# 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.  
 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.  
 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.  
 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.  
 Salim Jernite](https://www.fountain.com/posts/retail-workforce-planning)

## Blog Posts

### The state of hourly hiring in Germany: An interview with Christa Stienen  
 Martin Oliva](https://www.fountain.com/posts/the-state-of-hourly-hiring-in-germany-an-interview-with-christa-stienen)

### The future is bright: An open letter in honor of Women’s History Month  
 Hope Weatherford](https://www.fountain.com/posts/the-future-is-bright-an-open-letter-in-honor-of-womens-history-month)

### How to build the best recruitment funnel for hourly hiring  
 Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-build-the-best-recruitment-funnel-for-hourly-hiring)

### How to choose the best ATS for hiring hourly workers (that’s beneficial for both recruiters and candidates)  
 Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-choose-the-best-ats-for-hiring-hourly-workers-thats-beneficial-for-both-recruiters-and-candidates)

### 4 ways to adapt your talent acquisition suite for hourly hiring  
 Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/4-ways-to-adapt-your-talent-acquisition-suite-for-hourly-hiring)

### How to optimize your hourly hiring strategies  
 Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-optimize-your-hourly-hiring-strategies)

### Engage applicants globally with Fountain’s WhatsApp integration  
 Josh Harrisking](https://www.fountain.com/posts/engage-applicants-globally-with-fountains-whatsapp-integration)

### Fountain enhances the applicant experience with ‘really human hiring’  
 Rob Sicat](https://www.fountain.com/posts/fountain-enhances-the-applicant-experience-with-really-human-hiring)

### Introducing Messenger 2.0: A refreshed look and feel that’s mobile-first, too  
 Rob Sicat](https://www.fountain.com/posts/introducing-messenger-2-0-a-refreshed-look-feel-thats-mobile-first-too)

### Fountain Raises $100M Series C Extension for International Growth  
 Nico Roberts](https://www.fountain.com/posts/fountain-raises-100m-series-c-extension-international-growth)

### How to reduce retail employee turnover  
 Martin Oliva](https://www.fountain.com/posts/reduce-retail-employee-turnover)

### 3 Warehouse Worker Hiring Tips from Stitch Fix  
 Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/3-warehouse-worker-hiring-tips-stitch-fix)

### How a Fountain Customer Extended Delivery Drivers’ Lifetime Value  
 Sean Behr](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-fountain-customer-extended-delivery-drivers-lifetime-value)

### 3 Unique Ways to Improve your Truck Driver Benefits Package  
 Martin Oliva](https://www.fountain.com/posts/3-unique-ways-improve-your-truck-driver-benefits-package)

### How to Hire and Retain Delivery Drivers  
 Martin Oliva](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-to-hire-retain-delivery-drivers)

### 4 Social Recruiting Strategies for Manufacturing  
 Josh Harrisking](https://www.fountain.com/posts/4-social-recruiting-strategies-manufacturing)

### Writing a Warehouse Worker Job Description  
 Mike Marschke](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-write-great-warehouse-worker-job-description)

### How to Build an Employee Retention Program for Hourly Workers  
 Martin Oliva](https://www.fountain.com/posts/how-build-employee-retention-program-hourly-workers)