HotSchedules Video Contest Winners Take Home a Collective $2,300

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HotSchedules, providers of intuitive mobile and web-based employee scheduling, communications and paperless hiring solutions, is thrilled to announce the winners of Season 3 of its My Life, My Schedule video contest. Current or previous users of the HotSchedules solutions were encouraged to create short videos about their experiences with HotSchedules, and the contest produced an unprecedented fifty-five entries! Entries were judged using a combination of YouTube likes and HotSchedules employee votes.

“This year’s contest was unreal. The outpouring of amazing videos is nothing short of humbling. I enjoyed watching each and every one and want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to put their HotSchedules story on film.”

The Grand Prize winner, taking home $1500.00, is Paul Beauchamp of Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Winston-Salem, NC for his hilarious and expertly produced video “The Hots for HotSchedules.” Dominic Best, of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro in Burbank, took home the second place prize of $500.00 for his video “Date Night.” The third place prize of $300.00 goes to Marko Jelic from Uchiko in Austin for his video depicting a manager’s crazy dream.

With so many incredible videos to choose from, the HotSchedules employees simply couldn’t award only the top three, so there were several additional “Staff Favorite” awards. These included, “Most Likely to Include Godzilla,” “The Unsung Superhero” award, and the “I Can’t Get This Song Out of my Head” award. View all of the entries at www.hotschedules.com/2012results.

CEO Ray Pawlikowski concluded, “This year’s contest was unreal. The outpouring of amazing videos is nothing short of humbling. I enjoyed watching each and every one and want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who took the time to put their HotSchedules story on film.”

HotSchedules was founded in 1999 by restaurant-industry veterans. The company provides intuitive mobile and web-based employee scheduling, forecasting and paperless hiring solutions. HotSchedules’ suite of products streamlines the employee-scheduling process, helps reduce controllable labor costs and increases employee retention. Its mobile applications are consistently rated by AppToday as one of the top 10 business apps. HotSchedules also provides training and account management backed by a bilingual support team accessible seven days a week. For more information about HotSchedules and the company’s innovative products, visit www.HotSchedules.com.