1) Look for Passion Over Experience
Yes, experience is very important. But an inexperienced-yet-passionate server who is willing to learn and grow can often make for a better hire than someone who’s just been around for a long time.
Restaurant Staffing: 22 Tips for Building the Best Team
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Restaurant Staffing: 22 Tips for Building the Best Team
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Restaurant Staffing: 22 Tips for Building the Best Team
Your restaurant is decorated to the nines. Your bar is stocked with only the best. And your menu is a study in perfection. But even the best decor, liquor, and food in the world are nothing without the staff to serve it and show it off. Unfortunately, restaurant staffing is an oft-overlooked aspect of running a successful restaurant.
Getting the right person for the right job can help your restaurant stand out from the crowd by giving you a reputation for quality service. And that doesn’t just apply to the servers. Quality service includes everyone from the head chef all the way down to the dishwashers and everyone in-between.
How to Improve Your Restaurant Staffing
2) Lead by Example
Your behavior sets the model for everyone else’s behavior. If you want your front-of-house staff to treat the customers cordially and with respect, you need to treat the servers and hosts with that same cordiality and respect.
Manage Restaurant Staffing with Sling
Managing restaurant staffing is an important part of keeping your business on the road to success. Equally important is how you choose to conduct those management activities.
The Sling suite of tools can help you simplify and streamline your business and give you unprecedented control over the way your team works, including:
- Employee scheduling
- Labor costs
- Time tracking
- Attendance tracking
- Task management
- Communication
For more free resources to help you manage your business better, organize and schedule your team, and track and calculate labor costs, visit GetSling.com today.
- Jordan Van Maanen
