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You spent a lot of time and energy hiring an employee to join your team. And it wasn’t as simple as just posting a “Help Wanted” ad in the local newspaper. You were probably very thoughtful about draf...

General managers are front and center of your restaurant—and probably your hiring crisis too. They’re the ones who lead the team, feel the pressure of your understaffed store, step up to cover shifts,...

As the owner or manager of a quick-service restaurant (QSR), you know that finding good employees and keeping them is extremely difficult in the current economic environment. You have also most likely...

We’re in the middle of a staffing crisis, and it’s complicated.

You surely work hard. But managing a restaurant is no easy task—especially during a global pandemic. Change has become constant and sudden. And, in many industries, productivity has been at an all-tim...

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly four million American workers recently left their jobs voluntarily, many of whom were hourly workers. With the cost of losing an employee rising ...

The U.S. is currently facing one of the biggest labor shortages in its history, even as the country reopens and unemployment benefits decrease. An alarming 49% of small businesses say they have job op...

A few months ago, we were all excited. But as a restaurant owner, you surely had high hopes for what business could be like as things began moving toward a more stable version of the “new normal.”

Every day across the U.S., tens of thousands of employees are being hired or fired. While each of these is either a triumph or a tragedy on its own, the numbers make up some rather fascinating statist...

Employment today looks a lot different than it used to. Employees, especially millennials and Gen Zers, no longer join a company and commit to it until retirement like many baby boomers did. While bab...

Businesses across the U.S. are increasing their starting hourly wage as the competition for hourly workers intensifies. Amazon recently announced that they will be offering a starting pay of $18 an ho...

The perfect hire is every recruiter’s dream—a dream that stays with them every time there’s an open position. Hiring the perfect employee enriches your work environment and culture. It’s also highly p...