B.C. restaurants are running on skeleton crews.
In the next 10 years, B.C.’s restaurant industry will be 300,000 workers short.
For restaurateurs, this means reduced hours of operation and scaled-down menus – decisions that cut into already thin profit margins.
This cheat sheet provides a brief overview of the B.C. labor shortage, as well as four powerful hiring strategies you can use to recruit new workers. In a tight labor market like B.C., changing your recruitment strategy can be the key to attracting (and keeping) top talent at your restaurant.