Staffing up in Allston
Stone Hearth Pizza, Allston’s newest restaurant, is working with the city of Boston and Harvard University to help local residents have a good shot at being hired for the restaurant’s 25 to 35 new jobs. On Monday (June 27), Harvard University and the city of Boston’s Allston-Brighton Resource Center hosted a job fair to connect residents with Stone Hearth’s hiring managers. More than 50 residents attended. It was one in a series of job fairs geared toward linking local residents with new Harvard tenants, which are bringing more than 100 jobs to the neighborhood. While making and serving good food and buying local and organic food whenever possible are central to Stone Hearth Pizza’s mission, the customer experience is equally as important, officials there say. “We’re here because building a team is one of the most important things that we do,” said Jonathan Schwarz, co-founder of locally owned Stone Hearth Pizza, who is...