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Three Holiday Workforce Trends Restaurant Managers Need to Know 

Modern Restaurant Management

These compounding variables make it impossible for managers to rely on gut instinct alone when creating employee schedules. Restaurant leaders and managers should invest in a workforce management solution that enables intelligent automation, to precisely predict demand across all customer touchpoints.

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Top Restaurant Hiring Tips

Modern Restaurant Management

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.

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Eight Ways to Fill Seasonal Positions Amid Record-Low Unemployment

Modern Restaurant Management

In a job seekers market, if we don’t alter our approach to sourcing, recruiting, and hiring, we'll be left with open jobs and few applicants to fill them. This does not mean that you won’t find any candidates at all; you just need to look at candidates with other types of customer service experience beyond restaurants.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

This includes greeting guests and thanking them for their patronage, conducting tableside checks, and resolving any customer complaints quickly, effectively, and empathetically. The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience.

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A comprehensive overview of job positions within a hotel

SiteMinder

Regardless of seniority, these are all customer facing positions and require excellent people skills. The purpose of the role is to ensure that all guests receive high quality customer service. Key attributes include strong people skills, attention to detail, good leadership skills and customer service experience.

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Pandemic Effects on Funding, Growth and People – Plus Predictions for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

However, our industry still is an attractive space for well-suited technologies, improving efficiencies at every level of the restaurant from inventory to customer service. As we step into 2024, my prediction is that the spotlight will fall squarely on retaining top talent, focusing on recruitment, onboarding and ongoing training.

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Keeping Up with the Holiday Hiring Rush

Modern Restaurant Management

To master the process, consider these tips to recruit and retain long-term employees. When it comes to customer-facing roles, restaurant owners should identify candidates they’d feel comfortable with representing the establishment to guests. Too often, interviewers make snap judgments about candidates early on.