The December Franchise class was our largest class to date!  Patrice & Associates sent 4 trainers to make sure everyone received all the attention they needed.

Please visit our FlickR account to see additional pictures and the names of all those attending.

This was a fun class! So many different backgrounds and so much excitement and enthusiasm filled each day with electricity.   Paul Podolsky from Career Builder flew down from Chicago to provide the class with advanced training.  He then treated us all to Happy Hour and Dinner. Thanks Paul!

Our training class was at the  Hilton Atlanta-Marietta Conference Center.  The combination of a historic location combined with great meeting accommodations and an extremely friendly staff made our stay not only productive but fun.

I am dedicated to providing the highest quality training to franchisees that join P&A.  We do not just train you for two weeks and wish you luck.  New franchisees receive:

• A week of virtual classroom training.
• A week of training at our conference center where you will be doing the actual job of recruiting with trainers by your side coaching you through each step in the process.
• The next 30 days consist of daily support and development by phone in areas such as lead generation, creating dynamic resumes, preparing your candidates for their interviews and developing client relationships.
• We  travel to your location, at our expense, to work one-on-one with you for 3 days to identify any areas requiring additional instruction.
• The next step is teaching you how to develop your territory and clients as well as marketing and social networking.
• We provide virtual training sessions weekly for the benefit of the entire Patrice & Associates organization.

My Mission Statement not only applies to candidates but also to my franchisees. 

Recruiting is not about money, it is about helping people.

A fast food restaurant manager went to the extreme in training his staffers on how to handle a hold-up situation: his method scared paying customers and earned a serious reprimand from local police.

A manager of  a Sonic in St. Joseph, MO recently staged a lunchtime mugging, recruiting someone to enter the restaurant with a real-looking toy gun and hold it to an employee’s head. Problem was, employees weren’t the only ones taken by surprise: When authorities received frantic reports from panicked customers of a potential hostage situation, they sped to the restaurant to resolve it.

“The officers quickly determined this was a training exercise,” the St. Joseph  police  commander Jim Connors recounts. “We forcefully got the message across that’s not expected behavior.”

Sonic did not return calls and e-mails seeking comment, so it’s unclear whether the manager was following a corporate directive. Connors reports the St. Joe police also contacted Sonic in the wake of the incident, but have not yet received a response.

No arrests were made in conjunction with the pseudo-crime.

Fast food restaurants are frequently targeted by robbers: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, dozens of fast food workers are killed every year, usually in the course of late-night armed robberies. Asked whether St. Joe’s fast food restaurants have been plagued by violent crime, Connors said “No.”

 
“If you’re going to do this,” he added, “At least do it when customers aren’t there.”