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emergemarket.com is hiring: Host in Chicago

emergemarket.com, Chicago, IL, United States


Our Hosts are a key part of our team, and critical to providing genuine hospitality. They are energetic, excited to grow in the hospitality industry and care about their team. The Host greets all guests with genuine enthusiasm and warmth upon arrival, informs guests of their wait time, enters guest names into the computer system, shows guests to their table and bids guests farewell as they leave. Additionally, the Host cares for our guests by refilling beverages and performs light housekeeping duties such as cleaning glass and menus, and ensuring restrooms are clean, stocked, and orderly.

Who is Bottleneck Management?
Bottleneck Management operates vibrant, high-energy, approachable restaurants in the most dynamic neighborhoods and locations. From the start, we’ve been about genuine people and genuine hospitality. We’ve grown into a crowd-pleasing hospitality juggernaut while continuing to hold our core values close to our hearts.

Core Values
Understand the wants and needs of others

Support others through words and actions

Empower each team member to excel

Enjoy each other, our guests, and our time at work

We believe it’s our people that make us strong, so we’re committed to finding driven, hospitable, upbeat, and intelligent teammates. Whether it’s in our home office or our restaurants, we put hospitality first, like excellent hosts at a party.

We offer a fun and supportive working environment, comprehensive benefits, EAP access, and restaurant dining discounts.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties
Essential Functions:

Genuine commitment to the Bottleneck culture; be a team player.

Ensure that the overall guest experience exceeds expectations, including greeting guests with warmth and anticipating their needs.

Use tact and good judgment when dealing with guest challenges, responding to guest needs with patience, respect, and courtesy.

Follow all steps of service.

Assist with clearing, cleaning, and resetting tables.

Check and maintain restrooms.

Comply with all safety and sanitation (including handwashing) guidelines and procedures.

Be proficient in the use and operation of all necessary tools and equipment, including the reservation, telephone, paging and voicemail systems, and phone etiquette and message guidelines.

Support To-Go orders as needed.

Other duties will be assigned as needed.

Qualifications and Skills

Must be at least 18 years old.

At least 6 months of restaurant or customer service experience preferred.

Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced work environment.

Ability to create memorable guest experiences.

Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with fellow team members and management to provide exceptional guest service.

Ability to work a varied schedule, including nights and weekends.

Good judgment skills and adaptive attitude.

Must be upbeat, outgoing, and positive.

Ability to stand/walk and stay focused and alert for extended periods of time.

Ability to effectively communicate on the telephone.

Ability to lift up to 35 lbs.

Ability to maintain a warm, hospitable demeanor in a busy environment.

Must Be/Have

Outgoing, polite and patient.

Satisfaction focused.

Hours of Work
Ability to work a varied schedule, including nights and weekends.

Supervisory Responsibilities
N/A

Reports To
General Manager

Department
FOH Operations

Compensation
Please visit our Careers Page to view and learn more about payrates

Work Environment / Physical Demand

Must be able to stand for full shift.

Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds.

Must have good hearing for accurate communication with guests.

Must be able to use hands and fingers to handle and feel objects and tool controls.

Must be able to work in areas of loud noise.

Required to frequently reach, bend, stoop, and carry.

Must be able to work in both warm and cool environments; indoors and outdoors.

Must be able to tolerate potential exposure to allergens: peanut products, egg, dairy, gluten, soy, seafood, and shellfish.

Extended periods of standing and walking to different parts of the restaurant at different levels

Fast paced hands on position.

Dining facilities are both outside and inside Lighting is maintained at a low level.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Bottleneck Management provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

An equal opportunity employer.

We adhere to E-Verify procedures where applicable in accordance with federal regulations.

Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

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In Summary: The Host greets all guests with genuine enthusiasm and warmth upon arrival, informs guests of their wait time, enters guest names into the computer system, shows guests to their table and bids guests farewell as they leave . The Host cares for our guests by refilling beverages and performing light housekeeping duties such as cleaning glass and menus .

En Español: Nuestros anfitriones son una parte clave de nuestro equipo, y críticos para proporcionar auténtica hospitalidad. Son enérgicos, entusiasmados por crecer en la industria hotelera y se preocupan por su equipo. El Anfitrión saluda a todos los huéspedes con genuino entusiasmo y calidez al llegar, informa a los invitados sobre su tiempo de espera, introduce nombres de invitados en el sistema informático, muestra a los clientes a sus mesas y les dice adiós cuando salen. Ya sea en nuestra oficina de casa o en nuestros restaurantes, ponemos la hospitalidad primero, como excelentes anfitriones en una fiesta. Usamos tacto y buen juicio al lidiar con los desafíos de los huéspedes. Ofrecemos un entorno de trabajo divertido y solidario, beneficios integrales, acceso a EAP y descuentos para comer en el restaurante. Principales responsabilidades y deberes Funciones esenciales: Compromiso genuino con la cultura del cuello de botella; ser un jugador de equipo. Asegúrese de que la experiencia general de los invitados supere las expectativas, incluido saludarlos con calidez y anticiparse a sus necesidades. Utilice tact y buen criterio cuando se trate de los retos de los clientes, respondiendo a las necesidades de los visitantes con paciencia, comprensión y cortesía. Seguir todas las etapas del servicio. Trabajar limpiando, limpiar y restaurar mesas. Se pueden hacer adaptaciones razonables para permitir que las personas con discapacidad desempeñen las funciones esenciales. Esta no es necesariamente una lista integral de responsabilidades, deberes, habilidades, esfuerzos, requisitos o condiciones laborales relacionadas con el trabajo. Si bien esto se pretende ser un reflejo preciso del empleo actual, la gerencia se reserva el derecho a revisar el trabajo o exigir que se realicen otras o diferentes tareas según lo asignado. La gestión de cuello en botella proporciona igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los empleados y solicitantes de empleo y prohíbe discriminación y acoso de cualquier tipo sin tener en cuenta la raza, color, religión, edad, sexo, origen nacional, estado de incapacidad, genética, estatus de veterano protegido, orientación sexual, identidad u expresión de género, o cualquier otra característica protegida por leyes federales, estatales o locales. Un empleador de igual oportunidad. Nos adherimos a E-Verificamos a los procedimientos de Empleador cuando sea aplicable de acuerdo con la normativa federal sobre Derechos Equitarios al Trabajo.