WHAT NEXT?? Major let down!!! Maybe Resume Advice?

Don't take this the wrong way, but my advice would be to spend 30 minutes alone every morning.

1. Spend 10 minutes listening to your ego tell you how great you are
2. Spend 10 minutes telling yourself how **** you are (mod edit: replace **** with "bad")
3. and then spend 10 minutes thinking about how you balance the two.

Hopefully this puts you on an even keel and gets you thinking straight.

You'll never progress if you can't work with others, either above or beneath you. You're not perfect, none of are and after 27 years in kitchens I'm still learning.

Park the ego and seek out the best opportunities!

Good luck/img/vbsmilies/smilies/thumb.gif

 

I don't know if it's such a great idea baggin' on the chef on the internet ......you may be looking for a job sooner than you think.....if YOU just keep doing the right things the right people will notice who does what and reward you....whatever that is, and if they don't then move on....

 

Pembroke and Fryguy have some good advice here.  I frequently post on this site about the KS who is a major league thorn in my side but I know he does not cruise culinary sites in his offtime and even if he did, I do not say anything here that I would not say to his face and I think you might want to keep that in mind. 

I do understand your frustration but you need to remember this... you are not the head in this kitchen and you do as he instructs whether or not you agree.... and you can within  your realm fix things and you can advise the chef that you have a ton of such and such leftover so you guys can do something with the stuff.

As sous you are there to support the chef not work against him.... after all you are his right hand so why are you dissing him?  If you cannot follow Pembroke's ego check and come out of it ok then you need to look to another line of work.

Sorry to be so hardline but well this is what it is.

 

 I'm on board with Pembroke, but I would switch the order.  Start out looking at areas of your skills that need improvement then move onto the areas that are great.  It will help you to improve without leaving you down all day.

 

Good point Chef Ray, no wonder I've been feeling a little down in the mornings/img/vbsmilies/smilies/eek.giflol

 

I only charge hourly for therapy sessions./img/vbsmilies/smilies/peace.gif

 

my resume looks like this:

Title.
Personal details - inc photo.
Objective - a short sentence or two on your aims and objectives.
Personal Statement - include a brief outline of your training, experience, abilities, qualities etc. also add your own personal statement about who you are, what you want to do and where you intend to take your career.
Work History - include dates, establishment names, and duties in brief.
Certifications.
Personal Interests/hobbies etc.
References.
Updated date.


the objective and personal statement is a very important part of your cv because it tells the employer a lot about who you are and your specific aims

 

Dear Mod,

I apologise for the use of a banned word, however if you must delete my choice of wording at least replace it with a suitable synonym./img/vbsmilies/smilies/thumb.gif

P.S. It would also be handy if the spell-check could recognise correctly spelled English words such as apologise!/img/vbsmilies/smilies/lol.gif

 

The old board would have merely replaced it with "****" and left it at that. I at least did more than that. How about expressing yourself in a more acceptable way and eliminating the problem before it's a problem? This goes for all member, by the way. You are not in the kitchen here.

 

Like I said, I apologised. Replacing a word with '********' is better, IMO, then replacing it with an alternative word, just seems a bit 'Big Brother'..../img/vbsmilies/smilies/crazy.gif  We're all adults here, aren't we? Did you find any examples of profanity in my previous 194 posts?

 

I have worked in a couple of resatraunts before so I decided i'll post for your problem.

  First off, I would suggest to enact on this quote:  Stoop to conquer.  Simply put, if the job pays well enough so that you can move forward even if it means that you have to work with people of lower standards, then you should do it so that you can rise above in the end.

 As far as your direction in your professional career is concerned, that is a decision only you can decide on. Time for some souls searching - What environment would really spark your passion?

  As far as your resume:  I have found that giving three custom key points at the top of your resume as per the perspective employer.
  For example:  Lets say you were going corporate. 
 key point #1:  I'm punctual and a good team player with the willingness to always improve.

 key point #2:  Proven leadership skills. (list key skills as per prospective employer)  

 Key point#3:  I am flexible in my skill set and I am able to take over positions that are not in my initial job description.  "Not my department" does not exist in my vernacular.

  Customize your "ammo" as per the intended "target".

 Hope this helps.