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Employee Engagement Best Practices for Restaurants

7 Shifts

The people you hire to run your restaurant can make or break the business. Much like profit and loss, employee engagement is a metric that every restaurateur should be tracking regularly. Why Care About Employee Engagement? So what’s the big deal about employee engagement? First things first: what is it?

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Restaurant Recruiting During and After COVID-19

7 Shifts

According to data from 350,000+ restaurants that use 7shifts, while overall shifts being scheduled are still sitting 24% below pre-COVID levels, shifts for delivery-related roles have increased 38%. It’s important for restaurant hiring and training processes to reflect new COVID-19 safety measures. What PPE will you provide?

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Hiring? Ask These Interview Questions to Spot Versatile Restaurant Talent

Modern Restaurant Management

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. I pulled in the kitchen team and the FOH manager, and we agreed on the plan.

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The 11 Employee Scheduling Best Practices + Tips for Restaurants

7 Shifts

Employee scheduling for your restaurant can be the most stressful part of your job. It seems you're always either understaffed or overstaffed, either FOH or BOH , at the worst times. Cross-Train Your Employees. Cross-training restaurant employees can also be beneficial for their career advancement.

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How to Handle Temporary Restaurant Closure during COVID-19

7 Shifts

Do you have delivery drivers who you could hire, or would your FOH staff take on this role for extra pay? Can you give dine-in related employees other tasks to do that will benefit your business and ensure that they don’t lose their income? Do you have takeout packaging in stock? Here’s how to do that thoroughly.to

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Restaurants Beat Labor Crisis with Daring New Wage Structure

Cheetah

In April alone, restaurants lost 681,000 workers to attrition, and while the hotel and restaurant segments are hiring in the hundreds of thousands, the turnover rate is still at an all time high. Few establishments are now considering raising wages, offering employee benefits or improving the working conditions.

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What is a Restaurant’s Front Of House (FOH) – Everything You Need To Know

The Restaurant Times

Front-of-house (FOH) refers to all activities and settings a patron will experience while dining at a restaurant, including the lobby and dining area. The FOH staff greets and receives customers and relays their requests. The FOH manager supervises all front-of-house staff and reports to the GM. The answer to the FOH manager.