Career Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Industry [Hardcover]

Barbara Sims-Bell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1994 | ISBN-10: 0816029032 | ISBN-13: 978-0816029037

The culinary and food industry is the fifth fastest-growing employment market in the United States. Twelve new profiles have been added to this edition. New sections have been added to provide information about food publicity and marketing, community and social service, and culinary computer jobs. Appendixes have been completely revised and updated to help today's job-seekers identify and break into the right career. This updated edition combines the latest salary information, trends, and opportunities in the food and beverage industry with profiles of nearly eighty jobs.

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This selective guide to careers in the food industry, the largest and fastest-growing private-sector employer in the United States, provides authoritative information on nearly 80 skilled and unskilled jobs for college and technical school graduates as well as high school dropouts. Jobs explored involve cooking, selling, managing, writing, and teaching. Occupational titles, arranged alphabetically within 11 thematic sections, vary from food historian, catering manager, sports nutritionist, and winemaker to fast-food cook and waiter. Along the lines of the Occupational Outlook Handbook, published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, each two-page entry is accompanied by a "career profile" and a "career ladder" containing up-to-date, ready reference data with units on position description, employment trends, advancement, prospects, salary ranges, necessary education and experience, best geographical location, and tips for entry. Useful appendixes include extensive listings of culinary academies, vocational trade-tech schools, and community colleges and universities offering culinary programs; workshops, seminars, and symposia; professional and trade associations and culinary organizations; and food publications. A welcome addition to career collections.
Marilyn Rosenthal, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Facts on File (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816029032
• ISBN-13: 978-0816029037
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,232,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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