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

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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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How to Increase Employee Productivity

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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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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.

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Sprucing Up the Supper Club: Nyle Deane Is Reshaping Wisconsin Restaurant Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

Resourceful by nature, Deane has embraced recruiting from new programs at local tech colleges specifically designed to prepare restaurant workers. Deane expects the practical programs to greatly appeal to hiring managers eager to bolster their ranks from an expanded pool of educated candidates with long-term aspirations.

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Can Subscription Models Benefit Restaurants and Guests?

Modern Restaurant Management

Prior to his role as General Manager, he was CGO (Chief Growth Officer), General Manager, Vice President, and Chief of Staff, where he spearheaded projects including the acquisition of Punchh, company integrations, executive recruiting, and has established PAR’s KPI setting and tracking process through business reviews.

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Our Wage Models are Broken

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They push the envelope on what an equitable and sustainable future can and should look like, for all of us. This reduces turnover, lowers recruitment and training costs, and substantially improves the quality of the workforce and guest experience. That’s where RAISE comes in. But they are important.

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Experts Weigh In: What Are Key Challenges Restaurants Will Face in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Rick Camac, Dean of Restaurant & Hospitality Management at the Institute of Culinary Education. Adaptation to non-sustainable and non-predictable traffic of visitors for dine-in locations. Skyrocketing labor cost and a much more transient workforce require operators to focus on recruitment, efficiency and retention more than ever.

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