most influential people in food

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The Multilevel Truth Behind Small Town America’s Latest Tea Obsession

EATER

Founded in 1980, Herbalife employed the classic MLM model by signing up “independent distributors” who have two responsibilities: to sell the company’s protein powders and nutritional supplements, and to recruit others to become Herbalife distributors. I really loved the owner, she was really charismatic, and the shakes tasted really good.”

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Online training solution to the hospitality skills shortage

Typsy

Many of those businesses are now faced with the difficulty of finding and recruiting staff due to a global hospitality skills shortage as they attempt to open again and resume operations. When recruiting, it is important to find people who have some instincts about how to serve guests.

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