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Cooks are in demand, especially for noncommercial foodservice, with good candidates often taking restaurant jobs. Here are some recruiting techniques.

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How do you go about firing someone without making it harder than it needs to be? Advice Squad says there are two ways: a handbook or disciplinary process.

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Many forward-thinking districts are using Twitter and Instagram to promote their food. Advice Squad tells how best to use these marketing tools.

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Can first impressions be trusted to know if a candidate is a good fit? What might be a better strategy? Advice Squad provides some insights.

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The more casual an environment, the more difficult it can be to discipline people. Instead of shrugging off a missed a deadline, there should be consequences.

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Many schools have already done a fantastic job of reducing salt, cooking from scratch and adapting condiments with herbs and spices instead of salt.

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As our workforce has become more diverse age-wise, 40-somethings working next to 60-somethings, it has become more difficult to keep all employees engaged.

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Though electronic cigarettes have been available globally for more than a decade, many facilities have yet to update their smoking policies to include them.

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In regions where ban the box is present, employers can utilize background checks, but only after a job candidate is offered the position, not before.

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School nutrition program directors should complete training in four key areas: nutrition, operations, administration and communications and marketing. 

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