NEW YORK – April 10 – Imagine you're a caterer about to throw a party for 300 guests. You have three open bar stations that are scheduled to be manned by six bartenders, but only one reports to work. In the food service business, a scenario like this spells death. You have an hour, perhaps two, to find willing, and presumably trained individuals, to serve the guests. Who ya gonna call?
Restaurants, caterers and other food service providers struggle with staffing dilemmas like this daily. It is an industry plagued by turnover and, arguably, less dependable workers than other businesses. Luckily, there are smart entrepreneurs, like New Yorker, John Cardinal, who views problems as opportunities. Cardinal is the founder of Tempway.com, a new real-time job platform debuting April 10 that will supply food service staff on demand—before the food, or a company's reputation, gets cold.
Here's how Tempway.com works. Individuals willing to work in various food service jobs upload their resume and photo (optional) to the site. Tempway.com's technology automatically geographically links workers with employers based on zip codes. When the individual is available to work, they turn on a small flashing light that Tempway.com developers call a "blinking beacon." The "blinking beacon" is a signal to employers that the individual is ready to work immediately. Tempway.com does not charge a fee for workers to use the service.
If an employer needs to hire workers, they log into Tempway.com, run a zip code search, and a list of available workers is returned. The service is free and it covers a geographic radius of fifteen miles.
"Nothing remotely similar to Tempway.com exists in the market today," said Cardinal, whose team polled over 600 restaurant owners throughout the U.S. before launching. "Finding quality candidates on short notice is notoriously difficult for food service establishments. You can only call your brother-in-law so many times to help out. Some restaurant owners wanted to subscribe to our service right there on the spot."
Tempway.com is the first real-time job platform that enables employers to choose workers when they need them. The platform is a fast, easy solution for bartenders, chefs, waiters, and hostesses with varied levels of experience. It's perfect for kids in college, working parents who juggle child-care and prefer to work part-time, or individuals who have recently relocated to an area.
"Tempway.com is free of charge; no need to spend money on help wanted ads. Why pay agency fees when you can search on demand for free. Food establishments can use Tempway.com to hire an unlimited number of workers," said Cardinal.
Tempway.com, which is based in Rye, New York, is rolling out the service in New York first and plans to expand rapidly throughout the U.S. The system uses a patent-pending software application that can be adapted to other industries as the need for workers-on-demand increases. Tempway.com is not involved with worker pay or benefits.
Media contact: John Cardinal, 877-836-7929 john@tempway.com
Source: Tempway.com |
