Finding and Keeping Great Employees
For those of you tasked with finding new candidates to fill open roles in your brewery, you know just how challenging it is to replace a great employee in today's labor market.
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Human resources are vital to the success of breweries of all sizes. From recruiting, hiring, training and retaining your work force, to employee engagement, and even succession planning, the resources in this section will help you to establish standards for your brewery in this uniquely challenging industry.
For those of you tasked with finding new candidates to fill open roles in your brewery, you know just how challenging it is to replace a great employee in today's labor market.
In this excerpt from Crafting Brewery Culture, the author discusses the benefits of cross-training your staff to improve operational efficiency and stay adaptable.
Back in the day, all you had to do to make the customer happy was to hire a smiling local to offer flavorful beer. But more breweries are discovering the value of an educated staff.
Many managers, leaders, or owners choose to ignore burnout and let it slowly chip away at the mental and physical health of their people. But burnout doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
Despite the continued prevalence of cultural discrimination in the workforce, there are other types of bias that may contribute to the lack of diversity in craft brewing.
Many companies, while priding themselves on great products, neglect the hard work of fostering a great workplace. Does your craft product come from a craft culture?
Between April and June 2021, 11.5 million workers quit their jobs, the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Craft breweries were not immune to the Great Resignation.
Just as we invest in equipment, it is essential to invest in the people who make packaging happen. Packaging deserves to be treated as a legitimate career path.
Imagine if every brewery had its own army of allies who were speaking up, taking action, and creating safe and secure workplaces for everyone. Here’s how to get started.
Adding packaging, ramping up outdoor spaces, and finding other creative ways to keep customers engaged have been crucial to on-premise breweries’ survival.