Are You Considering a Career in Restaurant Management? These Top 5 Tips Will Help You Find Success!

Most hospitality professionals are honored when presented with the opportunity to move into a career in restaurant management. It’s a huge opportunity that can really take someone’s career to the next level. However, the newfound success will come with more responsibility and greater challenges. Here are the Top 5 Tips for restaurant workers new to…

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Is your company’s hiring process too long?

As companies vie to land talent in an already tight job market, they have to ask, “Is our company’s hiring process too long?”  The amount of time it takes for a company to make a hire is a barometer that discloses so much. It is an indicator of the culture, the organizational processes, and the…

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Be the Best Recruiting Firm

At Goodwin Recruiting, we want to be the best recruiters possible for our clients and our candidates. In fact, we have a set of Core Values we try to live by every day. On the top of that list is “Be the Best.” This is our commitment to you, every single day, to aim high in everything we…

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Restaurant Manager Interview Preparation Checklist

Restaurant Manager interview preparation is similar to many other roles but also has a few twists and turns that you would not normally expect in other interviews. Here is a great checklist to follow when preparing. Restaurant Manager Interview Preparation – Company Knowledge Make sure you have researched the company. Go online or ask colleagues you…

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Why Recruiting During the Holidays Is Important

Why recruit during the holidays  Recruiting during the holidays seems like it would be a losing battle, but it’s not. For many organizations, Thanksgiving through New Year’s marks the beginning of a specific period of business. Companies are deeply involved in the end-of-year wrap-up, including planning for next year, staff performance appraisals, and, yes, recruiting.  That’s right—recruiting in the midst…

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Interview 101: Where Do You See Yourself In Five Years? 

“Where Do You See Yourself In Five Years?” can be a dreaded question for interviewees. As you sit in an interview, there’s a great chance that you have already mentally prepared for this question. Or maybe not. Your brow may sweat as you feel a mental surge of anticipation for the long term. Knowing the…

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Unsung Heroes: Restaurant Recruiters Help Win the War for Talent

Restaurant Recruiters may not sound like they have the world’s most exciting or most challenging job, but you would be surprised. The current job market is historically one of the tightest, most difficult job markets ever. The number of jobs available surpassed the number of positions available in May. The industry is short 1.8 million…

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Who’s the Boss? How to Handle Questions About Past Supervisors

As you get the interview process rolling, an essential aspect that employers want to assess is how you have worked with past supervisors. They want to determine whether you have any issues with authority and to mentally evaluate the nature of your work style. Your interviewer may ask questions about your favorite supervisor to determine how well…

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Haunted by candidates “ghosting” you? There is help.

Are you haunted by candidates who are “ghosting” you? If you have candidates who do not show up for interviews or worse abandon an accepted job, then you have been ghosted.    Why is “ghosting” happening now?   Many corporate recruiters ask why this seems to be happening more often right now. The simple answer is that…

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