Hiring a new restaurant employee can be tricky to navigate for any business. Advertising hiring opportunities can get very expensive depending on which places you put the job listing, and the high turnover rate in the food industry means restaurants generally have to hire more often than other industries. As a restaurant owner, you want
What to Look for in Restaurant Manager Resumes
Being able to read and evaluate job resumes is a skill unto itself. When you’re a busy restaurant owner, it becomes that much more difficult. But when you’re hiring a new manager, you have to be ready to comb through lots and lots of restaurant manager resumes to find viable candidates. The good news is
What Should Be in a Restaurant Manager Job Description?
In many ways, finding a new restaurant manager is one of the biggest hiring challenges a restaurant owner can face. After all, restaurant managers take on so many different roles and work with so many different people on your team. You want to make sure you find someone competent in the tasks at hand and
How To Increase Restaurant Sales This Holiday Season
‘Tis the season to start preparing for family, friends, holiday shopping and holiday gatherings. This is also the time to be sure your restaurant is front and center in customers’ minds during all things “holiday” this season. Remember, there are only four ways to increase restaurant sales: increase the number of new customers increase frequency
8 Tips for Improving Teamwork in the Restaurant Workplace
A version of this article was originally published on the Time Doctor blog. It’s obvious to see that a restaurant benefits when its employees are working together synergistically. Good teamwork helps to build morale in the workplace, which makes workers more productive and ultimately improves profits. For restaurants that have excellent teamwork, problem-solving is easier — since people
Hiring Chefs for Your Restaurant: It’s Not Just About Cooking
Hiring is stressful — not just for the applicant but for the potential employer. And it gets even more complicated when you’re a business owner hiring chefs for your restaurant. That position, particularly the head chef, is a major factor in the success of your business, and you want to hire someone who will stick
Upselling with Finesse: What Your Servers Need to Know
There are two reasons for every restaurant server to be well trained in upselling. First, it increases sales on your tickets, which is beneficial for your restaurant’s bottom line overall and good for your server’s tip at the end of service. Second, upselling correctly can actually be a benefit to the customer, offering them a
Employee Conflict Resolution in Your Restaurant Workplace
It can be a manager’s nightmare: conflict between employees growing out of control. It gets even more difficult when you have a dining room full of guests waiting to be served with a smile. How your staff behaves when confrontation arises is only part of the picture, however. Restaurants perform better and — hopefully —
How to Incentivize Back of House and Front of House Performance
One of the trickier aspects of managing restaurant staff is effectively incentivizing your workforce into bettering their performance. It can be a real struggle for managers in both the front and the back of house. Human nature leans into inertia, so trying to force an employee to change behavior will likely lead to resistance. So
Employee Turnover: How to Lower Restaurant Labor Costs
Three of the next four employees you talk to in your restaurant won’t be with you this time next year — that is, if hospitality business statistics bear out for your business. Industry turnover rates are at 73%, and it’s more than just the hassle of rehiring that restaurants have to deal with. Restaurant labor costs
