New hires must complete an 1-9 form before they will be allowed to work. This is a federal form to determine whether employees are legally eligible to work in the United States and is intended…
Completing Your First I-9 Form
Your First Twenty Interviews: Build New Gettin’ Hired Skills
Think of a job interview as a first date with someone you think you might like... but you're not all the way sure. It is an opportunity for the hiring manager to get to know…
Smart Interviewing: The Art of Asking Good Questions
At some point in your career, you will hopefully be expected to interview and hire employees. And from your first job until your last, you will CERTAINLY be interviewed many times yourself! One of the…
Know What You’ll Do – Understanding Job Descriptions
The most frequent question young workers ask when starting the job hunt falls along these lines: “Should I take this job or work somewhere else?” They ask this question even when no one has OFFERED…
The Line Starts Here: Finding a Job While in High School
Looking for your first job - whether it is part-time or full-time - can seem like an overwhelming task. Finding a job is hard enough to begin with, but when you have not had any…
Legal Stuff: Limitations and Opportunities for Working High School Students
There are a LOT of laws which regulate how managers hire, employ, and terminate their workers. While most restaurants and restaurant chains have policies and procedures which closely follow the laws, it is not uncommon…
Marketing ROI – What it is and how to figure it out
Restaurant ROIs can be scary things if you don’t know what they are all about. Let me explain how ROIs are used to make marketing decisions in a way that doesn’t make you hate everyone.
Thinking big picture from the beginning: How to complete a SWOT analysis (on a restaurant which doesn’t exist yet)
Creating a SWOT analysis for a restaurant is a challenge – creating one for a restaurant that hasn’t even opened? That’s a real trick. Let’s me show you how.
Restaurant Marketing Jumpstart: The Basics
In order for your restaurant to make money, you've got to profitably provide a product (food and drinks) or a service (catering or event management) AND there must be a group of people who desire…
How to Keep Your Restaurant Making Money: Cost Control 101
What makes a restaurant a success? Is it the menu? Or having a dynamic chef? Or is it having an incredible front- of-the-house staff? All of these are important factors, but the bottom line is…