Building Your Career

1. Building Your Career ProStart 1 |Chapter 12

2. Positive Attitude • Willingness to Learn • Technology • Math Skills • Analyzing and Problem Solving • Knife and Equipment Skills • Food Safety and Knowledge • Product Knowledge Skills for a Successful Career

3. Mentors Purpose: To serve as an Advisor How can they help? Offer advice, coaching, offer insight, be a sounding board, and provide feedback

4. What’s in a Resume? • Objective • Qualifications • Experience • Education • Skills, training, and certificates • References

5. Do I really need a Portfolio? • Samples of work • Examples demonstrating leadership • Examples demonstrating teamwork • Letters of Thanks or Recommendation • Newsletters or Reports

6. You have 30 seconds… Attention Grab the readers attention in the first paragraph to keep them interested and reading Interest Hold interest by mentioning his/her name as a contact or informing where you learned of the job opening Desire Tell the reader what you want to do for their company List qualifications Action End letter by mentioning an interview

7. Job Applications • Write/ print clearly • Always use blue or black ink • Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation • Organize thoughts before writing

8. Making a Great 1st Impression

9. Learn first? Really? Shows interest in working for the company | Potential employers may ask candidates what he/she knows about the company

10. What to Take? 1. Portfolio, including resume 2. Names, addresses, phone numbers of 3 people as references (personal and professional) 3. Drivers license, social security card; valid proof you can work

11. Tell me a little about yourself. Take some time and list some of your personal characteristics.

12. ?? Questions ?? Open-Ended Close-Ended Can be answered with “yes” or “no” Brief, factual statement “Do you belong to any professional groups?” • Encourage job applicants to talk about themselves • Makes them feel more comfortable • Gives interviewer insight about the applicant • Gives interviewer important information “ Name a time you were put in a difficult situation.”

13. Ask the Interviewer List a few questions you could ask the interviewer.

14. After the fact… Write a brief thank you note to the interviewer as soon as possible. Follow up with a phone call to the interviewer

15. Take Care of Yourself • Eat Right • Get Exercise • Don’t Smoke • Find Something Else to Love • Don’t do drugs, drink responsibly (when of LEGAL drinking age) • Take Advantage of the Resources Offered • Have a Plan for Saving Money • Find a Job that Makes you Happy!!

16. Stressed Out? • Plan and evaluate daily activities to minimize any unanticipated situation • Delegate work to others or ask for help • Evaluate progress along the way and make adjustments if needed • Get regular sleep • Eat healthy • Avoid smoking • Exercise • Identify and use resources that can help manage stress

17. Time Management • Planning • Document what needs to happen during a certain period of time (daily, monthly, yearly…) • Goal Setting • Always set a timeline for completing a task • Setting Priorities • Identify important tasks, then choose their order of completion • Delegating • Assign tasks to someone else and ensure its completion

18. I Quit. Before quitting a job or resigning from a position, you need to give your employer at least 2 weeks notice. This is proper business ettiqute

19. I Don’t Need to Do Anything Else… • Continuous Improvement • Professional Development: earning awards, certifications can improve yourself professionally • Demonstrate a high level of skill • Professional Organizations • Weekly and/or monthly newsletters, workshops, and conferences are some of the benefits of belonging to professional organizations • Other Resources • Reading industry publications and reading up on the Internet/web-based resources • Networking • Purpose of networking is to connect with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement, industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements