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New Age Recruitment Marketing Channels for Today’s Competitive Restaurant Hires

Modern Restaurant Management

In today’s tight job market, to be competitive and stay top of mind of potential hires, it’s important to launch a holistic recruitment marketing strategy to support basic recruiting functions. It is important that you have a recruitment marketing budget to drive top-of-funnel traffic in your hiring funnel.

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How Restaurants Can Attract and Retain Workers Tempted by Retail Holiday Job Offers

Modern Restaurant Management

And now cue the retail holiday job ads, that annual event enticing restaurant workers away with promises of elevated hourly pay and bonuses. Each year, we hear from restaurant general managers how frustrated they are about staff jumping to retail jobs over the holidays. Give existing employees their first pick for shifts, for instance.

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Understanding the Lifecycle of a Seasonal Hire

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To facilitate a successful seasonal hiring process, restaurant operators must understand the full lifecycle of a seasonal hire – from recruitment to onboarding to retention – and how each stage presents an opportunity for restaurants to enhance their business and cultivate stronger teams.

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Staffing Issues Every Restaurant Owner Should Focus on Post-Pandemic

Modern Restaurant Management

For example, individuals who have worked in retail have skills that are easily transferable to positions in a restaurant, bar or hotel. Be creative when it comes to how to recruit, hire and retain employees. Consider Candidates from Other Industries. The Rule of Two. Leave it to the Professionals.

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Three Simple Ways Restaurant Owners Can Boost Retention and Drive Recruitment 

Modern Restaurant Management

To thrive in this labor climate, it is essential that food service employers explore innovative ways to stand out among competitors to recruit and retain sharp, dedicated talent. While perpetual job openings may be encouraging for restaurant industry jobseekers, it can be a point of concerning instability for restaurant owners.

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Restaurants Go Digital to Attract and Retain Talent

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To recruit new talent and alleviate strains on current staff, restaurant managers are looking for new ways to streamline their operations and enhance the employee experience. A mobile employee experience has now become table stakes in seamlessly recruiting, onboarding, training and managing staff. Embracing Digital Transformation.

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How Restaurants Evolve in the War for Talent in 2021 and Beyond

Modern Restaurant Management

The seemingly never-ending battle to attract workers to open jobs is being driven by an overall smaller industry labor pool stemming from limitations in how companies are competing for and ultimately recruiting workers.

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