Tips For Selecting Employees While Starting A Food Catering Business

| Sunday, July 21, 2013
By George Dodson


You must be very careful about the kind of people you want to hire for your business since the people you hire can make or break your business. So whatever common people make out about the catering business but you must know very well that it is a very specialized business that requires people with a particular mindset. Anyone can strap an apron and cook food but there is lot more to the catering business than meets the eye.

In addition to having the knowledge of cooking, the people you employ should have good manners and etiquette to properly handle earlier customers as well as impress and attract new ones. So you must follow certain guidelines to differentiate and hire candidates that will be perfectly suited for your business from those that don't really care..

While there is no bar in recruiting inexperienced people in any job in the industry, it would be prudent not to do so since you yourself are a new entry into the field. Since your initial weeks in the business would decide your future in the business, this may not be the suitable time to take an inexperienced novice and train him or her. You would definitely need the able assistance of a well experienced staff members to ensure that nothing goes wrong in those first days and help you to tide over in case something goes wrong.

There is always a tendency for the job applicants to misrepresent facts in their resumes whenever they apply for a new job to impress the employer, and so you should not believe everything given in the job application. It would be advisable to go over each and every fact given thoroughly even if they seem unimportant, as it might cost you dearly later. In case the applicant has mentioned previous places of employment it would be wise to do some verification from the previous employer.

While interviewing the prospective candidates prepare an questionnaire which would reveal their capabilities and aptitude. Ask them about the value of team work and whether they play any sport and important a role team work played in winning or losing.

Also ask the person to sell any well known product to you to check their marketing skills. Check out if they can think on their feet- ask them for candy buffet ideas in black and red. See if they can come up with a unique answer. The way they dress and the body language and attitude displayed during your interview would reveal their ability to impress get the confidence of your customers.




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