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Five Years After COVID, the Restaurant Labor Market Has Yet to Recover

EATER

Now, restaurant owners and chefs across the country say theyre still struggling to recruit and retain talent. Carrie Strong walked away from a 20-year career as a sommelier in high-end restaurants in New York City, like Lever House and Aureole , choosing instead to pursue remote work as a consultant, wine educator, and brand ambassador.

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Expanding the Definition of Value

Modern Restaurant Management

Rising labor and food costs, along with the ongoing struggle to recruit and retain employees, remain among the top concerns for both fullservice and limited-service operators. "The Despite the positive outlook, many operators say, "new year, similar concerns." Consumers have pent-up demand for restaurant meals.

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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. Recruiting and hiring decisions are often made by managers at the store or restaurant level instead of by corporate recruiters.

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How to Increase Employee Productivity

7 Shifts

Staff productivity plays the largest role in restaurant revenue, which is why it’s so important to invest in your recruiting and hiring strategies, finding like-minded individuals to move your restaurant forward while minimizing time waste. It’s important to educate your staff about the correlation between productivity and profit.

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

What is ZoomInfo for Recruiters? Advanced search: Narrow the search to find candidates using specialized filters like education, and current company technologies. Advanced search: Narrow the search to find candidates using specialized filters like education, and current company technologies.

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Order Up! Offer Financial-Based Incentives to Tackle Staffing Challenges 

Modern Restaurant Management

Educate and Engage: Offer financial literacy education to help staffers understand and use skills that include budgeting, managing money, paying off debt and investing. Host a hiring party : Make recruiting memorable. Ask current employees to help recruit. Think and act outside the norm.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Investing in teamwork, internal training, and career development—such as structured in-house wine education—creates a sense of belonging and shared growth. Leading brands like Cracker Barrel are already using on-demand interviews and AI-driven assessments to cut down on administrative tasks for recruiters.