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So You Are a Chef : Managing Your Culinary Career by Karen E. Drummond, Lisa M.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Type
- Manual
- Topic
- Culinary
- ISBN
- 9780470251270
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0470251271
ISBN-13
9780470251270
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63827494
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
So You Are a Chef : Managing Your Culinary Career
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Food Science, Industries / Food Industry
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics
Format
CD-ROM / Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
10.9 in
Item Width
8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-044570
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
641.5023
Table Of Content
Introduction v How to Use So You Are a Chef vi CD-ROM vi Resources for Instructors vii Acknowledgments vii CHAPTER 1 Write Your Resume 1 Introduction 1 Types of Resumes 1 The Ingredients of a Great Resume 6 How to Write Your Resume 7 Edit and Proofread 30 Scannable Resumes 30 Everything You Need to Know about References 31 Exercises 33 Profile: LEE COCKERELL, Executive Vice President of Operations, Walt Disney World® Resort (recently retired) 34 CHAPTER 2 Put Together a Job Search Portfolio 47 Introduction 47 Do I Really Need a Portfolio? 48 Choose How to Organize 49 Collect the Contents 50 Get Supplies 53 Put the Portfolio Together 53 Evaluate Your Portfolio 56 Use a Portfolio in an Interview 57 Keep Your Portfolio Up to Date 58 Exercises 58 CHAPTER 3 Beyond the Want Ads: How to Locate and Contact Prospective Employers 59 Introduction 59 General Guidelines 59 Search the Hidden Job Market 61 Search the Public Market 65 The Internet 68 Following Up on Contacts 72 Filling Out Applications 72 Writing Cover Letters 72 Exercises 76 CHAPTER 4 Three-Step Interviewing 77 Introduction 77 Before the Interview 78 During the Interview 83 After the Interview 93 Follow-Up 97 Employment Testing 97 Tips for Special Situations 101 If You Get a Job Offer 103 Exercises 105 Profile: L. TIMOTHY RYAN, EdD, CMC, President, The Culinary Institute of America 107 CHAPTER 5 Advancing Your Career 117 Introduction 117 Succeeding in a Professional Kitchen 118 Setting Career Goals 118 When You Leave a Job 119 Mentors 121 Professional Organizations 122 Certifications 123 American Academy of Chefs 123 Lifelong Learning 126 Exercises 127 Appendix A Culinary Professional Organizations 129 Index 139
Synopsis
So You Are a Chef: Managing Your Culinary Career, with CD-ROM is the ultimate career guide for student and professional chefs . Whether youre seeking a job fresh from culinary school or completely changing your career path, this book will make it easy for you to brave todays intimidating culinary job market., The ultimate career guide for student and professional chefs Whether you're starting fresh from school or changing jobs in mid-career, braving today's culinary job market can be bewildering. Where do you look? How do you target your search? How do you best present your education and experience? Where exactly do you even begin? Luckily, now there's a guide that addresses these questions and many more. So You Are a Chef: Managing Your Culinary Career offers expert advice that covers the culinary job search from beginning to end. In a clear, accessible style, it illuminates important ideas with numerous examples, documents, forms, and other helpful features drawn directly from today's culinary industry. The only book of its kind, So You Are a Chef will enable you to: Choose the right career path for your needs Create a clear, well-organized resume Prepare a portfolio that shows off your experience Find and contact potential employers Give a standout interview So You Are a Chef also includes a free CD-ROM containing documents and worksheets to assist you in brainstorming and organizing your job-search approach. Regardless of whether you just graduated or have been in the business for years, So You Are a Chef is your essential guide to finding, pursuing, and landing the culinary job of your dreams., So You Are a Chef: Managing Your Culinary Career, with CD-ROM is the ultimate career guide for student and professional chefs . Whether you're seeking a job fresh from culinary school or completely changing your career path, this book will make it easy for you to brave today's intimidating culinary job market. Find expert advice on the culinary job search from beginning to end. Written in a clear, accessible style, this guide illuminates important ideas with numerous examples, documents, forms, and other helpful features drawn directly from today's culinary industry., Preparing a resume, putting together a job search portfolio, finding potential employers, interviewing, and generally advancing one's culinary career can be daunting. So You Are a Chef helps readers determine which culinary career path best suits his/her needs, set career goals, write up a resume, prepare a portfolio, contact prospective employers and interview for positions. Students are walked through the process of all this in the hopes of helping them achieve career success. So You are a Chef covers everything from getting potential job candidates pass the 30-second test and win interviews to networking and becoming an active member in professional organizations. Each copy of the book includes a CD-ROM filled with helpful electronic tools, including Resume worksheet and checklist Resume templates Portfolio worksheet and checklist Job log Cover letter templates Thank you letter templates and goal-setting chart, The ultimate career guide for student and professional chefs Whether youre starting fresh from school or changing jobs in mid-career, braving todays culinary job market can be bewildering. Where do you look? How do you target your search? How do you best present your education and experience? Where exactly do you even begin? Luckily, now theres a guide that addresses these questions and many more. So You Are a Chef: Managing Your Culinary Career offers expert advice that covers the culinary job search from beginning to end. In a clear, accessible style, it illuminates important ideas with numerous examples, documents, forms, and other helpful features drawn directly from todays culinary industry. The only book of its kind, So You Are a Chef will enable you to: Choose the right career path for your needs Create a clear, well-organized resume Prepare a portfolio that shows off your experience Find and contact potential employers Give a standout interview So You Are a Chef also includes a free CD-ROM containing documents and worksheets to assist you in brainstorming and organizing your job-search approach. Regardless of whether you just graduated or have been in the business for years, So You Are a Chef is your essential guide to finding, pursuing, and landing the culinary job of your dreams.
LC Classification Number
TX649.A1B74 2009
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