Restaurants: Diverse Sources, Predictable Hiring Success
There are many hats you need to wear as a restaurant owner or manager. You have to manage inventory control, employee scheduling, food safety, customer experience, and staffing – just to name a few. In 2016, recruiting and retention are some of the biggest challenges restaurant operators are looking to address. While they are constant […]
Case Study: American Family Insurance
Insurance agencies depend on having the right people in place to grow their business. But while agents often have strong sales talent, many don’t have experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring. To find top producers who can hit the ground running and become a team contributor, agents need the tools to effectively evaluate candidates and make […]
Fitness: The Fast Track to Hiring Success
Today, one out of every five Americans pays for a gym membership and across the country, new fitness centers and boutique fitness studios are cropping up to keep up with the demand for staying fit. As many of these gyms are part of larger franchisees, new franchisee owners and entrepreneurs must learn how to operate […]
Franchises: Set Franchisees Up for Hiring Success
Franchisors have valuable data, insights, and best practices to support franchisees with almost any area of the franchised business model, but one area tends to be more ambiguous than others – employment. Many franchisees make their own employment decisions: designing their own recruiting process, controlling their hiring decisions, and compiling an employee benefits package. This […]
Restaurant Hiring: Building a Recruitment Process
Why Restaurants Need a Clear Recruiting Process Savvy restaurateurs know that processes are the key to achieving consistency within their businesses. The problem is that some restaurant owners only leverage repeatable processes for their employees to follow, particularly if the restaurant is franchised – recipes for each dish, guidelines around cleanliness and food safety, consistent greetings […]
Franchises: Structuring the Recruiting Process
Franchise Recruiting Issues Franchises know it best, employing the right people can mean the difference between success or failure in any line of business. Even though franchisees’ intentions are to hire great employees, an unstructured recruiting process often leads to bad hires and, consequently, employee turnover. Restaurants and retail stores comprise some of the largest franchise […]
Case Study: The Search for Mad Scientists
“CareerPlug has found me more applicants and applicants of higher quality than I have found through any other medium.” -Atomic Allen, Mad Science of Southern MA & RI As young students, many of us thought the school days lasted forever and would crave anything that would break up the routine. Remember looking forward to school assemblies […]
Restaurants: Every Single Hire Can Make or Break Your Online Reputation
Employee Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction Experienced restaurant owners know that great team members are the lifeblood of their business. Consistently hiring A-players, however, can be a monthly or even weekly struggle. Many restaurateurs and franchisees did not get their start in recruiting, and without a little guidance and a few resources, it’s all too easy to […]
Fitness Clubs: How to Maximize the Number of Applicants
How to Get More Fitness Job Applicants While fitness professionals know the importance of preparing well for a workout and developing a thorough conditioning plan, a health club’s HR professionals understand the same principles when trying to locate the right employees. Without the right exercises in place, the hiring process can be unnecessarily exhausting. Even […]