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Reduce Time Spent on Recruiting

Modern Restaurant Management

In a recent poll of restaurant managers and owners, LANDED found that two out of three are spending three or more hours a week on recruiting, and one in six are spending six-plus hours a week. Recruiting is an art. Most came up through the ranks, starting as a server or a cashier before eventually becoming a general manager.

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Restaurant Recruiting During and After COVID-19

7 Shifts

According to data from 350,000+ restaurants that use 7shifts, while overall shifts being scheduled are still sitting 24% below pre-COVID levels, shifts for delivery-related roles have increased 38%. Restaurant recruiting during the COVID-19 pandemic can be advantageous for restaurants because so much restaurant talent is looking for work.

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Four Tactics Restaurant Managers Can Implement Now to Improve Employee Engagement

Modern Restaurant Management

According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry Report , 50 percent of operators for both full-service and quick-service restaurants said that recruiting and retaining employees was their top challenge. The list of ongoing operational tasks for running a restaurant is extremely complex.

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What can we learn from "Waitmares"?

7 Shifts

Restaurant servers understand work-induced dreams all too well. Waitmare” is a portmanteau that combines the words “waiter” and “nightmare” to describe the bad dreams that servers have about working in a restaurant. You’re on shift as a server and you can’t seem to get orders right. Stress is part of any job.

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Hire and Retain Better Restaurant Workers in 2023

Modern Restaurant Management

Servers and dishwashers are in the highest demand, and one-third of restaurants report that they are short on both positions.” When deciding where to recruit restaurant workers online, many job platforms promise to plaster your jobs across the Web for a fixed price. Allow them to have more say and control over their schedules.

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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. In the same way that the duties of a server differ from that of a cook, so should the criteria that the interviewer looks for in respective candidates. There’s an art to interviewing hourly workers.

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Finding Restaurant Staff Today Is Nearly Impossible

Modern Restaurant Management

Our openings were for dishwashers, servers and busser/runners. Over the past six months, we have been posting on Indeed, Zip Recruiter, Facebook, etc. Two days off in a row, no more than one or two doubles a week, vacation time and the big prize: They all choose their schedules. Start Thinking Local. This is money well spent.

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