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What Should a Hospitality Job Board Offer Employers?
Hospitality Job Board A hospitality job board should do more than provide a place to post a position and collect applications. Mis en Place syndicates job posts for independent restaurants every day, and I've helped design and build technology to strengthen the...
Restaurant Job Seekers: What Do You Want from a Job Board?
Restaurant Job Seekers: What Makes a Better Job Board? Job Board Restaurant job seekers have a ton of options to help them find a new position. They can search large job boards, hospitality-specific sites, restaurant websites, social media, Google, and local groups....
Restaurant Job Post Checklist: Before You Post
Restaurant Job Post Checklist: What to Know A role opens at a restaurant, and the go-to reaction is to post the position as quickly as possible. But before choosing a job board or writing the job post, a Restaurant Job Post Checklist can help you define exactly what...
Employer Interview Prep: A Restaurant Hiring Guide
Employer Interview Prep: Hiring Is Hospitality I approach employer interview prep with the same principle that guides good service: make people feel welcome, comfortable, and prepared for what’s to come. We put a great deal of thought into the guest experience....
Front-of-House Interview Prep | What Recruiters Look For
Front-of-House Interview Prep Front-of-house interview prep is one of my favorite topics to write about. I've spent years having conversations with restaurant professionals. It’s the part of my work that keeps me on my toes because in this industry, the unexpected is...
Back-of-House Interview Prep | What Recruiters Look For
Back-of-House Interview Prep Back-of-house interview prep isn't about memorizing the right answers. It's about helping an employer understand who you are, how you work, and whether you're the right fit for the role. One of the most rewarding parts of recruiting is...
Memorable Service Experiences in Hospitality
Memorable Service Experiences Define Hospitality Memorable service experiences often reveal more about hospitality than any definition ever could. "How would you define good service? Can you give me an example of a time when you had great service and why it was great?...
Technology Changed Hiring: Did Restaurants Change?
How Technology Changed Hiring for Restaurants Technology changed hiring, but many employers are still trying to solve hiring challenges using assumptions formed before candidate behavior, communication habits, and decision-making changed. Recently, I discussed...
Restaurant Hiring and Retention: 16 Years of Recruiting Insights
Restaurant Hiring and Retention: 2026 Mid-Year Report After 16+ years of running Mis en Place, I've had thousands of opportunities to observe that restaurant hiring and retention challenges are often more complicated than they appear. Over time, I've learned that what...
Identifying Employee Potential: Promoting From Within
Promoting From Within: What to Evaluate Identifying employee potential is one of the most important parts of promoting from within. Most restaurant promotions begin with good intentions. However, identifying employee potential requires looking beyond current...
Restaurant Management Structure for Growth & Stability
Restaurants Need Structure and Support Restaurant management structure helps restaurants operate more effectively when support and structure work together. Employees need support, fairness, communication, and clear expectations. At the same time, restaurants need...
Effective Restaurant Leadership Builds Trust
Effective Restaurant Leadership Most restaurant employees decide whether leadership is effective based on repeated operational experiences, not titles or authority. They notice it during pre-shift meetings, during difficult conversations, during busy service, and in...
Hospitality Resumes: Red Flags and Green Flags
Hospitality Resumes That Highlight Movement Many hospitality workers have more experience than their resumes reflect. At first glance, someone who has worked in multiple restaurants over several years may appear highly experienced on paper. But in restaurant...
Why Restaurant Employees Stay Quiet During Training
When Restaurant Employees Stop Asking Questions You can usually see when restaurant employees stay quiet in the first few shifts. A new hire asks a question.Then they ask another.Eventually, the questions stop. Not because they suddenly understand everything. Usually,...
Restaurant Employee Early Turnover: What It Means
Why Restaurant Employees Quit During Training Restaurant employee early turnover often starts before the first shift. Hiring may fill a role, but early experience determines whether someone stays. Operators often believe the challenge ends when a candidate accepts the...
Restaurant Manager Accountability and Hard Conversations
Why Restaurant Managers Avoid Hard Conversations Restaurant manager accountability often starts with the conversations leaders delay. Most restaurant managers do not avoid hard conversations because they do not care. They avoid hard conversations because the operation...
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