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Most conversations about restaurant turnover focus on what happens after the hire. The schedule gets changed without notice. The manager does not communicate. The pay does not keep up with the pace. The kitchen runs hot in every sense. All of that is real and worth fixing. But the most expensive turnover in food service…
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Seasonal hospitality businesses do not have a fixed headcount need. They have an occupancy curve. The American Hotel and Lodging Association reports that 65% of surveyed hotels experience ongoing staffing shortages, with properties facing occupancy swings of 40 to 60 percent or more between peak and off-peak periods. Tourist-area restaurants often need to rebuild 60…
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The hardest role to fill in the restaurant industry is not the general manager or the sommelier. It is the line cook. According to the National Restaurant Association’s 2025 State of the Industry Report, 59% of restaurant operators reported difficulty hiring chef and cook positions, the highest rate of any role tracked. Kitchen staff sit…
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In a single major metro market, over 500 server job postings compete for the same candidates on any given day. A candidate reading each one at two minutes per ad would spend more than 16 hours getting through them all. They do not read each one. They skim, look for a reason to stop scrolling,…
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Thirty days is not a comfortable timeline for staffing a restaurant opening. It is, however, a workable one. What separates a smooth opening from a chaotic one is not the number of days available. It is the sequence. Most staffing failures at new restaurant openings happen for one of two reasons: leadership arrives too late…
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Pre-employment accounting tests are fast, inexpensive, and feel objective. That makes them useful. It also makes them easy to misuse. A test that confirms a candidate can post journal entries does not confirm they can own a close cycle. Understanding the difference matters more than understanding the test itself. What Accounting Skills Tests Actually Measure…
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Not every finance gap needs a permanent hire. Some of the most costly mistakes in finance staffing come from treating every open role as a permanent position by default. The market does not reward that rigidity right now. Qualified finance professionals are scarce, permanent searches take weeks, and some of the work to be done…
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A CFO hire is not a recruiting exercise. It is a decision that shapes how an organization plans, reports, communicates with investors, and responds to financial pressure. When it goes wrong, the cost is not just a bad hire. It is a leadership gap at the exact point where the business is most exposed. Why…
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The accounting talent shortage has made one thing clear: if you wait for CPAs to apply, you will wait a long time. The unemployment rate for accountants and auditors was 1.0% in May 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. That number is not a hiring condition.…
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A bad finance hire is not a minor setback. It is a compliance risk, a reporting failure in progress, and a cost that compounds long after the person is gone. Most hiring managers know this. What they underestimate is how hard the search has actually become. The Talent Pool Is Thin. And Getting Thinner Finance…