So You Are a Chef: Managing Your Culinary Career

Preparing a resume, putting together a job search portfolio, finding potential employers, interviewing, and generally advancing one's culinary career can be daunting.  So You Are a Chef helps readers determine which culinary career path best suits his/her needs, set career goals, write up a resume, prepare a portfolio, contact prospective employers and interview for positions.  Students are walked through the process of all this in the hopes of helping them achieve career success.  So You are a Chef covers everything from getting potential job candidates pass the 30-second test and win interviews to networking and becoming an active member in professional organizations.   

Each copy of the book includes a CD-ROM filled with helpful electronic tools, including

• Resume worksheet and checklist
• Resume templates
• Portfolio worksheet and checklist
• Job log
• Cover letter templates
• Thank you letter templates
• and goal-setting chart