– by Jessica Fender Jessica Fender is an HR specialist with a long history of consulting, both with organizations and job seekers. Despite instant messaging and remote management platforms being popular communication channels, email is still a dominant choice for many HR professionals. According to HubSpot, over 4 billion people use emails daily, with… read more
Employers
The Restaurant Industry Gained 11,000 Jobs in November, Still 750,000 Short of Pre-Pandemic Levels
The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs data for the month of November, and jobs in the foodservice industry have crept up, but have not yet reached the level of pre-pandemic employment numbers. According to the BLS, the foodservice industry added 11,000 jobs last month, growing from approximately 11,540,000 industry… read more
The annual Women in Business summit is an incredible experience
Alejandra Gonzalez is the Director of Marketing at Pizza Hut Latin America & Iberia. This seasoned businesswoman started her career journey 21 years ago while in the middle of her bachelor’s degree. Her father had just lost his job, so Alejandra paid for her own education by working at a bank in her home country… read more
Now is the Perfect Time to Set New Financial Goals for Your Restaurant
The future is unpredictable. The presence of COVID-19 and its variants these last couple of years has certainly shown us that. However, it is still key—perhaps even more essential than ever before due to economic uncertainty—for restaurants to establish new financial goals that can help carry them into a lucrative future. It’s time to take… read more
What do Employees Want from Leaders Today? Don’t Guess. Ask, Listen and Adapt to Boost Workplace Respect
The Great Resignation seems to be gaining strength. A record 4.4 million US workers voluntarily quit their jobs in September 2021. Nearly 24 million US workers have quit since April. This situation won’t get better in the months to come. A global McKinsey study found that 40% of respondents are likely to quit in the… read more
Best Business Books 2021: Old man and the C-suite
Excellence Now: Extreme Humanism by Tom Peters (Networlding Publishing and un/teaching, 2021) Tom Peters is an older man in a hurry. In his short new volume, he tells us things he’s told us in his many previous books, and he insists we need to run out and do every one of them right now. He tends… read more
Employee Empowerment is Key to Work Culture
– By Sarah Philips via Indeed As we think about the future of work and take action toward changing it for the better, employee empowerment is an important factor to consider. Empowering workers by allowing them to make autonomous decisions and provide input can help create a high-performing team of confident, creative individuals who make… read more
The Labor Crisis
Yum Brands’ CEO: Culture Is What Will Get You Through a Tight Labor Market That labor crisis, by the way, has yielded an all-time high quit rate for restaurant workers. It has also driven operators to hike their wages in response, and average pay in the industry is now above $15 an hour for the first… read more
Unexpected Skills Great Employees Have
– by Ainsley Lawrence Ainsley Lawrence is a freelance writer with an interest in the way business, technology, and education intersect with the personal. She loves traveling to beautiful places and is frequently lost in a good book. All companies want great employees. Without them, a business isn’t likely to achieve its productivity,… read more
A Q&A with Sheila Bennett, executive director of CORE (Children of Restaurant Employees)
How this Nonprofit is Raising Funds for Children of Restaurant Workers in Need . . . . How this Nonprofit is Raising Funds for Children of Restaurant Workers in Need Sheila Bennett is the executive director of CORE (Children of Restaurant Employees), a nonprofit organization dedicated to financially helping the families of restaurant workers that… read more