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You have been hired as a consultant to help Red Lobster recruit management level staff.  They have asked you to design an overall strategy that will help create job descriptions to improve the fit between its new management hires and its new business strategy.  Job descriptions should help convey the importance of the Restaurant Manager position within the company and also in the restaurant itself.  The process you design will help them, later on, develop other restaurant job descriptions for the service-level staff.

Red Lobster is a casual-dining seafood restaurant in the US and Canada, that has over 670 locations and employs more than 63,000 people. Red Lobster decided to develop a new business tactic that focuses on significance and improving its image; establishing a new vision, mission, and goals. This restaurant chain simplified its menu and uniforms for its employees, as well as fixed up its image added new techniques and materials to the company (Phillips & Gully, 2009). Although Red Lobster had not had any problem with hiring restaurant managers, the company didn’t feel that their old job descriptions expressed the desire and creativeness that the new strategy entails from its employees.  They want their job descriptions to help hire employees that are motivated and can make customers feel welcome upon entering the establishment and creating an everlasting positive experience (Phillips & Gully, 2009). So, the company hired me, as a consultant to help the recruitment process.
A job description is a basic HR management instrument that helps to increase individual and structural effectiveness (“Getting the Right People”, n.d.).  According to an article on the What is Human Resource website, it states
“Job design is the process of
a) Deciding the contents of the job.
b) Deciding methods & processes to carry out the job.
c) Making optimize use of job/work-time so that job/work-time should not be wasted as time is money and time cannot be earned, but can be saved by making efficient use of it.
d) Avoiding manual task if can be handled by machines or automated.
e) Synchronization of work, and no conflict with other jobs
f) Deciding the relationship which exists in the organization.
Job design gives framework to job analysis as it tries to figure out what qualities, skills and other requirements are needed to perform the given job by a job holder” (“Job design - Process of job design - Approaches to job design - Theories of job design - What Do Candidates Look For In A Job?”, n.d.).
A job design is the outline before creating a job description, in order to ensure you construct a perfect job description.
The task handed to me was to create a job posting for a Red Lobster Restaurant Manager. To prepare a precise job description to find the perfect candidate for the manager position, I have looked through most managerial positions and have taken ideas to form this description.
The job title is Restaurant Manager, location: Red Lobster, overall purpose: will normally be accountable for setting up and accomplishing the goals and sales objective; that are set by the company. Your entitled to these responsibilities while exercising all efforts to fully maximize exceptional guest gratification. Restaurant Managers have the overall obligation of running the operation of the restaurant—which is includes but not limited to—driving sales through top of the line marketing approach and superb operation standards (“Red Lobster”, 2010).
Restaurant Managers are also responsible for monitoring profit gain and loss through comprehensive marketing evaluation for the development of the whole company. Also being a Restaurant Manager, one must implement comprehensive preparation curriculums to cultivate the managerial skills of other Managers (“Red Lobster”, 2010). As a Restaurant Manager, one will be liable for leading restaurant tasks with a focus on Beverage and Hospitality, Service or Culinary. Also, will work hours between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. You will also hire, train and motivate the employees, as well as monitoring your team's growth and development (“Red Lobster Restaurant Manager”, 2018). You can get stupendous benefits, such as:
* Competitive pay
* Performance-based bonuses
* Medical, Dental, and vision insurance
* 401K retirement savings plan
* Paid Holidays and Vacations
* Dining discounts
* Tuition reimbursement program and student loan support
* Discounts on products and services such as car insurance, home insurance, and electronics (Red Lobster Restaurant Manager, 2018).
The Education, Experience and other Key Qualifications necessary for this position require:
* High school diploma or equivalent
* Must be at least 18 years of age
*  Some type management or supervisory experience in restaurant, hotel, retail, or general          business (Red Lobster Restaurant Manager, 2018).
All of these requirements are preferred as well as a vivacious, diligent, honest, reliable and assertive personality to go along with the position!



Works Cited

Getting the Right People. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://web.archive.org/web/20180320044805/http://hrcouncil.ca/hr-toolkit/right-people-
job-descriptions.cfm
Job design - Process of job design - Approaches to job design - Theories of job design - What
Do Candidates Look For In A Job? (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.whatishumanresource.com/job-design
Phillips, J. & Gully, S. (2009) Strategic Staffing. Pearson: New York.
Red Lobster. (2010, November 25). Retrieved from
            https://www.bestjobdescriptions.com/company-profiles/red-lobster
Red Lobster Restaurant Manager. (2018, January 23). Retrieved from
https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=63ab5f9e4b2c52ff&tk=1d3fn7rko5i90803&from=v
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