Recruiter Guy Offers Tips: The Follow Shift Interview – How to Prepare & Engage

Recruiter Guy Offers Tips: The Follow Shift Interview – How to Prepare & Engage

by | Dec 12, 2024 | Fun Facts, Hospitality Industry, Job Interview Tips, Recruiters, Restaurants, Service

When I was a manager running a restaurant in Dallas, my Vice President of Operations decided to add the follow shift to the interview process – My first experience was amazing – I could not believe what I learned spending 4 hours with a young man that wanted to work for us. Walking through the restaurant talking about operations and meeting the staff was so much more informative than sitting across a desk from each other asking questions in a robotic fashion – after my first follow shift I was hooked -and could...

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A Brief History of the Hospitality Pineapple

A Brief History of the Hospitality Pineapple

by | Jun 21, 2019 | Fun Facts

My parents used to live in Hawaii on a military base, where almost all of the door knockers were pineapples. I always assumed that the “welcome pineapple” or door and foyer adornments depicting pineapples, etc., had to do with the lively culture of Hawaii – wrong! I was delighted to find a much richer history when I did some digging. Today, pineapples are seen as a welcoming motif — their depictions serve as door knockers, bookends, and tchotchkes, and they almost always come in a hotel gift basket. There is even...

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