5. Career Paths in Food and Beverage Service Operations
After discussing many food and beverage service positions with their responsibilities and how they relate to each other in various operations. As you are a student, you must figure out what will you do in the future. This is the guideline for all of you to select the most appropriate career path after you graduate from the university.
1. You must decide what you want to do
2. You have to analyze where are you now
3. Then, you must seek any opportunities that evolve
4. And, you must know yourself about your skills, abilities, attitudes and interests.
The points that must be considered when you are working in food and beverage department in hotel industry are as follows.
❖ Perceptions of the industry you must clearly define as much as possible about all positions in food service operations. Most of the jobs are hard work, some decision-making is difficult to reach, working hours might be so long, none standardized working hours or days, etc. These considerations might be unattractive to any new graduates, but the opportunity of being a manager is not so far as other staff who are in the same positions but their educational levels are lower.
❖ Salaries and Benefits wage and salary compensation and benefits for entry-level food service position is normally higher than the minimum wage. Therefore, other kinds of benefits such as service charge, tips can be equally compensated to all food and beverage service personnel.
❖ Challenges and Opportunities Do you want an opportunity to make decision that will affect many people and many Dallas over a long period of time? Do you want to manage a multi-million dollar business? These examples of challenges are not successful businesses is widely opened for all new graduates.