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HeadHunterBrian comments on How to Prepare for Typical Restaurant Manager Interview Questions

HeadHunterBrian — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:56:25 +0000

I appreciate the input frederickmyers1990@gmail.com.

interview questions comments on How to Prepare for Typical Restaurant Manager Interview Questions

interview questions — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:10:21 +0000

When you go to a job interview, you expect them to ask you questions, but more often than not, they will turn the tables on you and finish the interview by asking if you have any questions you’d like to ask them. What they’re looking for here is to see whether or not you care enough about the job to get clarification on the position and company you’re joining. Impress your interviewer by asking a couple of our sample concluding job interview questions.

Find a Restaurant Job comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

Find a Restaurant Job — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:23:37 +0000

These tips are great! For sure, these are the guidelines that will make it possible for chances of getting hired to be increased even at the time the resume is passed.

HeadHunterBrian comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

HeadHunterBrian — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:56:34 +0000

Don, thank you for your input. In response to your question, regardless of the number of talented people still out of work, the talent pool is shrinking as more employers are adding staff vs. reducing staff. As to your 2nd point, the simple math dictates that there is more (not less) incentive to hire the unemployed when there are fewer employed available to them as they continue to add staff.

Don comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

Don — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:19:20 +0000

Conversely, as these people are rehired into the workforce there is even less incentive for these clients to change their already shameful practice of avoiding hiring unemployed.

Don comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

Don — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:17:33 +0000

That is just wrong, how can the talent pool "shrink" when so many talented people are out of work? At any rate, any company that is unwilling to entertain my employment while I am out of work will certainly not be entertaining my money when I return to work.

HeadHunterBrian comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

HeadHunterBrian — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:29:50 +0000

Don, I don't specify that I will always pass on unemployed candidates because I don't pass on candidates solely for this reason. If my client will not accept a candidate from me who is currently unemployed, I will not refer them unnecessarily and waste the time of all involved. Many of my clients require that I recruit candidates who are currently doing a great job for their competition. That's why they pay me a fee. These candidates won't typically respond to their ads.

This practice, while not to the advantage of the unemployed, is certainly within the prerogative of a brand. However, as the talent pool begins to shrink as it is currently, those brands will likely have to adjust their preferences.

Don comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

Don — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 21:08:52 +0000

Why do you neglect to specify that you, and many of your associates, will pass on most if not all resumes from candidates that have been out of employment for more than a few months? Why is this practice encouraged or acceptable? Other than this omission, the rest of the article is informative.

Hitesh comments on How to Interview a Restaurant Manager

Hitesh — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:26:54 +0000

Great article!!! I find the above mentioned very useful.

Thank you.

Laurent Pousse comments on How to Interview a Restaurant Manager

Laurent Pousse — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:02:42 +0000

Thanks for the tips.

Always helpfull.

Regards

Kristin Schneider comments on Question Concerning Getting into Restaurant Management

Kristin Schneider — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:44:30 +0000

HI Paul --

You can also try the non-traditional side of the restaurant business. Companies like ARAMARK are great places to launch a career, have a professional environment to start off in, and lots of leadership and development training. Business Dining offers some of the best work/life balance in the food world! All the companies have websites to apply online with. I was recruited straight out of Hotel and Restaurant school at OSU but some of the best managers that I have worked with have Psych degrees like you do. Because at the end of the day... it is all about people, how you deal with them and inspire them to meet the goals.

-Kristin

Christipher Morimitsu comments on Question Concerning Getting into Restaurant Management

Christipher Morimitsu — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:02:18 +0000

Paul,
Good luck on your journey, be prepared. The best way to prepare yourself is to experience it all. Dish, Bus, Wait, Cook, as well as Manage. The more you know about the business, the better you will do. Become a pro with guest relations, realize the guest is what will make or break you. Above all, do not become greedy, treat your staff right. Be willing to clean with them, the more respect you have from them, the happier they are. The best things I have learned is, if at all possible, do not touch anything twice. It ends up costing you important time, and if you can teach your staff this, you achieved a great goal. If it is clean, keep it clean....It is easier to wipe something in a few minutes than to need to scrub buildup of months time. A good manager always knows their inventory. These are the best things I can offer you, good luck to your goal, I hope you make it far.

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Jim Washok comments on The Best Ways Restaurants Can Begin to Use Twitter

Jim Washok — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:05:34 +0000

Great advice, Mark...in 2009, and still rings true today. It's all about conversation. I think Twitter is especially great for restaurants to create "events"...buzz that resonates with a number of locals to show up and fill seats at times when business is normally low.

I'll add to your comment about using Twitter alongside other media, that when 140 chars is not enough, or you really need your audience to read and respond to your message NOW instead of hoping they catch your tweet in their feed at the right moment, you can augment your tweets with text messaging that allows for 160 chars and gets in customers' pockets within secs/mins. We playfully address this issue here: http://i.otair.com/misn20

HeadHunterBrian comments on How to Interview a Restaurant Manager

HeadHunterBrian — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:47:12 +0000

My pleasure, Sean!

Sean comments on How to Interview a Restaurant Manager

Sean — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:45:52 +0000

Great Post Brian, very helpful in preparing for an interview.

HeadHunterBrian comments on You're Kidding Me! - Interviewing Faux Pas

HeadHunterBrian — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:28:00 +0000

Thanks, Shelley. Sounds like they took being "relaxed" for the interview to the extreme!

Shelley comments on You're Kidding Me! - Interviewing Faux Pas

Shelley — Sun, 08 May 2011 00:25:58 +0000

I have done some phone interviews where, even though you don't get the body language, you get some very shocking behavior. I had a candidate continue to eat, smacking, yawning through the interview. I continued to ask if I should call back so they could finish their meal, and they said no, it was fine!

HeadHunterBrian comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

HeadHunterBrian — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:15:16 +0000

Sean, try listing your results and outcomes from your most recent position in terms that demonstrate the impact you can make in a restaurant management position. This won't be a magic fix but it may help.

Sean comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

Sean — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:52:13 +0000

Brian:
I am trying to re enter the restaurant industry after working in a diffterent field. I worked for a large chain in management for over 8 years before I left. I feel I am a very good candidate, but I think that recuiters are turned off by the length of time I have been out of the industry. I am very passionate about working in the restaurant industry and I would jump at the chance to re enter the business. What advice would you give me as far as structuring my resume ?

HeadHunterBrian comments on How to Interview a Restaurant Manager

HeadHunterBrian — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:16:29 +0000

My pleasure, Tom. Appreciate it.

Tom Clark comments on How to Interview a Restaurant Manager

Tom Clark — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:22:06 +0000

Great post..very helpful with great specifcs to make both parties proactive in their roles!
Thank you

HeadHunterBrian comments on You're Kidding Me! - Interviewing Faux Pas

HeadHunterBrian — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:29:02 +0000

That's a great one, Brandi! And dead-on! The tongue piercings and ear gauges are both a challenge.

Brandi comments on You're Kidding Me! - Interviewing Faux Pas

Brandi — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:19:26 +0000

This was entertaining, and sad, and in some cases unbelievable. But I'm suprised my husband's favorite was missing from the list - more than one candidate he's interviewed who's been infatuated with their own tongue peircing. Sucking, drooling and slurring his/her words. Yes, please come serve our guests, I'm sure they would love that. NOT! What ARE these people thinking?

HeadHunterBrian comments on How to Handle a Call from a Restaurant Recruiter

HeadHunterBrian — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:07:06 +0000

Nicholas,

Great question. There are several reasons a recruiter does not give out the client's name upfront.

1 - The search could be confidential and there could be somebody currently in the role who is being replaced.
2 - The client only wants their name revealed to pre-qualified candidates who match a particular profile.
3 - The recruiter will protect the name until they are comfortable a candidate is a match and is properly motivated to make a change.

Be upfront with the recruiter about the types of concepts and positions you'd be interested in hearing about and any decent recruiter will only approach you about those types of opportunities in the future. If they continue to contact you about irrelevant openings, you can always ask them to remove your name from the database.

Nicholas Sporcich comments on How to Handle a Call from a Restaurant Recruiter

Nicholas Sporcich — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:59:31 +0000

Brian, you mention that that many recruiters withhold the name of the hiring company. Why do they do this? I am very interested in who it is that is hiring because I do not want to pursue a concept that is not the genre that I prefer. Is is ok to ask what company is doing the hiring? For example, if I prefer upscale full service, but the job is a very casual coffee shop. It would be a waste of the recruiter's time to go on and on without that information Thanks for your informative articles.

brondolan comments on 6 Ways Your Restaurant Recruiter can Help You get a Higher Starting Salary

brondolan — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 03:58:42 +0000

it's important info...

- training in the future maybe can help for the big get of corporate!!

Jesse Hachey comments on What You Must Know to Get Your Resume Read by a Recruiter

Jesse Hachey — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:42:03 +0000

Excellent post as always, Brian. Very to the point and provides insight into how all headhunters work, regardless of industry or volume of resumes. Even if I look at just one resume a day - I still scan it this way.

I've found one particular technique that I've appreciated from certain resumes is the use of a "headline" that reads much like a newspaper and tells me precisely what you do - for example, in nice big, bold font, right at the top / near the contact information at the top "MIDSIZE RESTAURANT MANAGER" or "MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR", etc etc. This is something my eyes will snap to and tell me immediately what YOU consider your initial strengths to be.

This works much better, at least, than the resumes that I read and spend at least 15 - 20 seconds trying to figure out what that person's core competencies are. Frustrating much?

What do you think about that idea?

Pamela comments on You're Kidding Me! - Interviewing Faux Pas

Pamela — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:56:05 +0000

I actually had a candidate tell me that the music piped in at their last job made them suicidal and that was his reason for quitting...it was arts and crafts store. I kept interviewing for sheer amusement purposes...it was slow that day.

HeadHunterBrian comments on 7 Qualities and 9 Questions to Help You Select Future Leaders

HeadHunterBrian — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:12:14 +0000

I appreciate your praise, Bruce! Thanks for your input, Steven.