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AUGUST 2012
17Aug
2012
Management Tips  

A Tribute to Food and Restaurant Managers Everywhere!

We like food.  We need Food.  We appreciate those who provide it!

We Like Food | AGI Hospitality RecruitingChances were that during the first week of your life, people gave gifts of food to your parents.  Every birthday you had involved food like cake and ice cream.  When you went on a date, you went to a restaurant to eat food.  Important occasions of celebration (graduation, wedding, job promotion, etc.) were surrounded by the sharing of food.  When you were recovering from a surgery, food was brought to your home as a way to help you rest and heal.  And even when your loved-one died, food was a part of family and friends gathering around as support during a time of loss.  How long would it take us to create a complete list of times when food is a part of our lives?  Well, since it is daily, perhaps it might be best to quote a very famous toy spaceman, “…to infinity and beyond!”

This is why restaurants are in business – to provide food options for you when you want to eat for a basic daily need, during celebrations, times of healing, and time of loss.  Food sustains us, entertains us, rewards us, and comforts us.  We are fortunate to have so many opportunities to eat with so many food options and places that offer delectable delights to the taste buds.

Food is a basic thing, and quite frankly, the ultimate consumable!  More food is constantly needed.  Our bodies cannot preserve it for long; our organs process it for energy and nutrition, we eliminate the waste, and then we have to eat again. The food industry is really a great one to be in, isn’t it?  Guaranteed demand for it will always exist!

We want to dedicate this blog entry to all food-industry professionals – especially those who prepare our food and serve it to us in restaurants!

Restaurant Managers are very near-and-dear to our hearts because of their huge responsibilities in making sure the food is safe and satisfying to us.  Their responsibilities extend inward to run the operations management side that includes human resources, inventory, accounting, customer service, and work/safety standards.  The work is physically hard and intellectually demanding.  We also know that dedicated Restaurant Managers are there because they truly want to be there.  They like people.  Their self-worth is high because they know they are providing an essential part of human life – food.  Happy repeat-customers prove that they are doing things right.

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Talk to the Restaurant Manager

The next time you are in a restaurant, make a point to speak to the Restaurant Manager.  Tell him or her that you notice the great work they are doing for the company, their staff, and the patrons.  Remind them that their devotion and enthusiasm is appreciated, and tell them why you will come and dine there again.  They work many hours to make sure you have a pleasant dining experience, so why not spend a minute or two expressing your appreciation for their labor?  Your good words will create a positive ripple-effect of good things for everyone!

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TAGS: AGI Hospitality Recruiting, Restaurant, Restaurant Management, Restaurant Managers

14Aug
2012
Management Tips  

Have a Sinking Feeling? Let’s Change That to an In-Sync Feeling!

Career Advice about Sinking and Syncing

Your Career is not sinking | AGI Hospitality RecruitingWhy sink when you can be in-sync instead?  It’s all about how you hear and feel that homonym!

Homonyms are really interesting – two (and three) words can sound the same when spoken, and even spelled the same at times; but sounding and spelling alike doesn’t always guarantee they have the same meaning.  For example, will I sale a boat, or will I sail a boat?  My sail boat can be for sale, but my sale of the sail boat doesn’t have to be a good sale on the sail.  I can sell the boat, but I cannot cell the boat. The heel of my foot is not the same as how my foot’s heel will heal if I hurt it.  Should I ax or ask my brother about how he acts at my friend’s house? See how interesting homonyms can be?

Now let’s think about the words sink and sync.  If you through or threw (witch or which one?)  your sink in the ocean, it certainly would sink to the bottom!  You can wash your hands in the sink, but not in the sync.  However, you can wash your hands in-sync with your friend who is also washing his hands in the sink if you both do every motion together exactly the same – like a shadow is in-sync with you, or synchronized dancers are doing the same motions simultaneously as one body is performing.  By now, you are probably wondering why we are talking about homonyms here, right?  Well, we have a reason for this, so keep reading:

Many Restaurant Managers who are job seekers today feel like they are sinking rather than being in-sync with the job market.  If you are unsure about the future of the hospitality industry, hesitant to take action that will direct you to a better job with an improved quality of life, and trying to survive in an environment that isn’t your best-fit.  These aspects are certainly the culprit to why you feel as if your career path is sinking.

Instead, you would rather be in-sync with your career path.  What would that mean to you?  Perhaps it

Be in-Sync!

means that you want to network with others who know Restaurant Hiring Managers and their hiring needs for new managers; perhaps it comes in the form of relieving you of the pressures of knowing the best way to get your foot in the door and then knowing how to follow-through with each advancing step; and perhaps it feels like you are in control of your career-path’s destiny and your quality of life improves beyond your current circumstances.

In short, you will feel as if you are sinking when you are not in-synch with who is looking for someone like you with your skills to manager their restaurant.  Yes, you are being sought after for your skillsets and experience – the problem is that you don’t know who is looking for you, and they don’t know that you are looking for them!

If you have identified yourself as one whose career path appears to be sinking, we can offer you some hope!  We can help that sinking feeling reverse itself by serving as the bridge between you and your next career opportunity as a Restaurant Manager!  We are able to do this because we have successful partnerships with great companies that are looking for talented management professionals who can join their team and hit the ground running.  Smooth transitions like this are important so operations can still move efficiently without any hick-ups when a new manager is hired.  When restaurant patrons are unaware that a new manager has been brought on board, it’s really quite an achievement because there are no noticeable cracks that disrupt or threaten the dining experience.  While it’s very true that you can find your new job on your own without the help of a Restaurant Management recruiting agency, there are opportunities that you are missing because they are not posted to the general public.  Working with a recruiting agency, particularly one that specializes in an industry, will boost your resources for finding that best-fit job that belongs on your career path.

Let us know how we can help you get in-sync with what you need as a Restaurant Manager on the move!

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TAGS: hiring manager, job seekers, Restaurant Manager

06Aug
2012
Interview Tips  

What Does it Mean to be the “Best-Fit” for the Job?

Determining Your Best-Fit Job

Once a Hiring Manager selects your resume from among the hundreds or thousands of applicants, conducts a phone interview with you, then invites you to a face-to-face meeting to talk about the job, sometimes your excitement begins to wane when you realize that each next step will either be a chance to make it or break it.  Why is all of this necessary when your education, credentials, and job criteria have already been met successfully?  You are told that they want to find the best fit for the job.  Okay, you agree with that – but what exactly does it mean in their eyes?

Determing Your Best-Fit Job | AGI Hospitality RecruitingPerhaps if we put the best-fit concept within the same mindset that we use when we look for the appropriate pair of shoes, we might gain a deeper understanding of how Hiring Managers view it.  After all, one pair of shoes will not suffice for all occasions and purposes.  This is why closets overflow with them!  We have several pairs because sometimes we dress up, sometimes we play sports, and sometimes we lounge.

Let’s say you need a pair of shoes for a camping vacation.  As you walk into the shoe store, you see the large variety of footwear from which you will make your selection.  Does the campground environment call for a pair of flip-flops, tennis shoes, or high-heels?  If you plan on hiking, will a pair of rain boots be adequate?  What about a fuzzy pair of slippers or flat loafers?  Why not just go without shoes altogether and go barefoot?  If some of these suggestions caused a little chuckle, then that means you are beginning to relate to the verbiage best-fit in a work environment.  While we do admit that you can take along more than one type of footwear on a camping trip, we stand by the point that there is basically one specific type of shoe that will work the best in a rugged setting; and that is the hiking boot.  Why?  It’s because hiking boots support and protect the feet and ankles on uneven terrain, serve as a barrier between you and biting insects, scratchy and poisonous foliage, and surprised snake strikes.  Of course, if you are sitting around the campfire, you can change into footwear that is more comfortable; however, for the main purpose of the camping trip, the hiking boot will support you for the majority of each day’s activities.

Hiring Managers want to find the best-fit employee for their company culture.  Culture is the thing that is felt when you are there in the physical environment, how people treat each other, and the manner in which the workflow is done.  The company culture can be very quiet and slow-paced, very loud and fast-paced, very serious and structured, or very relaxed and non-structured.  This is a very short list, as there are countless combinations of elements to company cultures.  Each company has its very own uniqueness.  Actually, a large corporation could have its company culture defined; yet one location of that corporation can vary from another simply because personalities are distinctively different at every location.

At the stage when you will be evaluated as to whether or not you will be the best-fit for the job, Hiring Managers want to observe and determine if you can become part of their company’s dynamics.  If you are very shy and reserved, will you feel comfortable around very strong personalities?  If you are on the opposite end of that scale, will your overbearing tendencies be welcomed by the majority of very quiet employees?  If the company culture enforces strict policies and regulations, but you are the type of person who needs to be more creative and daring, will you find satisfaction or frustration at the company?  If the company is looking for an innovator, and you cannot tell the Hiring Manager about even one way that your idea made an improvement to a process, what will they conclude?

The only way that you can prove you are the best-fit for the company is to show up in-person and be yourself.  Hiring Managers already know the kind of employee they need, and they want to see if you are that exact person that will be right for the job.  Just like in the footwear examples, if they need hiking boots, they know that slippers will not do the job.  If they want flip-flops, they know that high-heels will cause issues that they don’t want.

It’s true that we all want to be the best-fit for the job; but the reality is that we cannot be the best-fit for every job.  In the event that you are not selected, you should not take it as personal rejection, but rather, they found another pair of footwear that fits better than you did at this exact point in time.  Take it in stride and know that you are the best-fit somewhere – finding it is the challenge.

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TAGS: hiring manager, job seeker

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