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Restaurant Manager Job: Behavioral Interview
This is the part of the job interview where a restaurant manager can practice. A restaurant manager knows the basic questions they will ask, Team Work and Leadership. The job interviewer will ask you ‘how’ you solved problems. This isn’t the place to talk about your education or mentorships. It isn’t the time to talk…
Read MoreThe Most Challenging Restaurant Industry Technology Trends of 2018
Every industry is being revolutionized by evolving and newly emerging technologies these days. Things are no different in the restaurant industry, and 2018 has seen some notable—and in many instances, challenging—tech trends that are changing facets of the business. While some technologies get cheaper over time, many introduce new costs that restaurants with notoriously thin…
Read More10 Job Interview Mistakes Managers Make
Managers are always working towards a better job. Your employer knows this, even when they are hiring you. The hospitality industry is no different, but being careless can stall, or ruin your career. There are mistakes that can keep you from reaching a six figure income, or breaking out of the entry level management positions.…
Read MoreHospitality Managers: Job Interview Mistakes
We’ve all seen hundreds of articles written for employees starting their career with redundant advice like ‘don’t show up late.’ The internet is full of basic information for anyone who is starting their career. What about people who are vying for hospitality managers jobs earning $75000 range, or higher. What are some of the things…
Read MoreWords To Never Say At A Job Interview – For Managers
There are several words and clichés used from the 70s, 80s, and 90s that when used in today’s job interviews will likely cause a manager to lose the job, today. Some of these phrases can label you as an unqualified management candidate. Their very use ‘slots’ you in the same way using words out of…
Read MoreWords Never To Use in a Job Interview
Any management candidate will tell you that it is hard enough to survive the job interview process without making blunders which can alter the meaning or intent of the message you are trying to convey. The problem is that there are many single words that are easily misunderstood, or create a personal perception in the…
Read MoreHospitality Management Candidates Frustrated With Job Interviews
The job interview is the most frustrating for a hospitality candidate. The hospitality management candidate is faced with one infuriating road block after another when they prepare for a job interview. Let’s take the housekeeping directory. They need to dress to impress for the job interview. By the time they are in a suit and…
Read MoreIs Blockchain Influencing Your Hotel?
Blockchain Influencing is a term that’s thrown around a lot these days, usually in articles about how this new technology is poised to revolutionize a particular industry. Well, here’s another one. Blockchain technology offers great potential to improve transparency, security, trust, convenience, and operations in the hospitality and travel industries, to the benefit of hotels…
Read MoreOregon Restaurant & Lodging Association Convention 2018
2018 Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association Convention Gecko Hospitality This year we are proud to announce our presence at the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association Convention. Gecko Hospitality has a long standing with many groups and associations across North America, and this adds one more! One of our top recruiters, Michael Chamberlain-Torres, had the…
Read MoreRestaurant Manager Job Interview: Soft Skills
We’ve talked about soft skills in this blog before, but it is important for management candidates to understand the difference between soft skills+ and ‘marketable’ soft skills. It is easy to list a lot of soft skills for managers, good communication, ambition, teamwork, dependability and candor. There is nothing wrong with this list, but it…
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