Recruiting Services

VSAG's network of chefs, managers, GMs, multiunit players and heavy-hitters at the executive level is extensive. Ours is a personal network, one built from years of working in kitchens and dining rooms with top-notch players at a range of industry leaders like The Cheesecake Factory, TGI Friday's, Maggiano's, eatZi's Market & Bakery and Destination Hotels and Resorts. This network has been cultivated and nurtured and is stocked only with A-list players who have demonstrated the abilities to be successful in this competitive industry.

Clients, too, must receive the VSAG seal of approval. Before talent is assigned, we ask these important questions:

Does your company offer a culture based on principles?
Is your kitchen committed to developing people?
Does your organization have a track record of developing winning operations?

Learn more about VSAG recruiting services:

Clients Looking For Talent

If you are an employer with an environment that is attractive to top performers and where chefs and managers would be proud to work for the next five years, please contact VSAG to discuss your needs and our talent-acquisition services.

Talent Looking For A Position

To browse some of the specific positions we are looking to fill right now, click here. Top-caliber performers in the industry, at any level, interested in becoming part of the VSAG talent pool can submit a résumé.

Management & Executive Search

VSAG continues to cull resources and augment the talent gene pool as talented chefs and managers emerge, proving themselves and earning positions as certified VSAG candidates.

VSAG endorses and represents only those candidates who have earned the VSAG seal of approval. The approval process is thorough, proven and, best of all, guaranteed. Each client can be assured that the talent level is high and is backed by extraordinary results in the kitchen, in the dining room and on the P&L statement.

Training and Development

VSAG creates and implements a wide range of detailed and proven training and development systems. Our expertise is rooted in the systems Michael Vucurevich developed at The Cheesecake Factory to produce results from staff at all levels. Our systems work in both single and multiunit environments and our always customized to your specific operation, brand and concept. Read more »

Executive Coaching

Whether you are a company founder, owner or CEO and are seeking confidential and impactful feedback and coaching for yourself, or you are a company leader looking for options to provide targeted development to one of your executives or lead operators, VSAG has an approach to executive coaching that fits yours needs.

The scenarios are straightforward: We work directly with the person in some blend of side by side, hands-on, telephone and through structured and unstructured sessions. Whether the coaching is specifically related to skills development, or as a strategy sounding board, the expertise at VSAG will make an immediate impact.

Management University

As a growing company, or a company that is poised to growth but lacks the stability and infrastructure, creating a true "Management University" can be an important strategy. Brand leaders like Starbucks, McDonald's and The Cheesecake Factory all created intense training-and-development programs modeled on the Management University approach. Read more »

Development

VSAG also goes beyond training systems, and provides guidance and systems for development. Our staff and management-level systems are designed for employees to participate in a self-directed development program. This method provides our clients with the tools required to build a solid foundation for growing a concept and ensuring that employee development is focused and in the best interest of the company. The keys to this success are growth, promotion from within and the means to battle the dilution effect of growth — all things you can accomplish and implement in your company with VSAG's system.