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The Key To Attracting & Hiring the Very Best Candidates in Your Area

Our members report that their employee referral program is the most effective way to focus their recruiting efforts on attracting a much greater percentage of high-quality, A-player level prospects. This course will show you, step by step, how to set up a world-class referral program that will turn your team into an army of recruiters and provide a steady stream of the top job candidates in your area.

The Key To Attracting & Hiring the Very Best Candidates in Your Area

About This Course

Category:

Personnel

Recommended For:

Owners, Managers

Learning Time:

32 minutes

What You Will Learn

Even though many restaurants have reduced their staffing levels, most operators report there are still challenges attracting a sufficient number of job applicants, particularly "high quality" applicants.

They’re also reporting their MOST effective recruiting method continues to be referrals from their current team members. It's a formal recruiting strategy, called an “Employee Referral Program.“

In this course, you’ll learn how to set up an effective referral program. You’ll learn the best practices for rewarding participation, communicating with your staff and getting your people excited and engaged in referring their friends. You’ll even get an array of templates to quickly and easily create your referral program policy and communicate it to your team.

While any referral program is better than not having one, in this course you’ll learn several subtle but very important practices that can make all the difference in getting your team members actively looking for good candidates to refer.

  • How to motivate your team to WANT to refer friends to work at your restaurant
  • The most effective rewards and incentives
  • Creating your own Referral Program Policy is easy using our templates and checklist
  • How to announce and launch a new referral program
  • Key ways to maintain your staff’s interest and engagement in your referral program

Instructor: Jim Laube


Jim Laube

Founding RestaurantOwner.com in 1998, Jim is a seasoned expert in the restaurant industry. With a diverse background spanning from frontline roles to CFO roles, he brings unmatched expertise as a former advisor and CPA to independent restaurants. Having trained thousands of professionals on restaurant accounting and controls, Jim remains dedicated to developing valuable resources and training programs for independent restaurant success.

Section 1
The Key to Success: Participation
  • 1.
    Know Why Your People Stay
    4:26
  • 2.
    Communication is Key
    4:25
  • 3.
    The Key to Success: Participation Quiz
    1:00
Section 2
Rewards & Incentives
  • 4.
    Monetary Rewards
    4:22
  • 5.
    Other Rewards
    2:08
  • 6.
    Rewards & Incentives Quiz
    1:00
Section 3
Setup and Launch
  • 7.
    First Steps
    3:00
  • 8.
    Getting Off To A Great Start
    4:02
  • 9.
    Setup and Launch Quiz
    1:00
Section 4
Closing
  • 10.
    Summary & Final Thoughts
    3:53

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