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Restaurant Workforce Research: Reflecting on 2024 and Optimizing for 2025

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Recruiting and Retention Remain a Struggle In the research report, 65 percent of respondents described the current labor market as “tight” or “very tight.” Thirty percent of respondents named recruiting their top challenge, while 27 percent said retention was.

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Restaurant Recruiting During and After COVID-19

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Restaurant recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic can be advantageous for restaurants because so much restaurant talent is looking for work. Here’s how to implement those restaurant recruitment changes to keep your current staff safe and give job candidates peace of mind. Will any of the hiring or training be conducted remotely?

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Top Restaurant Hiring Tips

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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. What goes into crafting an effective job ad?

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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. One major area of improvement we noticed when it came to management: menu costing research.

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Self-Ordering Kiosks: One Solution to the Current Labor Shortage

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In order to meet this massive shortfall, restaurants have had to up the ante on their recruitment drives. Some have been giving a special, one-off payment to new recruits, while others have provided free starters or drinks to those who sign up for interviews. The figures can also guide menu tweaks and promotions.

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

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SALIDO continues to execute on its hiring plans to recruit and invest in talent across their Product, Engineering, Customer Experience, and Sales Teams. From screen to plate, the menu is expected to feature signature dishes and recipes that have been prepared on the show. You can view the full guide here. Allset Teams with Olo.

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2022: A Year of Transition for Restaurants

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Key figures on the restaurant workforce include: Roughly 50 percent of restaurant operators in the fullservice, quickservice, and fast-casual segments expect recruiting and retaining employees to be their top challenge in 2022. Seventy-five percent of operators said they plan to devote more resources to recruiting and retaining employees.

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