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Restaurant Business: Pita Pit Shares Best Hiring Practices
The fast casual giant shares their hiring strategy for attracting, and keeping, top talent.
In today's job market, many restaurant brands have hiring as a top of mind priority.
“I’m in charge of 19 locations,” said Courtney Beach, director of the corporate store division for Pita Pit. “Eighteen of my 19 managers would say hiring is their biggest problem.”
In order to attract and onboard the best candidates, Pita Pit has sped up its hiring process and tries to move from the interview to hiring process within one to two days.
"Five years ago, Pita Pit operators would’ve conducted at least two rounds of interviews," Beach told Restaurant Business. "Now, corporate is telling franchisees to hire promising candidates on the spot and get them onto the next schedule."
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FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
