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31 Year old with 10 year restaurant management background needs career advice. What else might I be good at?
05-27-2013, 03:36 PM
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31 Year old with 10 year restaurant management background needs career advice. What else might I be good at?
I know it is a very open ended question, but I need some suggestions. Here is a little background about me. It might take a few minutes to read.

I am a 32 year old male who stopped working for a family business that owns a franchise of 5 restaurants in March 2013. Throughout my 10 year tenure in restaurant management, I have worked in lower management and worked my way up all the way to VP of Operations for the same company. I have never worked anywhere other than a restaurant, so I am experienced in all aspects of the business with the exception of short order cooking. (my family's restaurant is a specialty restaurant chain that does not require much short order cooking.)

That lack of experience in cooking has halted my ability to succeed at a recently offered and taken restaurant management position. Though I love the restaurant business, I think it is time for a change. Restaurant management sucks the life out of most people. At 55 hours plus a week, it is difficult to have any quality of life.

I am looking for a career change, or I would possible like to go back to school. I left college after 1 year to work for my family.

here are some of my skills

Management - I have managed 16 year old teenagers to 60 year old grandmothers. I have managed hourly employees and salaried managers. I know how to train and motivate people while creating a stable work environment.I am also a very good judge of character.

Guest relations - I am very good with people. I make positive impressions and am very friendly and well spoken. I am very good a dissolving negative feelings from guests/customers.

Organization - Though i am pretty messy at home, I know how to stay organized and neat in the workplace.

Attention to detail - Many things don't get past me. If I'm educated in what I am managing, I very easily notice problems and incorrect procedures.

Numbers- I am pretty good at basic arithmetic. I can add numbers in my head fast and accurately. I can come up with percentages in my head somewhat quickly too. (very close in range) I kinda like math! :-)

Computers- I have a lot of computer skills. I learn computer programs very quickly. I can type pretty fast. I am very proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. I have created numerous spreadsheets that have helped with the accounting at my previous job.

Writing - Though I don't consider myself to be any kind of artistic writer, I do think I am able to explain things well from a keyboard. I am sure I don't always punctuate correctly, and I make a lot of spelling mistakes, but I have always thought my writing ability was above average.

Minor Accounting - for 2 years, I held a lot of the books and managed most of the money at my previous job. I maintained multiple bank accounts, created profit and loss reports through the accounting program, and like mentioned before, I created spreadsheets in Excel to maintain proper accounting.

Minor Marketing skills - For 2 years, I managed most of the marketing at my previous job. I met with sales people and scheduled commercials, set up mailer coupons, and monitored social media marketing.

Problem Solving- I am quick and effective at solving problems within the workplace. Broken equipment, staffing issues, guest relations, staff relations, inventory issues are just a few examples.

Minor Human resources- Since i pretty much ran the company at my previous job, I had to know a lot about human resources. Sexual Harassment, FMLA, Labor laws, Hostile work environment. Ect Ect...

That sums up most of the things that I think i am good at. There are many other things I have been successful at, but I wanted to name to things that I thought would apply to most workplace skills.

I have no problem staying in management, but i want a career where I don't have to work 12 hour days, come into work at 5:00am, or stay until 3:00am. I'm not asking for a 9 to 5 Monday through Friday job either. I don't mind starting off entry level and working my way up. I am a go getter. I have no problem working hard, but I would like a career that is no more than 50 hours a week.

I have no problem going back to school before I start my new career. I am only 31 and I would have no problem getting a serving or bar tending job to supplement my income while in school. I would be pretty much starting school from scratch, so if school is your advice, should I go for AA, BA, MA???

So the Big question is, What other careers would I be good at coming from restaurant management? I am just looking for ideas. I don't expect anyone to have a definite answer.

Thank you very much for reading!

Bryan

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05-27-2013, 03:41 PM
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I am in UK so jobs situation might be different than where you are but I have a list of college certificates in finance, admin, retails, sales & marketing and supervisor management and over 30 years experience in this field but when I was made redundant 2 years ago I applied for over 2000 jobs in 11 months and got 3 interviews and the basic job always went to the person with the highest university degree, I am now working part time as a cleaner so beggars cant be choosers. most of the staff packing the large supermarket shelf's are graduated nurses and doctors so give a lot of though to what you want to do in the future, Good Luck

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05-27-2013, 03:49 PM
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Bryan

Let me cut to the chase and be straight forward.

My advise would be for you to package your experience into information products and add Value to others whilst you are seeking for more direction. You have a lot to share Bryan. Brand yourself and become an authority figure in your area of expertise. This is what I do for people.

I help others to generate income streams by creating systems online through a blog. If you do not understand what I am talking about I can explain in more detail if you decide to contact me. Start to build assets for yourself whist escaping job dependency. You are a success story waiting to happen on a bigger level. Plenty of people would love to learn what you know and I have solutions in place to help you. Contact me to learn more.

Warm regards
Kevin
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