How to Write a Restaurant Resume - Tips and Advice

How to Write a Restaurant Resume - Tips and AdviceThere are many reasons why a person might want to learn how to write a restaurant resume. Some of the reasons might be because you want to get the attention of your potential employer or because you are just curious about what it takes to write a resume. Whether you are trying to improve your chances of getting hired at a restaurant or you are just curious about what it takes to write a resume, this article will give you some tips and advice.One thing you can do is visit a website that specializes in restaurant resume writing. These sites are designed to help people with resumes to make them look professional and appealing. Some people may use these sites because they are willing to pay for a professional service. If you do plan on using a site that can help you with resume writing, make sure to learn as much as you can before you begin. Otherwise, it will just become a waste of time and effort.A good resource for restaurants looking to get hired is the Yellow Pages. They may not have the best job listings, but they can help you with looking up a listing that is close to where you live. Just make sure that when you are looking through the Yellow Pages for a company that you are getting the best results, as there are places that don't really care if you get hired or not.Another option is to ask around. Chances are, if you know any people who work in the industry, they probably know someone that can recommend a job. Even if you do not know anyone, if you find someone in your business community who works at the restaurant you are interested in, you can send a resume. You can also ask the other employees who work at the restaurant you are interested in if they can recommend anyone.It is also important to remember that there are other factors you need to consider when writing a restaurant resume. One of those factors is your age. If you are too young, it is going to make it difficult for you to get a job. However, if you are older than that, your age might come into play when deciding which job to apply for.This is a great tip that you may not be aware of. If you are a mature adult who is well experienced in the field, you can usually write a resume that better suits your skills and experience.When looking at restaurant resume writing, you need to remember that it can be a process. It does not matter if you have done it before, as long as you are committed to it, you can be successful.

Former Toys R Us Employee Opens His Own Toy Store

Former Toys 'R' Us Employee Opens His Own Toy Store Glendon Warner always wanted to run his own business. So, when he and 33,000 other Toys ‘R’ Us employees lost their jobs this year as the company closed its U.S. locations, he saw the behemoth retailer’s absence as the perfect opportunity. He opened his own toy shop. “Sometimes,” Warner tells MONEY, “it takes one business to go out of business for another to go into business.” Toys, Babies More opened in a 1,600 square-foot location in Hyattsville, Md., in late September â€" just in time for the busy holiday season. The unassuming store is filled with stuffed animals, gadgets, toy cars, dolls, and more â€" a selection informed by Warner’s experience at Toys ‘R’ Us and his four kids. Warner immigrated with his family to the U.S. from Guyana over a decade ago and says opening his own business meant achieving the American dream. But getting here wasn’t easy â€" it required years of sacrifice and strategic planning. The former Toys ‘R’ Us store manager had already attained a license last fall before his employer announced it would close all 800 of its U.S. stores. He saved his tax refunds and found extra income by selling toys and other items at flea markets with his wife for years to afford the downpayment on his store’s location. “We were using that as fuel to get to go to where we want,” Warner says. At first, he thought about opening a dollar store â€" perhaps a worthwhile bet as stores like Dollar Tree and Dollar General add more and more locations each year while other retailers flounder in comparison. But with the closure of America’s largest toy retailer, he saw an opening in the market in his community. And he took it. “The community that I’m in doesn’t have anything like a toy store. Even at Walmart, there’s a long line,” Warner says. “God blessed me in a time where I can afford to pay the rent.” Like tens of thousands of former Toys ‘R’ Us employees, Warner did not receive any severance pay when the retailer shuttered earlier this year. Thousands of these laid-off workers fought for months for their severance pay (Warner says he signed a petition on Facebook at the time) and have wrestled to make ends meet as they sought to find new jobs. (On Tuesday, two of the company’s former owners â€" Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts â€" announced a $20 million severance pay fund to be doled out to former employees, marking a win for employees months after they were out of their jobs.) Now, with his own business, Warner says he wishes it were larger so he “could hire at least 10” former Toys ‘R’ Us employees. But, like many of them, the sudden job loss and lack of severance pay hit Warner hard, too. He still has car insurance bills, young children, and a $2,000 mortgage to care of. “It’s still a struggle for me, too,” Warner says. He tried to find another gig to help keep his finances afloat as he planned for his store’s opening â€" but had no luck. His wife of 27 years, who works a registered nurse, picked up extra shifts. To save on costs, he enlisted his family â€" including his kids and two nephews â€" to help repaint and retile the store. He drove to trade shows in New Jersey and New York to buy hundreds of toys, and plans to hit another one in Las Vegas in the coming months. Even now, with the store open, the money he earns goes directly back into the store. “It’s still not easy,” Warner says. “I still have bills.” But he’s thrilled. Opening his own store is the cumulation of decades of experience â€" and surviving the tumultuous retail climate in the U.S. He first learned the tricks of the trade from a prominent businessman in Guyana who owned a number of restaurants and became like a second father to Warner. He listened to him conduct business over the phone; he learned the importance of saving money; he learned the necessity of making a sacrifice. And so he did. Already married and with a child, Warner moved to the U.S. in 2006 to build a life of his own. He first worked at Sears â€" which now is facing the threats that come with bankruptcy â€" and earned just $6.95 an hour as a regular associate. He took the bus to and from work for two years and worked overtime to impress his bosses and earn more cash. He worked his way up the ranks and, within five years, became a manager â€" before leaving for Toys ‘R’ Us. Each sacrifice created opportunity for more reward, Warner says. After riding the bus for two years, he bought his own car. After living with his uncle in Maryland, he and his wife bought their own home. “These things play in your head as a man growing up,” Warner says. “It’s always my motivation. Nothing was given to me.” Now, Warner is trying to build a loyal customer base. The store is brand new, and, while he says it serves an untapped market in the area, toys aren’t necessarily flying off the shelves. But he’s staying positive. “Some days, no one walks in, and some days, for three days, I have no one walk in,” Warner says. “But it doesn’t break me because I have encouragement and motivations to make it happen.” “It’s not all glory right now for me,” Warner adds. “But I’m happy to achieve the American Dream.”

Welcome To Your New Midlife Crisis - Work It Daily

Welcome To Your New Midlife Crisis - Work It Daily The classic midlife crisis was always associated with success: the sports car, the fancy clothes, the inappropriate girlfriend, but not anymore. That’s so Mad Men. Today’s midlife crisis involves getting laid off at age 46 and having your well-meaning friends suggest that you get a pink Lyft moustache for your aging, still-not-paid-off car as a way to earn gas money. Related: Career Transition For Middle-Aged Professionals Why does the Don Draper midlife crisis seem so ironic and dated? It appears laughable today because American midlife and mid-career have changed so radically in the last few years that it’s darkly amusing to think of what might have been for us. I’m not endorsing inappropriate behavior. I’m just pointing out that, until perhaps ten years ago, the achievable ideal of midlife and mid-career for most educated Americans was one of privilege, success, and affluence. If you wanted it and worked hard for it, you got it. You got the job, the salary, the benefits, the long-term employment commitment, all of the goodies. Not today. Not by a long shot. What happened? How did the mid-career success that looked so attainable when we were in our 20s become such an illusory mirage, a mean-spirited joke that is hammering our generation into a place of fear and stress? A lot has happened, it turns out, much of which probably could not have been avoided or predicted. But, it happened nonetheless. The Cold War ended. The rise of China happened. The Internet happened. The tech wreck of 2002 happened. The financial crisis of 2008 happened. The breakdown in corporate governance happened. If I had told you, in 1989, that over the next 25 years, China would overtake Japan as the world’s second largest economy, the USSR would disintegrate - causing a big reduction in the well-paying defense industry, that new technologies would enable real time white and blue collar collaboration anywhere in the world â€" enabling a vast shrinkage of the American employment base, that financial disruptions would flatten retirement savings schemes twice, that CEOs would face virtually no accountability or consequences for bad decisions and be able to enrich themselves dramatically without any reciprocal loyalty to employees â€" you would have thought I was either crazy or exaggerating. But, that’s essentially what’s happened. That’s the bad part of our new midlife crisis. It was forced on us. At least in the Don Draper days, if you wanted to act out, you had the freedom of choice. Skipping today’s crisis is not an option. It’s a very disempowering notion, disturbing perhaps, but think about it: Am I wrong? Surely, the reality is somewhat different for each of us. (I know. Stop calling me “Shirley.”) It’s not as if every American over 40 is desperate and in trouble. However, I think most people would agree that the risks of career instability and financial reversals are far greater than they were a generation ago, that the potential to get and hold onto a long-term high earning position have been significantly degraded. How secure do you feel about retirement? If you’re not worried, you’re not really paying enough attention. We’ve been disempowered as a generation. This is troubling. Yet, we do not need to be victims. I truly believe that we can achieve financial security, success, and satisfaction with our working lives. To get there, though, we need to rethink what it means to work. Getting empowered means discovering where we add value in the business world and executing a personal strategy for extracting that value from corporations. In a lot of cases, this is not going to involve having an actual salary-paying job. Jobs these days for people over forty are a bit harder to find than they used to be and their long term prospects are not as secure as anything we might have imagined a generation ago. I think self-employment is going to be our ticket out of midlife disempowerment, out of our unwanted midlife crisis. What does self-employment look like for you? You have more options than you realize. Maybe the whole idea frightens you to death. I understand. But, if you look at the alternatives, the idea of supporting yourself through your own initiative and value creation might start to look at lot more appetizing. Are you ready to empower yourself in midlife? Let’s start the journey. This post was originally published at an earlier date. Related Posts 5 Tips For Planning A Career Change 3 Very Real Reasons You Should Make A Career Shift 5 Tips For Navigating A Career Transition Successfully   Photo Credit: Shutterstock Have you joined our career growth club?Join Us Today!