Due to Covid19, restaurant owners are facing even greater manpower challenges. According to a Business Times article, it is estimated that around 150,000 foreign F&B workers have left Singapore. With businesses resuming and the lack of people who want to work in the F&B industry, manpower shortage has become an even greater challenge.
Here are some tips for overcoming manpower challenges
There are many students who are looking for part time jobs to earn some extra allowances or even finance their education. Rethinking your restaurant's job schedule for more flexibility will attract this talent pool as they have to juggle between work and school.
An example of this would be Jumbo Group of Restaurants, which have tapped into the part time talent pool, and even went as far as hiring part timers of suitable age and experience to successfully manage their outlets.
Many have the perception that hiring elderly to work in their F&B restaurants will slow down their operations. However, the older generation often bring vast job experience. Moreover, with rising healthcare costs and a fitter older generation, they are more motivated to seek employment even in their late 60s to 70s.
Therefore, providing training and employment opportunities to the older generation, and matching them with job scopes based on their abilities, will give your restaurant manpower a boost. A great example would be McDonalds.
In the past, an increase in business leads to restaurants hiring more to handle the high order volumes. Although restaurants like these may see an increase in revenue, they may not be as profitable due to rising manpower costs. A way to break the cycle of hiring more to handle more orders, is adopting a reliable QR Ordering System.
QR Ordering Systems place ordering back into the hands of your customers, by allowing them to scan a QR code and self order through their smartphones. This removes the need for manual table to table order taking and entry, which saves manpower and order taking time, allowing you to divert your existing staffs to focus on other important aspects of your operations.
As iMakan QR Ordering Systems is a PSG pre-approved solution, you will be able to enjoy 80% grant until 31/12/2020, before reverting to the original grant amount of 70%.
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