Beware the Fine Line HR Walks When Researching Potential Candidates Online

Finding the right restaurant employee used to mean checking references, analyzing work history and hoping for the best. But now, thanks to the ocean of information available online, prospective candidates are sharing more data about themselves than they may realize. So the question becomes, how deep should an employer look into information that a prospect shares online -- whether they know it’s public or not.

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Can I Get a Side of iPad to go?

This is very cool! A Sydney restaurant, Global Mundo Tapas, has replaced their old printed restaurant menus with iPads, allowing you to order your meal via touch screen device v.s. flagging down a hostess to find your server when you're ready.

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Stolen Statues, Identity Theft, and the Dine & Dash

A recent security camera video of 3 saggy-pants morons stealing a 300 pound, $6000 Big Boy statue (video below) from the front of a soon-to-be-open restaurant got me mad, and it got me thinking. I got mad because I know this is all too common an occurrence in restaurants. And I started thinking that with the struggles the restaurant industry has been through in the recent recession/depression, you as restaurant leaders most likely have seen an increase in theft in and around your stores. Is this true in your experience?

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"The Day the Dollar Menu Died" or "Obama, get out of my Wallet!"

I'm going to miss it. The Value Menu, Dollar Menu, call it what you will but I will miss it. Now that healthcare reform legislation has passed, I suspect my occasional guilty indulgence at my favorite fast food haunts will now cost me more.

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