TL;DR
Pita Pit has sped up its hiring process to attract and onboard the best candidates, moving from multiple interviews to hiring within one to two days. The company's corporate store division director, Courtney Beach, oversees 19 locations and notes that hiring is a major problem for most of her managers.
“I’m in charge of 19 locations,” said Courtney Beach, director of the corporate store division for Pita Pit. “18 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 by trying to move from the interview to the 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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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on November 21, 2016. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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