Restaurant Careers Reimagined: Shifting Perceptions from the Inside Out (Supported by JazzHR)
Oct 1, 2026 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET
Duration: 1 hour
The restaurant industry does more than create jobs; it builds careers—and futures.
Join the National Restaurant Association, October 1 at 2 p.m. ET, for an engaging discussion on first jobs and careers in the restaurant industry and the findings from our just-released 2026 Made in Restaurants: Industry Careers in America report.
Moderated by Chad Moutray, the Association’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research, the webinar will explore how the restaurant industry equips people with the leadership, problem-solving, and customer service skills that drive success within the restaurant industry and other professions.
Panelists, including leaders from Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Taco John’s, and workforce tech firm Employ Inc., will address the significance of the report’s findings on perceptions of restaurant careers, why those perceptions matter, and how employers can effectively tell the story of the industry's role as one of America's great talent developers.
The webinar will share the insights of these industry leaders and highlight how restaurants create successful pathways to lifelong careers, preparing millions of employees with transferable skills that benefit them wherever their professional journeys lead them.
Attendee key takeaways:
- Main findings from the new career perceptions report
- How restaurant work cultivates leadership and workplace skills that transfer across industries
- How leading restaurant companies are investing in workforce development and the industry’s future generations of talent
- Practical insights for communicating the value of restaurant careers to employees, job seekers, and the broader public
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JazzHR is an award-winning hiring platform from Employ, built to make recruiting simpler, smarter, and more effective. Employ delivers people-first intelligent hiring solutions that empower companies to overcome their greatest hiring challenges. From startups to Fortune 100 organizations, Employ powers hiring at scale, having processed 100 million job applications and made 650,000-plus hires across its customer community.
Through our AI-powered hiring platforms—including JazzHR, Lever, and Jobvite—Employ enables teams to move faster, hire smarter, and build strong workforces. Trusted by more than 26,000 organizations globally, Employ combines innovation, insights, and human-centered design to help companies hire with confidence.
Employ also publishes Job Seeker Nation and Recruiter Nation, two of the industry’s most trusted and tenured research reports, turning real-world hiring data into insights that shape how companies attract, evaluate, and hire talent.
For more information, visit www.employinc.com and www.jazzhr.com.
