{"id":5467,"date":"2021-05-06T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-gordon-food-service.pantheonsite.io\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T13:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T18:49:43","slug":"practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice the 3 R\u2019s \u2014 Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pressure to fill restaurant jobs is intense. Learning the secrets of recruiting helps you overcome labor shortage challenges to hire the skilled employees you need.<\/p>\n<p>Now more than ever, running a great restaurant takes a great team. You want people who are competent, confident and capable of executing the menu, promoting your brand and engaging with customers.<\/p>\n<h3>Starting down the recruiting path<\/h3>\n<p>The recruiting can\u2019t start until you know what you\u2019re looking for, so first ask (and answer) some basic questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What positions must be filled?<\/li>\n<li>What skills and attributes make a good employee in each role?<\/li>\n<li>What interview questions will reveal their strengths and weaknesses?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ideally, you want people who are collaborative, professional, hospitable, communicative and authentic. Find them by asking questions to gauge if they are punctual, humble, have a positive attitude and are quick thinkers.<\/p>\n<h3>Finding the best employees<\/h3>\n<p>Gone are the days when a \u201cHelp Wanted\u201d sign finds the best job candidates. Today\u2019s workforce, including those seeking a career in the restaurant industry, are looking for work online. To connect, try these sources:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hospitality-specific job sites\/apps<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are sources that actively recruit restaurant professionals, monitoring job search engines, building a database of potential employees based on traits you desire. Sites like <a href=\"https:\/\/therestaurantzone.com\/\">RestaurantZone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/poachedjobs.com\/jobs\/all\/everywhere\/\">Poached<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/culinaryagents.com\/\">Culinary Agents<\/a> can be a resource.<\/li>\n<li>Third-party companies have an online application process that analyzes behavioral and personality traits to help find people with qualities you desire. One such company is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traitsetinfo.com\/\">TraitSet<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Your website\/social channels<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital connections are already part of your business, so reach out to people who already love your restaurant to see if they want to join your team.<\/li>\n<li>Using your website or social media, you can link applicants directly to a recruiting site or hiring app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Local culinary schools or associations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Job boards and networking events at area culinary programs are a source of fresh talent and industry veterans.<\/li>\n<li>Your city, regional or state restaurant association can supply leads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Word of mouth<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact operators you know and tell them you\u2019re looking.<\/li>\n<li>Incentivize your staff by offering a bonus for bringing on a strong new hire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Co-staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider partnering with other restaurants to share employees. They get extra hours and experience, you get people with experience to be on-call or fill absences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Build your best restaurant team by knowing where and how to look.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":5468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthcare","category-running-your-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Practice the 3 R\u2019s \u2014 Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Practice the 3 R\u2019s \u2014 Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Build your best restaurant team by knowing where and how to look.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gordon Food Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GordonFoodService\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-05-06T20:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T18:49:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gfs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Recruiting-Staffing-760x400-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cody Rivers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@GFSDelivers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@GFSDelivers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cody Rivers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Practice the 3 R\u2019s \u2014 Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/","og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"Practice the 3 R\u2019s \u2014 Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting","og_description":"Build your best restaurant team by knowing where and how to look.","og_url":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/es-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/","og_site_name":"Gordon Food Service","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GordonFoodService\/","article_published_time":"2021-05-06T20:44:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-06T18:49:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":760,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Recruiting-Staffing-760x400-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cody Rivers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@GFSDelivers","twitter_site":"@GFSDelivers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cody Rivers","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/"},"author":{"name":"Cody Rivers","@id":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/#\/schema\/person\/8228686a3a3177cc28319b0a04b01174"},"headline":"Practice the 3 R\u2019s \u2014 Recruiting, Recruiting, Recruiting","datePublished":"2021-05-06T20:44:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-06T18:49:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/"},"wordCount":387,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/en-us\/ideas\/practice-3-rs-recruiting-recruiting-recruiting\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gfs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Recruiting-Staffing-760x400-1.jpg","articleSection":["Healthcare &amp; 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