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Why the wellbeing of your team is of paramount importance to the success of your hospitality business – featuring: Amanda Scott, Compass Group – Recruiting in Hospitality podcast

Caterer.com People Awards 2021 winner, Food Service provider, Compass Group shone with their entry in the Wellbeing category. At a time when circumstances were difficult throughout the hospitality industry, Compass Group understood that the well-being of their people was of paramount importance. This is as much relevant today as it was then.

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How ‘Chefs in Schools’ are educating and inspiring children about the benefits of cooking their own food, and championing careers in hospitality in the process

Chefs in Schools’ mission is to employ professional chefs to improve the quality of school meals, whilst educating and inspiring children about the benefits of cooking their own food from scratch.

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Why chefs should consider changing careers to Food Technology Teachers

Hospitality skills are unquestionably transferable and for those thinking about a shift or new role, now could be the time to try something different.

One route available to chefs is teaching food technology and cookery in schools.

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The impact of Brexit and Covid on the UK hospitality workforce

You can feel the anticipation as the hospitality sector works towards reopening and away from Covid closures and restrictions. As the focus shifts to workforce planning and rebuilding teams, the impact of not just Covid but also Brexit is starting to be felt. Employers are looking at the roles and skills needed against available talent and considering how they build the high performing teams they need to deliver outstanding customer experience.

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How to engage the next generation of hospitality workers

On average, the majority of people working in UK hospitality are aged between 20 and 24, according to research carried out by the CIPD in their 2019 Megatrends report. As an industry hospitality is powered by young talent at entry level, with many seeing hospitality as a stopgap job, looking for opportunities rather than a career. What can the sector do to engage and retain its young workforce?

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Building a diverse and inclusive hospitality workplace for innovation and success

In part two of our Hiring Strategies sessions, Caterer.com lifted the lid on the importance of diversity and inclusion in creating dynamic, innovative and successful hospitality workforces.

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Long-term career development and progression opportunities are key to retaining hospitality recruits, according to research conducted by Caterer.com in November 2018

‘Invest in your people in order to retain them’ was the clear message to hospitality industry employers in a survey of 21,000 global hospitality workers.

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How to engage a diverse talent pool

According to research carried out in 2019 by Chron, part of Hearst Media, diverse workplaces are more innovative, have better retention, and score highly on job satisfaction and business success. How can hospitality reach out to young people from diverse backgrounds and encourage them to think about the sector as an employer?

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The importance of looking after your employees’ mental and emotional wellbeing

Good mental and emotional well-being are critical but how do you, as a leader or manager, make sure that your people are OK and, more importantly, should responsibility for your employees’ health and well-being rest with you?

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75% of hospitality employees say pressure in the workplace is their biggest cause of stress, according to research conducted by Hospitality Action in 2018

In the UK last year 526,000 people suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, with 12.5 million working days lost, according to The Health & Safety Executive Labour Force Survey.

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How to decide if your hospitality business should run an apprenticeship scheme

Over 21,000 people undertook hospitality apprenticeships in 2017-2018 and that number is set to grow as employers recognise the value to their businesses of implementing apprenticeship programmes.

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Leading with empathy and compassion makes difficult situations easier to manage, which ultimately increases the bottom-line

Leadership is a choice, not a job title, but with so many leadership styles to adopt, what really makes a leader stand out?

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How to engage the next generation of hospitality workers

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Building a diverse and inclusive hospitality workplace for innovation and success

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All in Managing people

Why the wellbeing of your team is of paramount importance to the success of your hospitality business – featuring: Amanda Scott, Compass Group – Recruiting in Hospitality podcast

How ‘Chefs in Schools’ are educating and inspiring children about the benefits of cooking their own food, and championing careers in hospitality in the process

Why chefs should consider changing careers to Food Technology Teachers

The impact of Brexit and Covid on the UK hospitality workforce

How to engage the next generation of hospitality workers

Building a diverse and inclusive hospitality workplace for innovation and success