Case Study: Golden Corral achieves 500% more applicants and streamlined, automated recruiting with Technomedia

National Restaurant Chain Dishes on its Transformation to Automate Recruiting

Golden Corral, a national buffet and grill with nearly 500 restaurants, faced inefficient, paper-based recruiting that made it hard to manage high turnover, maintain compliance, track sourcing effectiveness, and handle applicant volume. Without an ATS, candidate data lived in physical files and inboxes, limiting visibility into where the best hires came from and increasing time-to-fill.

Partnering with Technomedia, Golden Corral implemented a cloud-based Talent Acquisition solution, revamped its career site, enabled bilingual applications, and integrated assessments, background checks, POS and HR systems. The automated system expanded from management roles to hourly and franchise hiring, boosting applicants from about 8,000 to roughly 40,000 annually (a 500% increase), improving recruiter efficiency and candidate experience, and providing clear insight into source effectiveness to optimize recruiting spend.

Golden Corral

Erika Braun

Director of Human Resources