NvRA Welcomes Its Newest Corporate Sponsor – Patrice & Associates Hospitality Recruiting

Patrice & Associates Hospitality Recruiting announced this week a corporate sponsorship for 2010-2011 with the Nevada Restaurant Association (NvRA) to help carry out its mission to promote, protect and educate Nevada’s restaurant industry.

As the nation’s leading recruiter for the hospitality industry, Patrice & Associates can provide qualified, pre-screened candidates to assist restaurateurs with filling key management openings. Their new Nevada franchise will offer NvRA members benefits like a 90- day replacement guarantee, free ads on recruiting web sites, qualified management resumes for review, competitive rates, and much more!

Founded in 1989, Patrice & Associates has been a staffing partner with major brands in the hospitality industry longer than any of its competitors. Twenty years after opening its doors, Patrice & Associates is proud to represent many prominent restaurants, casinos, and hotels.

Stella Hernandez is the new franchisee in Las Vegas and is anxious to become a staffing partner with clients in Las Vegas as well as help hospitality managers find jobs. Visit Stella’s Website!

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.

Tim Jordan was a former Cracker Barrel General Manager who joined Patrice & Associates as a franchisee in Belle Vista, AR. Tim’s desire to help people find great career opportunities is evident by Hal’s testimonial below.

This is Hal’s picture and testimonial he wrote for Tim.

“ATTENTION….BUSINESS WORLD:  Recently I was seeking a career position with a company that would offer me benefits and a salary that would compensate me for the hard work and efforts that I had made in order to prepare myself for such a venture.   As luck would have it the economy turned sour and I was stuck in a dead end job with no benefits.

Who out there is with me so far?  I posted my Resume on the internet and began my search….not having much luck. Thankfully Patrice and Associates came to my rescue….in particular TIM JORDAN.

Tim found me on the net and checked out my resume and gave me a call. There was an opening with Ryan’s. Tim jumped in with both feet and the rest is history. Tim was relentless in his efforts in keeping the phone lines hot and doing everything in his power to set up the necessary contacts for me. Once the initial contacts were made and the interview was under my belt,  Tim continued to pursue and check with the Ryan’s folks constantly.

As time went by and I found myself becoming discouraged, as sometimes the interview processes can be long and drawn out, Tim came to my rescue offering moral support and professional advice on how to interview correctly as well as professional resume advice.

Eventually the position offer came through and it far exceeded anything that I had expected.  So to all those of you out there that are serious minded and ready for a career change.  My advice to anyone that is ready for that move is very simply that if Tim Jordan contacts you from Patrice and Associates sit up and take notice! This man is honest and has your best interest at heart.

Thanks, Tim for all your help.  I owe you more than I can even begin to put into words.”

Hal Robertson

It’s nice when other blogs are talking about Patrice & Associates.  Francorp is one of the top companies world-wide that help people franchise their business.  Here is what was said on their blog.

“When Patrice Rice came to meet us nearly a year ago, she had an extremely opportune situation.  Rarely, do we have a client that has numerous prospective franchises showing serious interest before they even franchise their business.

In Patrice’s situation, she provides a unique placement service for restaurant owners and managers.  She is essentially brokering top level restaurant management.  It helps the restaurant owner deal with a challenging situation and she has a great following from top managers that always have a “go-to” for new restaurant opportunities.”

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