I have opened a restaurant and I want some University or high school student to work in it so how do I recruit

Question

them want kind of questions should I ask them.

Answer 1

Go the nearest School or Colledge,and
talk to the Counselor ask them to post
your Help Wanted Signs. Get thier Parents
consent,ask them what hours they can work
and what's the least amount of pay they will
accept for the job. As Spot said High School
Sudents are iffy.

Answer 2

There's many places to recruit high school and college students. Often, you can place free employment ads in their school newspaper. Find out where they hang out, then place flyers with tear off phone numbers. Use some of the free classified ad sites on the internet, such as www.craigslist.com. A good recruiting program is key to finding the right employees. Without enough applicants to be choosy, you end up with the bottom of the barrel.

Deciding what questions to ask is also important. Kudos for realizing this. What questions you ask is going to be determined by the person you are looking for. The same internview questions aren't perfect for every business, because every business has different strengths and weakness. The key to developing a good interview questionaire is in identifying first the strengths and weakenesses of your operation and existing staff/management. Many owners and managers make the mistake of trying to find employees identical to themselves or other staff. This creates a talent base that is very strong in some areas, but dangerously weak in others. You should be concerned with finding employees that fill the gaps rather than finding employees who reinforce areas you are already strong in. There are some skills that are minimum standards, and should be present in all staff, such as a pleasant, engaging attitude in service staff.

When the strengths and weaknesses of your staff are identified, you will have a list of personality/professional traits you desire in an employee. Create your questions to reveal character traits in the interviewee that show whether these traits are present or not. Some points to consider:

* Do not ask questions that can be answered with "yes" or "no". The employee will always give you the answer that sounds best, and you will have learned nothing about them.

*The focus of an interview is getting the employee to talk. You can't find out about a person by spending 20 minutes telling them about your operation, then asking them "So, you want the job?". This is the most common interview mistake.

*Include some technical skill demonstration questions. Ask specific questions, such as asking a bartender, "How to you make a Long Island Iced Tea". If you skip the technical questions, it's easy to get snowed by an interviewee. However, technical skills should be less important that personality traits such as honesty or a hard work ethic. Technical skills should be identified on the job description for the position you're interviewing for. This is a good place to start when deciding on technical questions to ask.

If you'd like further help in developing an interview questionaire, please contact me.

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Answer 3

Post the job at the local college job board. (they have one, just call and ask). Ask what kind of service job experience they have. Somebody who worked for fast food restaurant would be good. I wouldn't hire high school students though.