Employee turnover is inevitable in any business, but it is especially high in the hospitality, restaurant and industrial food processing industries. How should the MN certified food manager prepare for surprise labor shortages, employees moving away or vacancies due to promotions or transfers?
Collect Resumes
Certified Food Managers in MN always looking for quality employees
A business should not turn away resumes when they are not currently hiring. Current human resource practices tend to still collect
unsolicited resumes from potential job seekers. In order to keep a roster of potential applicants should an unexpected vacancy arrive, applicants should not be told that they cannot submit a resume simply because your business is not currently hiring. Rather, the MN certified food manager should look at an unsolicited resume as an opportunity to build a roster of candidates that would be qualified for future employment.
Recognizing Potential Employees
It is not necessary for every resume that is submitted to human resources, business owners or floor supervisors to be saved. After a quick review it should be easy to determine which resume should be kept and which should not.
It is not uncommon for a manager to contact an applicant, even if they are not hiring. Managers should be on the look-out for stellar staff even when their employment roster is already full. If an applicant submits a resume with extensive experience in the industry, notes that they are ServSafe MN certified and has unique skills that would be an ideal fit, their resume should be saved and highlighted as having potential.
An extensively qualified candidate might even be brought in for an interview, even without a position available. During the interview, the candidate can be told that there are no current positions available, but you are interested in them for the future. There may even be a case where the candidate is too good to let go and a position could be made for them.
Keeping an open outlook on your staffing, even when there are no current needs, is a good preventative measure against labor shortages and will streamline the hiring process should you need to fill any vacant positions.
