Restaurant industry leader, Andrew Feghali, PhD has joined as a formal advisor. Dr. Feghali will work closely with the LANDED executive team to achieve growth across the restaurant industry.
Read articleIn today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Vivian Wang, CEO of Landed, an end-to-end recruitment platform that’s raised over $8 Million in funding, about why personal growth and career development isn’t only for the upper echelons of the corporate world, and the aspirational vision that millions of blue collar workers across America and beyond have for their future.
Read articleLANDED, the first end-to-end recruitment engine for the restaurant and hospitality industries, announced today that restaurant industry leader Michael Beacham has joined as a formal adviser. Beacham will work closely with the LANDED executive team to help formulate and refine company strategy as it seeks to expand its footprint in the restaurant industry.
Read articleSpeed is the name of the game. Show your candidates that your operation is a safe place for life to happen.
Read articleIn today’s market, it seems that just about every restaurant is hiring. Job candidates have their choice of any number of open positions – and the most qualified applicants get snapped up fast.
Read articleIf you invest upfront to craft job descriptions carefully, you’ll save time later. When looking for employment, most young people turn to online job boards and social media outlets like Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok.
Read articlePre-dating the pandemic, hiring has challenged the restaurant industry for years. But today’s climate has left operators competing for talent like never before.
Read articleA new survey from restaurant and hospitality recruitment platform LANDED found that 67% of blue collar workers have looked for a new job in the past year. Yet high turnover rates in these industries mean that employers will have to do some heavy lifting to get them to stay.
Read articleThis week we talk to LANDED founder and CEO Vivian Wang who is on a mission to connect blue-collar workers with high-quality job opportunities. Landed handles the hiring process from recruiting to vetting to setting up interviews and facilitating a feedback loop for the general managers to make their workplaces more desirable.
Read articleVivian Wang is the Founder & CEO of LANDED, which offers a turnkey technology solution to help hourly workers land restaurant jobs while helping restaurants find top-notch players for their teams. After graduating from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, Vivian worked in roles ranging from advising European central banks on financial markets strategy at BlackRock and launching the Asia & EMEA markets at real estate tech company, Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR), to leading special projects for the C-suite at Gap, Inc., owner of Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Athleta, and Intermix. In the following interview, Vivian shares her story, which includes launching the company just days before restaurant shutdowns occurred due to the global pandemic, and also her perspective on how technology can help alleviate the worker shortage challenges that so many restaurants face today.
Read articleThe restaurant industry is experiencing an unprecedented labor shortage. In the face of this, fast-growing bartaco is opening an estimated 10 new locations in the next couple years, each needing dozens of new staff members. To fill its pipeline and hire faster, bartaco took two important steps: creating a compelling new employer brand designed to make it an employer of choice in the markets it serves, and leveraging technology to quickly identify the best candidates and be the first employer to get an interview and make an offer. These tactics have helped bartaco double its hiring rate in recent months. In this event, Jamie Starner, Director of Talent Acquisition at bartaco and President of the Restaurant Recruitment Roundtable, will share: - What led the company to focus on its employer brand - The steps it took to do so - Which facets of that brand have been most appealing to candidates - Which approaches and technology tools the company has found most helpful in accelerating hiring in the current labor environment
Read articleOne operator previously spent up to three hours on recruiting each day.
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