# Fountain Blog

Read up on the latest recruiting tips and product updates from the Fountain team.

## Featured Resources

**Should You Use A Recruiting Agency? A Practical Guide For High-Volume Hiring Teams**  
Deciding whether to use a recruitment agency for high-volume frontline hiring? Compare agency fees, speed, and in-house cost, and when each model wins.  
[Author: Salim Jernite](https://www.fountain.com/posts/should-you-use-a-recruiting-agency-or-not)

**How To Find Restaurant Employees In A Tight Labor Market**  
Find restaurant employees faster: a multi-channel sourcing plan, a 5-minute mobile application, and same-day replies that keep candidates from ghosting.  
[Author: Salim Jernite](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-find-restaurant-employees)

**The Restaurant Employee Onboarding Checklist for FOH, BOH, and Managers**  
A restaurant onboarding checklist covering pre-boarding, Day 1, role-specific FOH, BOH, and manager training, compliance, and 30/60/90-day retention check-ins.  
[Author: Salim Jernite](https://www.fountain.com/posts/restaurant-employee-onboarding-checklist)

**Retail Workforce Planning For Multi-Store Seasonal Operations**  
A retail workforce planning guide for multi-store seasonal peaks. Forecast by location, build pipelines early, and staff every store before demand arrives.  
[Author: Salim Jernite](https://www.fountain.com/posts/retail-workforce-planning)

## Blog Posts

**How to Prepare for I-9 Audits Under New Administration**  
[Author: Nico Roberts](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-prepare-for-i-9-audits-under-new-administration)

**Redefining RPO: How Can the New Model Elevate Your Frontline Hiring**  
[Author: Mike Marschke](https://www.fountain.com/posts/redefining-rpo-how-can-the-new-model-elevate-your-frontline-hiring)

**Fountain is Now Available on the SAP® Store**  
[Author: Sav Pillay](https://www.fountain.com/posts/fountain-is-now-available-on-the-sap-store)

**What frontline workers really want: How to cater to your ideal candidates**  
[Author: Josh Harrisking](https://www.fountain.com/posts/what-frontline-workers-really-want)

**Q1 2024 Fast Food Report**  
[Author: Elena Solodow](https://www.fountain.com/posts/q1-2024-fast-food-report)

**Fountain launches four new products to change the game of frontline workforce management**  
[Author: Nico Roberts](https://www.fountain.com/posts/fountain-launches-four-new-products-for-frontline-workforce-management)

**How to build a direct sourcing strategy for frontline hiring**  
[Author: Mike Marschke](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-build-a-direct-sourcing-strategy-for-frontline-hiring)

**All you need to know when choosing HR compliance software**  
[Author: Hope Weatherford](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-choose-hr-compliance-software)

**7 ways to excel at recruiting automation**  
[Author: Rob Sicat](https://www.fountain.com/posts/7-ways-to-excel-at-recruiting-automation)

**Your definitive guide to frontline recruiting**  
[Author: Nico Roberts](https://www.fountain.com/posts/your-definitive-guide-to-frontline-recruiting)

**Are you compliant? How to build your HR compliance checklist**  
[Author: Hope Weatherford](https://www.fountain.com/posts/are-you-compliant-how-to-build-your-hr-compliance-checklist)

**Best practices for successful employee onboarding**  
[Author: Salim Jernite](https://www.fountain.com/posts/best-practices-for-successful-employee-onboarding)

**Top 3 challenges of quick-service restaurant hiring (plus 3 solutions!)**  
[Author: Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/top-3-challenges-of-quick-service-restaurant-hiring)

**Yardstik and Fountain commit to deliver better tools to hourly workers**  
[Author: Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/yardstik-and-fountain-amp-up-a-shared-commitment-to-deliver-better-future-forward-tools-to-hourly-workers)

**5 high volume recruitment strategies for smarter hiring**  
[Author: Nico Roberts](https://www.fountain.com/posts/5-high-volume-recruitment-strategies-for-smarter-hiring)

**What is candidate sourcing?**  
[Author: Mike Marschke](https://www.fountain.com/posts/what-is-candidate-sourcing)

**4 ways to build a funnel-wide solution for frontline hiring**  
[Author: Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/4-ways-to-build-a-funnel-wide-solution-for-frontline-hiring)

**What is HR compliance?**  
[Author: Hope Weatherford](https://www.fountain.com/posts/what-is-hr-compliance)