7 Traits of Confident Managers

Managers who exude confidence give employees a sense of security. Some ways to project confidence include maintaining direct eye contact, good posture, positive facial expressions and a professional appearance. Those practices convey someone who is composed, secure and trustworthy. One of the most important ways to communicate confidence is through […]

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Food Donations Basics

Surplus to service: Food donation basics Many restaurant operators hate to throw away food when they know thousands of people go hungry. But they don’t know always know how to get their surplus food to charitable organizations that feed the hungry. National Restaurant Association partner Food Donation Connection offers services […]

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Restaurant Performance Index Hits 10-Month High

The RPI – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 101.0 in April, up 0.4 percent from a level of 100.6 in March. Driven by higher same-store sales and an improving outlook among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant […]

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Florida hospital certifies healthier quick-service menu items

Two Panera Bread items, including the Power Chicken Hummus Bowl, were certified by the Healthy 100 program. Hospitals and national quick-serve chains may seem odd bedfellows, but a new program in Orlando is pairing the two in an effort to promote healthy meals. The Healthy 100 program from Florida Hospital […]

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The Best Interviewers Get the Jobs!

It’s the job seeker who interviews best who is getting job offers in this competitive market.  You may have the perfect credentials, but if you don’t ace the interview and click with the interviewer, chances are the job offer will go to someone else.  Too often, job seekers think it’s their […]

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Restaurant Industry Job Growth Hits 17-Year High in 2012

GREAT article in QSR Magazine that totally validates my believe in the direction and growth of the Hospitality Industry! The restaurant industry added jobs at double the rate of the overall economy in 2012, and the National Restaurant Association (NRA) expects this trend to continue in 2013. Eating and drinking […]

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Patrice & Associates Hospitality Recruiting can help answer your prayers of finding a job.

Shari...(as well as every contact with Patrice & Associates.)...has always been very professional, knowledgeable, insightful, and deeply focused on gaining success for the Candidate.  Shari looked deep into my skill sets to match me with Companies she knows are seeking my specific talents; and she was very helpful in coaching me on how to present myself in the most favorable ways to the Employer. She did this with a resume and skill review as well as, rehearsals and reminding me of the important points. She also represented The Patrice Group extremely well, and I will also use Patrice & Associates as my search firm when I need to hire managers.  By the way, I DID get HIRED, and I know I was blessed by Lord God Jesus Christ, to have Shari and Patrice & Associates help me! Joseph Abrahams
"I was blessed by Lord God Jesus Christ to have Patrice & Associates help me."

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