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5 Ideas: Where to Find Top Employees

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You want to hire the best? So does everyone else. It’s not an easy thing to do and continually companies make hiring mistakes or struggle to find quality candidates. Hiring has its difficulties especially if your goal is to hire supreme restaurant managers and all you have is an hourly server budget to offer candidates.

So what can you do? Find the unpredictable talent.

Go against the grain and interview the candidates with resumes which are less than subpar. Find great talent not with the specific skills you need, but in character and work ethic – skills can be taught to complete task and drive your business forward.

Toss out the standard social stereotypes and find your next top hire.

 

Hire Military

You won’t regret an ex-military hire. The tried and true – trained up leaders are a hire which can adapt and will work hard. Whether you’re planning to hire a leader or were looking for a simple server, the military is one organization that places extreme emphasis on leader training and development.

An ex-military hire knows how to get it done – whatever it might be. They’ll be the ones to see the task through and make smart decisions whether involving only themselves or an entire team. Hire a veteran – you won’t regret the commitment to hard work they will bring.

 

Hire Recent Grads

You too were once the worker who didn’t have any experience and someone offered you that first job. Someone offered the chance and it was full on hard work to show that first employer you were a good gamble. New hires and recent grads are the young just entering the work force with eager hands and bright minds – you’ll gain high energy and enthusiasm by taking the risk on hiring the inexperienced.

 

Hire Post – Athletes

Similar to the recent grad, hiring a post college athlete might be your next best move. Every year approximately 400,000 student-athletes graduate from college and enter the job market. Athletes have worked within scholarship regulations and met national standards to compete in games. You’ll find these hires are self-disciplined, motivated, able to overcome defeat quickly and their heart beats to the rhythms of teamwork… who wouldn’t want to hire that type of character?

 

Hire layman Job Resume

You’ve seen the resumes and it’s fast food and warehouse job history – instantly you’re ready to put a pass on it…. But maybe not so quickly.

What are the skills you are really looking to hire? Good customer service? Attention to finite details? Teamwork savvy? The cashier at a worldwide fast food chain has been trained to display consistent customer service and the layman or warehouse worker has repeated the same processes over and over accumulating the ability to identify detail.

Don’t put a pass so quick on the unimpressive resumes from candidates.

Tips For Hiring

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Restaurants and commercials kitchens often have a high turnover rate of employees and making new employee hires and training is a constant chore for managers.

 

A few tips and basics can help to maximize retention and reduce turnover, which in the end reduces cost and improves productivity for the business as a whole.

 

When you have a job opening, it’s always best to spread wide the notice for hiring. Using a recruitment agency can help to maximize and reach the largest candidate pools and help you find the ideal next hire along with not sucking up all your time searching for top candidates.

 

Once there are candidates for screening, there’s a few key factors we know are best to look for – and here’s why!

 

Relevant Job Experience. The more time a candidate has had a similar experience, the less time they’ll take to train for superior work habits.  However, be sure and catch if their job changes are frequent  and the root as to why all the changes i.e. bad attitude, laziness, etc.

Salary Expectations.  Candidates who have reasonable expectations for compensation show experience and knowledge about the job/ industry. When candidates expect much higher pay and have to take a job that doesn’t meet their needs, the working relationship instantly begins under pressure and frustrations.

 References. There’s nothing more telling about a possible employee than what formers employers or co-workers think. Get in touch and ask questions that matter and will give good insight into the candidates past.

Set a positive example. All else goes wasted if during the hiring and retention process if  you yourself as a manager no not set a positive example.  Create the work environment that you would want to work in – high values, mutual support and respect, and a place that values constructive criticism.   A strong and positive work environment will reduce employee turnover and improve customer service.