after being in the food industry for a couple of decades, i am
back in school, getting an A.A. in business. a close person to me says to down play all of the cooking i have done in the past and focus on the non cooking jobs, as far as "elevator pitches", job interviews and my resume goes. i understand needing to highlight the non cooking jobs, but i know how much i got from cooking professionally. including managing, supervising, organizing skills, as well teamwork, event planning, time management, quality control, customer service, a just to name a couple of skills. i have about 20 years of professionally cooking and only 2 years of administrative type work. my friend says i should downplay the cooking as something i did for fun and not work. what should i do? i am not ashamed of my beginnings, but i don't want to sabotage a chance to get into another business. thanks.
Can you name any famous c.e.o's that started off in the food industry?
Read the stories of "the golden arches
and the story of Carl's Jr. both have great "cooking" back-rounds. The Fred De Luca story is also great.
I would stress the value of what you did for your employers in the cooking industry. As an employer the first value I would see in someone that cooked was that they were likely willing to work nights and weekends the work of a restaurant is hard and long hours.
As an employer what I would be cautious of is the idea that cooking is your true passion and doing the work that I would be hiring you for would not be your true passion. Now if you are truthfully passionate about your position that you are applying for and it is not just a job talking about your past hard work in cooking could be a benefit because it would highlight potential value for your future employer.
Reply:Col. Sanders, Dave with Wendy's, Papa John, The guy that owns Domino's
Reply:Chef Boyardee, Duncan Heinz, Famous Amos, Mrs. Fields and of course The Keebler Elves. all did very well.
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