New Website Launch Offers Restaurants Employee Hiring, Management Solution

Servinity is a new website concept that was created to address both halves of the staffing problem for restaurants, that of filling jobs and managing employees. Servinity combines a job finding site, online scheduling application and social network.

Servinity began with the recognition of an industry-wide problem. Jeff Gewirtz, a bar owner in Atlanta, grew increasingly frustrated at the lack of options that would allow him to fill jobs and manage his staff. Servinity takes cutting-edge communication tools used by restaurant industry professionals outside of work (internet, email, cell phone, SMS text messaging and social networks) and combines them for the explicit purpose of staffing. For the staff, the interface is familiar; they are part of a social network and receive a text message telling them when to be at work, or that a shift is available. But for the employer, Servinity is a business tool, being used to fill jobs, engage staff, improve communication, and reduce turnover.

"Operators are always looking for ways to improve efficiency, particularly in this economy," says Hank Clark, a partner at Marlow's Tavern, one of Servinity's first restaurant customers. "Servinity allows our staff to focus on what is most important - driving sales."

Servinity.com Features:

• Employment site: job board; dynamic resume search; applicant tracking; Craigslist integration
• Online scheduling: anywhere anytime access; customizable schedules; requests for time off; shift trades; email and text alerts
• Social network: robust profiles; staff networks; internal restaurant networks; upload and share documents