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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. What to ask : “Tell me about a time you encountered a difficult customer.

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Three Ways to Transform Seasonal Hires into Permanent Staff

Modern Restaurant Management

Following a year of turbulent hiring trends , inflated expenses, and uncertain demand, 2025 could be the “year of retention” for restaurants. As labor costs rise and compliance becomes trickier to navigate, keeping high-performing employees on staff will prove a vital cost-saving measure.

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Hiring Quickly (But Safely) as Dining Demand Picks Up

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurants are filling up again, but hiring and retaining employees in the midst of a national workforce shake-up remains an uphill battle. With staff in short supply as millions of Americans continue to quit their jobs, restaurants looking to ramp up hiring for the busy season are faced with an ultra-competitive hiring market.

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JUST DON’T KNOW OR JUST DON’T CARE

Culinary Cues

This disease is highly contagious without concern for age, gender, socio-economic status, education level, or factors related to a person’s focus on a healthy lifestyle. This is a disease that lies dormant in many people just waiting to take over their every being if those in positions of leadership allow it to. Hire people who “fit”.

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Grant Money Is a Viable Option for Restaurant Funding

Modern Restaurant Management

But if your restaurant or industry related business has been able to stay open or expects to resume operations once we are on the other side of the pandemic, now may be the time to apply for a grant. First Timers Should Hire a Pro. 2020 has been a year like no other for restaurants and the companies who support and supply them.

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For Restaurants in 2025, Change Is the Only Constant

EATER

But normalcy is increasingly a fragile concept, and in recent years, the cascade of disasters related to climate and environmental change has become its own ongoing crisis. Against all odds, many are still thriving, having pivoted and reshaped themselves to keep going until something resembling normalcy appeared again.

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What to Include in Your Restaurant Employee Handbook

7 Shifts

The words ‘employee handbook’ are enough to make any new hire quiver. Having to spend a shift—or even worse, your after-hours—reading through an employee handbook will sap the fun out of any new restaurant job. The introduction to your restaurant employee handbook Think of your employee handbook as a welcome to your restaurant.