It may be easier at the time to post one listing for ‘All Positions’ in need of filling instead of listings for specific positions, but will it pay off in the end? Probably not, and here’s why.
Let’s start from the top of the hiring game: attracting talent.
This begins with discovering your open job(s), which Sirvo strives to make as easy as possible; with our Search feature, candidates can simply type in a keyword and see all relevant results.
In most cases, the keyword will be a job title, which means that “All Positions” with no mention of actual positions won’t be shown as a result. This drastically decreases your chance to reach potential employees right off the bat.
Beyond the title, the description and requirements are even more important!
To make a smart hire in less time, attracting the candidates you’re looking for, from personality to skill-set, is a necessity.
The specifics you require for each position are must-haves in the job listing because it tells candidates exactly what you need in an employee, so they know whether or not they fit the bill. Without them, you’re more likely to receive applications from those who don’t possess the necessary credentials required to fill the position instead of those that do.
Plus, in the future, Sirvo will offer job-candidate matching based on how qualified candidates are according to the details in the job listing, but you won’t be able to take advantage without including specifics about experience, skills, and requirements.
When it’s time to review applications, let Sirvo help.
To make it easier for employers to hone in on qualified candidates, Sirvo provides an applicant tracking system, which assists in organizing and managing candidates.
Every job listing has its own ATS Inbox where, upon receipt, applications are stored by default. From that point, after reviewing applications, candidates can be moved to Qualified or Declined based on whether or not they are still in the running for the position.
This way, applications are automatically sorted by position, making it easy to review and compare candidates. This is also helpful if hiring is conducted by several people. All applications to ‘Position A’ are separate from applications to ‘Position B’.
However, job listings for “All Positions” will negate this first level of organization built into the ATS, making it more difficult to review and manage candidates for each position.
The bottom line: hiring for ‘all positions’ is harder than the alternative.
Although it may take some additional time up front to create job listings for individual positions rather than lumping them together, you’ll definitely make up for it when it comes time to review applications and hire.
Not only are you increasing the odds of engaging professionals that have the specific qualifications that you’re seeking, you’re also making it easier for you and your staff to manage the entire process.
It all boils down to making your hiring process as efficient as possible, meaning the resources you spend attracting candidates, reviewing applications, and ultimately hiring are just what’s necessary to find the right person for the right position.
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The Denver Business Journal recently published the article Hunt gets harder for restaurant help in metro Denver, describing the “borderline crisis” state of staffing shortages in Denver restaurants. As the “bright-white age of Denver restaurant expansion” continues with no end in sight, restaurant employers are having difficulty retaining and recruiting staff.
The reason, as Adam Schlegel, part-owner of Snooze and executive director of EatDenver, puts it, “there are far more restaurant jobs than people who can fill them.” And, this “crisis” is not just a local phenomenon. Similar accounts of hiring strife in Chicago, Boston, and Houston, to name a few, have hit the airways in recent months.
While restaurant owners are feeling the pressure, this increasingly high demand for staff has opened the treasure chest for the people working in the restaurant industry “who suddenly seem to hold the power.” It’s good to be a restaurant employee, and it’s getting even better.
Lots o’ job
In 2014 alone, the restaurant industry added more than 400,000 jobs nationally, making it the fastest growing industry in terms of workforce and there are no signs of slowing. More than 150,00 restaurant jobs have been created so far this year, keeping the industry on track to add the projected 300,000 jobs in 2015.
In Colorado, restaurant jobs have grown twice as fast any other industry in the state thanks to Denver’s restaurant boom. To give you an idea of just how big the boom is, restaurant consultant Jon Imbergamo estimates that for every Denver restaurant that closes, 4-6 new ones open.
Needless to say, there are positions available all over town. In fact, Schlegal estimates that a job seeker with service industry experience can get “five to 10 immediate expressions of interest after posting their resume.” The opportunities aren’t just limited to seasoned restaurant workers either as staffing shortages include host/hostess and other entry level positions.
Given the hiring hardships, restaurants are growing ever-more competitive when it comes to maintaining staff, which means growing incentives to keep people around. According to the DBJ’s Hunt Gets Harder article, employee wages, including starting pay, have increased by 15-20% over the last 18 months, with some restaurants going up by 40%.
But that’s not enough. As the choices of where to work grow, employees are becoming extremely selective to the point that they are looking for additional things besides a higher paycheck. Restaurants across the state, and nationwide, are offering new or increased benefits. From 401k plans to paid gym memberships to “kick-ass staff parties”, owners and operators are doing basically anything and everything to keep staff at their establishment.
Some restaurateurs are going out-of-the-box (literally) to solve their staffing woes by going outside of the heart of the city. Both Snooze and Steuban’s have ventured outside of Downtown Denver and opened locations in the surrounding suburbs. Not only does this enable restaurant owners and operators to tap into a new talent pool, but it also provides new job opportunities to the people who live in the area. No longer does working at a top restaurant mean commuting to and from the Denver metro area. Especially now that traffic is getting worse by the day.
The Takeaway
The restaurant industry is growing. So much so that the workforce as it is now cannot accommodate. That means that there are jobs available for the taking plus more money and benefits to those who seize the opportunity. Like I said before, whether you’re a veteran or just getting started, it’s good to be a restaurant employee.
During the past few weeks, Sirvo has gained a lot of momentum: winning ‘Best New Startup‘ at Denver Beta, interviewed on 7News Denver, and spotlighted on The Beta List. And we couldn’t be more excited.
“Sirvo is one of the few apps that I’m going to go along with saying could be a game changer.” – Keith Liles, Author
Not only were we thrilled about the (surprise) acknowledgement but stoked that the concept behind Sirvo was understood and the need recognized.
In the article, Keith talks about the staffing conundrum from his own experience working in the service industry before becoming a journalist:
“Traditional advertising of positions, waiting for people to reply to classifieds, conducting interviews… what a joke. There’s no time for that. The show must go on night after night. There’s simply no time to spare.
With so much migrating and flux in the workforce, Sirvo could really make lives better for everyone by streamlining the hiring process.”
Stephanie Maxwell talks Sirvo and what it’s like to start a business in Denver, named El Jefe onForbes list of Best Places for Business and Careers.
To get the inside info on what makes Denver’s business climate the best in the country, local news channel 7 visited Galvanize, a workspace for tech startups and home to Sirvo’s offices.
“I think what you’re seeing is today’s workforce is looking for places they can really blend work life and play. Denver is one of those places where you can do that,” said Ben Deda, Executive VP of Marketing and Business at Galvenize, a small business incubator in the city.
Another of those small businesses is Sirvo.
Founder Stephanie Maxwell created the business to connect service businesses with potential employees. Maxwell says many service businesses have high turnover rates and have trouble keeping their business staffed.
“I wanted to create a network for people to access jobs and I wanted to give businesses a very cheap and easy way to put their jobs online,” said Maxwell.
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Meet the new app that beat out Techstars darlings to win it all.
DENVER, Colorado (Thursday, July 23rd, 2015) – Sirvo, a new hiring app is the latest in tech startups to win the title of ‘Best New Startup’ at the Denver Beta Inaugural Event last Thursday, July 16th, 2015 held at the new Galvanize Platte Street campus.
The event, sponsored by Galvanize (@galvanize), Rocky Mountain Patent (@rmpatent), Parkifi (@parkifi), The Quandary Group (@quandarygroup), FullContact (@fullcontactapp), Built In Colorado (@builtincolorado), Lyft(@lyft), and Softlayer (@softlayer), showcased 10 Colorado startups. Attendees were asked to check out live demos and speak with each showcasing team, then vote for their three favorite companies.
“[Denver Beta] was our first demo event. We received great feedback and are incredibly thrilled with the results. At one point, there were so many people at our table that I had to stand on top of a chair to make sure everyone could hear what Sirvo was all about. It was awesome.”– Sirvo’s founder, Stephanie Maxwell said on Thursday.
Sirvo is a new hiring app aimed at helping companies in the service, hospitality and retail sector, who experience up to 70% turnover rate per year, manage their hiring workflow and talent acquisition. Many of these establishments still use Craigslist, open calls and walk-ins as their only resources to hire.
More About Sirvo
Sirvo is a new professional network and recruitment platform for the service, hospitality, and retail industries.
Sirvo combines professional networking, jobs, and applicant tracking to streamline the hiring process from start to finish. In doing so, Sirvo is hoping to create a community for service industry professionals of all levels and leapfrog the industry into the modern age of connectivity. With just a click you can: apply to jobs, organize candidates, message members and more.
“Sirvo is where you go to connect with your service industry peers, because whether you’re working, searching, hiring, or influencing within the industry, we’re all part of this dynamic community that is in need of a home base.” – Stephanie Maxwell, CEO & Founder
Sirvo is currently in beta and is free for all users for the time being. For more information and to sign up, visit gosirvo.com or email us at [email protected].
