Have a plan in place before your restaurant opens to ensure the successful hiring of great restaurant employees. You want the people working for you to be dedicated to the success and reputation of your new restaurant. The number of employees you hire depends on the size of the restaurant, the hours of operation you intend to keep and also how many positions you require to fill.
By offering a good wage and benefits to your employees, it is more likely that you will find hard working, dedicated ones. Happy employees are great employees.
When you’re ready to hire employees for your restaurant before it opens, place an ad in a classified section of your newspaper or online agency. Mention in the ad what skills and experience you require and what characteristics you desire in a person. For example, they have to be pleasant, able to work hard and get along well with other employees and be customer friendly. If they are successful in obtaining an interview you can further screen them for appropriate skills and personality traits.
Always place an ad at your local employment office. They will post the restaurant job online in the job bank section. There are many qualifed unemployed restaurant workers who are ready and willing to work hard and take pride in working at a new restaurant.
If you’re interested in hiring a student, you could contact any of the high schools in the area. Many students are looking for a job after school or on weekends. Many post secondary schools have job posting boards where potential employers can put up their job advertisements. Another idea is to investigate potential chefs or cooks at a culinary college.
If you still feel you need extra help in your restaurant once it has opened, try getting referrals from your present employees. A lot of times a recommendation from an already good employee can be better than a written advertisement.
Try placing an advertisement in your restaurant window stating that you will be looking for new employees in the near future. Put a date, time frame and telephone number when to drop off the application and then you can be sure the hiring process will run smoothly.