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Friday, May 04, 2012 by
The People Report Workforce Index, which measures market
pressures on restaurant employment, rose in the second quarter of
2012 to its highest level since 2007, an indication that operators
will continue to face challenges regarding recruitment and
retention.
The Workforce Index, based on surveys of restaurant human
resources departments and recruiters, stood at 69, about six points
higher than in the previous quarter. It was the Workforce Index's
highest reading since the first quarter of 20...
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012 by
Twitter is the second most popular social network with
more than 1 billion tweets happening every single day. Tweets
similar to text messages written in 140 characters or less. With so
little characters, Twitter and its language its extremely simple
yet complex.
In this webinar, we'll discuss why Twitter is the
preferred method for sharing breaking news and information and has
broken news stories like the raid on Osama bin Laden, the death of
Michael Jackson, and coverage of the revolutions...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012 by
Position: Sales & Marketing Leader for People Report &
Black Box Intelligence
Our business is growing rapidly and we need to add another
rockstar to the team! If you are an experienced sales leader, who
can at least be friends with marketing, have read the last three
books by Seth Godin, really "get" moving flywheels & ringing
cowbells, make bets with yourself on an hourly basis, consider
yourself a CRM guru, and can't spell "personal assistant", you may
want to read the rest of t...
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Thursday, February 09, 2012 by
Dallas,TX - February 7, 2012 - Black Box
Intelligence™(BBI), the leading provider of financial and market
data for the restaurant industry, tracking 73 distinct brands, over
12,000 units and reporting weekly in 107 DMAs, announced today the
release of a ground breaking iteration of the weekly traffic
dashboard, Transaction Compass. The comprehensive Sales
Intelligence™ suite now includes a dashboard that allows the user
to layer sales, traffic, and check averages (in both dollars and
percent...
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Thursday, February 09, 2012 by
Take 5 with People Report, where we take 5 minutes to ask 5
questions to industry executives and HR leaders to get their
insight into workforce issues and best practices.
Today's Guest: Louis Basile, CEO and Founder of Wildflower
Bread Company
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 by
1. Aligning people to business objectives. "If you manage your
people really well and give them the chance to do something they
are really good at and align them to the business objectives, it
becomes a win-win," says Kathy Kolbe, founder of Kolbe Corp. and
creator of the Kolbe A Index, used in selection, leadership and
team building.
2. Communicating to employees in a clear, concise manner. "It is
very important to help employees understand the business reasons
behind decisions. Many emplo...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 by
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short version of Wally's video
Black Box CEO Wallace Doolin sat down with People Matter to
discuss the four major drivers in transformational change that we
all deal with in our work lives and personal lives. Wally's wisdom
has also been featured in a Transformational Change Infographic
created by the People Matter Institute which you can find here.
Download the People Matter Institute
Infographic
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full version of Wally's video
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Monday, November 07, 2011 by
Peter Romeo, Editor At Large for Restaurant Business magazine
and its affiliated media, the Restaurant Leadership Conference and
MonkeyDish.com, posted an article about his experience at the 2011
Best Practices Conference hosted by Black Box Intelligence and
People Report.
Before I shelve the program guide...
Some final thoughts on last week's People Report Best Practices
Conference:
The meeting has emerged as one of the industry's major
conferences, and this year's gathering proved the a...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011 by
The Nation's Restaurant News posted an article covering our
latest People Report Workforce index, our barometer of market
pressures on restaurant employment. The index dipped in its
fourth-quarter report and continued to indicate restaurant
operators are seeing challenges for recruitment and retention.
Looking at third-quarter staffing levels and expectations for
the rest of the year, surveyed operators showed turnover was
relatively flat, but that expectations for job vacancies and
recruit...
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Friday, October 14, 2011 by
Black Box Intelligence™(BBI) the leading provider of financial
and market data for the restaurant industry, covering over 10,000
units and reporting weekly, released their Restaurant Industry
Snapshot today containing sales performance and trends for the
month of September. Additional snapshot metrics include job growth
and turnover numbers, provided by sister company People Report™,
and the Restaurant Industry Willingness to Spend Index, provided by
Connecticut based partner, Consumer Edge ...
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