7 Shifts

JANUARY 26, 2022

Whether it's retraining servers to follow COVID safety protocols or making sure the floors are mopped each night, restaurant task management and communication is what keeps a restaurant running smoothly. Develop consistent lines of communication. Enabling communication among these coworkers brings this community even closer together.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Hiring for soft skills becomes much simpler when you know exactly what to ask and look for in interviews. In this article, I’ll share those tips so you can hire people who will excel in the role and not only fill it. Someone who avoids eye contact or seems uninterested in the conversation may struggle with interpersonal communication.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Every restaurant owner, operator, and manager are currently asking themselves: how do I hire restaurant employees in today’s labor market? It is increasingly difficult to recruit, attract, hire, and retain employees, but there are some insights that can help you navigate a tough labor landscape. The Restaurant Labor Shortage.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Hiring remains a significant challenge for the restaurant industry. Hiring is difficult enough. Hourly hiring is traditionally a complicated process – requiring applicants to create accounts, navigate clunky job websites, and fill out paperwork. People want a simple, straightforward process to getting hired.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Hiring the right wait staff is one of the most critical decisions for any restaurant owner. Providing good customer service alone can boost business by as much as 50% , so hiring an experienced waiter or waitress improves customer satisfaction and loyalty. What does excellent customer service mean to you? What did you do?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Start with The Basics of Communication. Do not assume that your new hires will already know how to give the kind of customer service that you are looking for. Often when it comes to customer communication, it is not about what you say but how you say. Coach your new hire on some relevant examples of this. Verbal Language.

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7 Shifts

JULY 22, 2022

Make sure you have enough staff to cover the busy summer season with 7shifts’s Hiring Tool. Once you find your ideal candidate, their information is automatically filled into 7shifts so you can get your new hires on the schedule instantly, without the extra work. It costs an average of $5,864 to hire a new team member.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 9, 2021

In businesses with high turnover – think, food or retail – managers spend a good portion of their time on hiring. The more efficiently and effectively they can hire, the less money and time they’ll spend, and the lower their turnover will be. Hires happen in days, not weeks. Time-to-hire. Cost per hire.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

If you're managing multiple locations of the same concept, you'll benefit from having a universal approach to hiring, training, suppliers, technology, and the overall guest experience. Making the right restaurant hire is more important than ever. This requires shared hiring, training, and supplier management.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Communicate better. Communication is always important for a successful restaurant team , and when things get busy during the holidays, it becomes absolutely essential. 7shifts team communication tools allow managers to send one-way announcements to the entire team—and see who's read it. Make seasonal hiring easier.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Many restaurants are still working around hiring and staff retention struggles, meaning they may be unable to fully capitalize on the demand of the holidays. Hire Additional Staff in Time. Hire Additional Staff in Time. The bad news for restaurants is that food service businesses are facing ongoing difficulty hiring.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Inconsistent Communication Channels. With only so many hours in a day, communicating and managing the scheduling process can be a huge time vacuum. Consistent Channels of Communication. For this reason, you may benefit from restaurant team communication software - one for all employees across all locations.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Table of Contents Biggest overall team management challenges Top priorities for restaurant operators Wage Increases Leadership and Training Programs Hiring and retention remain the biggest challenge for restaurants when it comes to team management overall. But they also find that staff communication is among their top challenges.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 27, 2020

The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. McDonald’s’ core values are as simple as they come, but a powerful tool when it comes to hiring, building a team, and managing performance. Watch: 7shifts CEO Jordan Boesch at Toast Food for Thought as he discusses hiring and employee engagement.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In order for new hires to perform well and stay happy in their roles, hiring managers need to pay more attention to the restaurant onboarding process. The purpose of the onboarding process is to teach new hires how to do their jobs successfully, and to catch them up on the company's culture and procedures.

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7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

Recruiting, hiring, onboarding, scheduling, engaging, paying, and losing employees all surface up into restaurant HR management. Restaurants need an operating model in place to ensure the right employees are hired, well-trained, actively engaged, feeling productive, and ultimately retained for as long as possible. Scheduling.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It was a way to solve the scheduling and communication headaches that restaurateurs like you often deal with. From hiring to onboarding, training, scheduling, payroll, and retention—you'll have everything you need to build strong, happy restaurant teams in one spot. What does this mean for you?

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7 Shifts

MARCH 22, 2021

Restaurant Employee Communications Tools. Restaurant Employee Communications Tools ?? Using payroll software is a great alternative to hiring a payroll specialist or agency to manage your restaurant's payroll. Here are seven restaurant management tools to make you more productive: Restaurant Task Management Software.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 28, 2020

COMMUNICATION. As much as communication is always the number one criticism of those on the receiving end – it will be even more so during times of crisis. Communicate profusely with your business guests – use all of the mediums available and make the communication positive and uplifting. CREATING A BUZZ. QUALITY FIRST.

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Social Media Communication Loyalty Program Training 442

7 Shifts

JUNE 3, 2022

Showcase your core values in your employee handbook, in new-hire training, on your company careers page. And there are a number of easy ways to do it: Praise publicly on internal communication channels like email, group chats, or staff pages. Some people from the café; applied, and we hired one of them. Lack of recognition.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 15, 2021

LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESSES THEY SERVE. The businesses that will hire your students need to be vested in your effort – this is how success is defined. Until students realize that the one kitchen Robot Coupe must be shared by the entire crew – they will never learn how to communicate and work as a team.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Employee communications tools When it comes to employee communications, texting and phone calls get the job done. Having a secure, business-centric communication tool allows you to share schedules and announcements instantly. Slack is a more general employee communication tool that also makes it easy to connect online.

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Open for Business

AUGUST 10, 2023

Knowing how to hire employees can make or break your restaurant. Whether you’re staffing a new restaurant, looking for seasonal employees , or streamlining your interview process, you always want to know the best way to hire restaurant employees. Knowing where to hire restaurant staff is half the battle.

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Embrace the Suck

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Bad hiring is a disease. Communication is key if you want to build a badass culture. I think Uber is hiring. Communication in restaurants sucks! I know I just mentioned communication in the one above, however, it is such a big part of the problems that restaurant experience that it needs to be addressed again.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Hiring and retaining staff has always been a challenge for businesses in the food industry. High turnover not only disrupts business operations but also leads to increased costs and time spent on hiring and training new staff. One of the best ways to build camaraderie among your restaurant staff is by encouraging open communication.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 28, 2023

They want flexible scheduling, improved communication, ways to give feedback, and fast and transparent tip payments. Hiring is at its most competitive, and workers are more selective about where they choose to work. This means putting workers at the center to create a strong team and culture that impacts the goals of the restaurant.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 25, 2021

The chef in an operation is the ultimate problem-solver. [] COMMUNICATION: Great ideas, helpful experiences, and important decisions will fail to meet objectives unless the chef is able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.

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Embrace the Suck

MAY 24, 2023

Take the initiative, communicate, and show genuine interest in their capabilities. Step 3: Scout for Personality, Not Just Skills During the hiring process, we sometimes over-emphasize experience while undervaluing the importance of personality. Do not fear rejection; it's merely a step in the process.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 2, 2022

Core values communicate culture. But how do you communicate what behaviors and qualities that you want (and don't want?). Danny Meyer has long been a proponent of hiring for cultural fit, and training for skills required to do jobs: “Emotional skills are kind of baked in by the time we've already hired you.

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Leadership Webinar Hiring Training 370

Culinary Cues

JANUARY 11, 2020

Ample research has been done pointing to the most significant culprit behind these issues – POOR COMMUNICATION! We live in a world where numerous communication tools are available and where an overload of ineffective communication abounds, confuses, and even irritates those on the receiving end.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When staff are unhappy, you lose more than just the cost of hiring and training. Salt & Straw in Portland made “Saltie Salutes” part of their internal communication so employees can send each other recognition for jobs well done. Trust among your team and stronger communication makes your restaurant work better, too. “.I've

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Front of House Social Media Back of House Sports 381

Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Desperation is never a good approach towards hiring. I know how difficult staffing is right now, believe me – I hear it every day from every chef that I communicate with. But desperation hiring is, more often than not, a terrible way to staff your kitchen. Yes, let’s start there.

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Uniforms Hiring Consumer Goods Communication 383

7 Shifts

JULY 29, 2021

The Key to Communication. Want to schedule smarter and communicate clearer like Kaldi's Coffee? The Key to Communication. “We Announcements in the Team Communication App may let the team know when there's a new coffee release, if there are any pricing menu changes and more. Here's how: Table of Contents.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 31, 2024

In today's bustling restaurant industry, where every detail matters, technology has become an indispensable tool – especially in hiring and staffing. Crafting the Perfect Job Ad When it comes to hiring for restaurant positions, there's a significant difference between a job description and a job ad.

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