This one goes out to all the managers lurking around the boards.

Found this interesting blog post about why employees leave their restaurants and what it costs the owner.

Food for thought.

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Not that you need it per say BUUUUUUUUT you are still hanging on the job search site.

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The City Paper blog featured the Restau-RANT in their Snack Time feature.

Chows on!

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You just got your first job in a restaurant and everyone is shouting.

Some of the shouting you understand cause they’re just calling you names.  Other phrases make no sense at all.

This is the secret, ancient code of servers and tenders… This are Restaurant Slang

Bubble Dancer – The dishwasher.

Drop – To start cooking an accompanied item during the course of the meal.

In the Weeds – Suddenly being inundated by 25 customers at once and they all want separate checks.

Pittsburgh Rare – Burnt outside, rare inside.

Tare – the weight of a container that the product from a vendor is delivered in. This weight should legally be deducted from the actual weight of the product.

Two second rule – The time between a piece of food hits the floor and when it’s picked up and put back on a plate.

I’ll bust out more of these as time goes on.  Now, get out there and show everyone how smart you are.

*I made that up

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Phoodie says SketchJobs is yummy.

They would know!

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Thanks to CampusPhilly.org for helping get the word out about SketchJobs.com.

The economy sucks, kids. A master’s degree is useless. You’ll make more money in a bar, anyway.

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Everyone has a favorite bartender.

Mine all just happen to be fictitious.

1) MOE

2) SAM MALONE

3) CHARLIE DAY

4) LLYOD

5) QUARK

You could be someone’s favorite bartender.

All you need is an honest ear and a job.

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Philadelphia’s Daily News gave a lil love to SketchJobs.com in yesterday’s paper.

We are movin’ on up.

Sure, print is dead but we appreciate the sentiment.

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Hey Kids, let’s talk like grown-ups.

If you aren’t getting called back for the jobs you apply for; something is wrong with your resume.  I know mom said it was pretty sweet but she was just being nice to you.

Here are a few tips to improve your resume that no one had the balls to tell you:

1) Use a real E-mail address. xXsuperhunkXx@aol.com doesn’t instill confidence in management.

2) Use a real font.  Resumes written in Comic Sans go right to the spam folder.  It’s a Google feature.  Swear to god.

3) Use your time wisely.  Employers barely glance at a resume before trashing it.  List the work experience that’ll impress.

4) Use Numbers. Hours. Rates. Head Counts. Tables. Staff.  Inventory.  These demonstrate real achievement.

5) Use Keywords.  If you’re a Line Cook that wants to be a Sous Chef, say so.  Otherwise you might end up a bus boy.

Hope that helps a lil.  Now get back out there!

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I hear Congress is gonna cut off all of your unemployment benefits…

Bummer.

You could write a big, long letter and whine to a bunch of Richie Rich types who don’t care.

OR

Put the same effort into slapping a resume together and getting a job HERE, HERE or HERE.

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