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How companies can keep their best employees in a tough market

Helen Lao, founder and CEO of ClearPath Solutions, joins the RB podcast “A Deeper Dive” to discuss issues with recruitment and retention of executives and franchisees.

What can restaurant companies do to keep their top executives?

This week’s episode of the Restaurant Business podcast “A Deeper Dive” features Helen Lao, the founder and CEO of executive recruitment firm ClearPath Solutions.

Lao discusses the company’s recent move into franchise matchmaking with ClearPath Franchise. She also talks about the market for industry executives.

A number of companies have been changing executives in recent months after a long hiatus due to the pandemic. Lao discusses this, and what companies need to do to recruit these executives or keep the ones they have.

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