Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter

Funny thing happened this morning…. it’s a long an involved story so it may take some time for me to weave the tale and have it make sense for you…. but here goes.
There is an ongoing buzz in the recruiting blogopshere which I think was started by Dave Mendoza with his series of articles on [...]

Ok, so what does a restaurant recruiter and an HVAC recruiter have in common?  Well at first blush you might say, not much.  However I think you’d be wrong.  You see in the restaurant industry, not very many of the jobs we fill require a college degree.  I suspect that for an HVAC recruiter the [...]

This past weekend, we came through what is supposed to be the busiest shopping day of the year. Multitudes of people got an early start on their Christmas shopping. Much has been written on the consumerism that grips our population during this time of year.
I would like to suggest a different way, maybe a better [...]

from Nations Restaurant News
Wage-hike initiatives pass in six states
DENVER [Nov. 8] - Ballot initiatives mandating increases in the minimum wage were approved by voters in six states during Tuesday’s elections.
Despite strong opposition from operators, state restaurant associations and the National Restaurant Association, the minimum wage measures, which all tie future increases to the inflation rate, [...]

Ok, I didn’t post on Sunday for several reasons… but I plan to still reach the net effect total of 30 posts for November by posting multiple times on days when I have to miss. We drove quite a ways yesterday and our trip was lengthened by a rather nasty accident just outside of [...]

OK, it is possible that I have lost my mind, but I have decided that I could do something to help out restaurant managers by creating a little classified ad area for them to post jobs for hourly workers - for FREE! All you have to do is go directly to the CEC Search [...]