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The Key to Interviewing Success

The Key to Interviewing Success

Every applicant who sits across from you in an interview has potential. If you didn’t think that was true, you wouldn’t have invited them in to talk, right? Think of interviewing as opening gifts. Some may be impressively wrapped, but without much inside. Others might...

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The Key to Interviewing Success

Every applicant who sits across from you in an interview has potential. If you didn’t think that was true, you wouldn’t have invited them in to talk, right? Think of interviewing as opening gifts. Some may be impressively wrapped, but without much inside. Others might...

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Orientation Sets the Stage for Success

Orientation Sets the Stage for Success

The way you treat your employees determines how they’ll treat your guests. This starts during your orientation program. New employees are typically the most attentive and open to new ideas during their first few weeks on the job, so make sure you make the most of that...

Stop Conflict Before It Starts

Stop Conflict Before It Starts

In the hustle and bustle of the restaurant business, conflict is part of the game. Conflict can happen within your team, with one of your employees, with a guest, or with a vendor. Conflict in the workplace isn’t always a bad thing. Productive conflict can lead to...

Restaurant Incentives, Rewards & Contests

Restaurant Incentives, Rewards & Contests

Performance is driven by behavior, and behavior is driven by four factors: communication, training, measurement, and rewards. Incentives and contests will do little to improve attitude, but they can work wonders to change or enhance behavior and therefore improve...

Improve Restaurant Hiring with Group Interviews

Improve Restaurant Hiring with Group Interviews

Restaurant hiring can be tough under any circumstances. When you have several positions to fill, such as with a new store opening or when several student employees are returning to school at the end of summer, it can be even more challenging. Group interviews, or open...

Use Mystery Applicants to Improve Restaurant Hiring

Use Mystery Applicants to Improve Restaurant Hiring

So you think you’ve got this hiring thing down. You’ve joined all the right groups. You’re recruiting in all the right places. You know how to ask the right questions. But still those less-than-suitable employees keep slipping through to muddle up your operation....

How to Be the Restaurant Employer of Choice

How to Be the Restaurant Employer of Choice

As the restaurant employment outlook changes, effective restaurant managers are once again looking at tapping into a non-traditional labor pool in order to staff their restaurants. So where will you turn and what kind of employee will you turn to? First, take a look...

You Receive a Harassment Report – Now What?

You Receive a Harassment Report – Now What?

Ninety percent. That’s how many women in the restaurant industry report being sexually harassed on the job. More women from the restaurant industry file sexual harassment reports with the EEOC than from any other single industry. The culture in many restaurants,...

Seasonal Hiring for Success in Your Busy Season

Seasonal Hiring for Success in Your Busy Season

Hiring for the busy season? While it may be tempting to simply post some "Help Wanted" ads and hire whoever walks in the door, that restaurant staffing strategy may make your busy season more stressful than ever. Seasonal hiring may cover a short-term need, but it can...

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