Exploring Your Options

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What can I do with my foodservice management experience?

From the college senior about to get their first management position to the experienced manager who may feel locked into one segment, it is important to realize that   you have options.

 

To help you sort out the many opportunities available, we've put together the following guide that describes some of the options available to you. Click on an article from the list below to begin opening your mind to the myriad of options available to someone with your skills set!

Full Service Restaurants

University Foodservice Contract

Healthcare Foodservice

Corporate-Business and Industry

Hotel Foodservice

Private Club Management

Teaching in a College or University

Foodservice Sales

 

Notes
Managers just getting into the restaurant business need to understand that it is important to know your "segment" of the foodservice industry well before beginning your career. The reason is simple; managers tend stay within their starting segment. Quick service managers tend to stay in quick service; full service managers tend to stay in full service, and so on.

 

But even though there is a tendency to stay, there are other options that you would be very happy in, but few know they exist. Don't feel trapped into thinking you must stay and be miserable or that you must leave the industry entirely to start over. You don't. The foodservice industry is rich and diverse, and your experience will count!

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