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You love everything about the culinary world and are ready to take the next step up in your food service career. If you dream of becoming a leader in the hospitality industry, and driving decisions to develop a successful dining establishment, you could be the ideal candidate to work as a restaurant manager.
While some degrees offer a clear career path, such as a bachelor’s in accounting, the prospects from a communications degree open up a world of opportunities. When you earn a communications degree, you can enter public relations, digital media, media, human resources, among many other disciplines. If you’re interested in one or a few of these areas, a communications degree affords you with career flexibility.
Whether you’re scrolling through Instagram or venturing into your local city, you’re likely to have heard of, walked by, or even frequented a food truck establishment. According to the Census Bureau, the number of operable food trucks in the United States doubled from 2013 to 2018 with expected growth well into the future.
If you’re a restaurant owner or manager, you know the importance of having a chef on your team that shares your vision and possesses superior cooking and management skills. In this short guide, you’ll learn the traits, skills, and knowledge to look for when recruiting the right chef for your restaurant.
As an MBA student, educating yourself on industry trends and supplementing coursework with business news will help prepare you for your career after graduation. When podcasts arrived on the scene, only a small population of U.S. adults were aware of the medium. In 2021, over 80 million Americans currently listen to podcasts, with expected growth through 2024.
Anyone who has watched an episode of Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares"—or binge-watched one or several seasons during lockdowns—knows what can happen when restaurant managers don't properly manage their kitchens. Ramsay often uncovered the equivalent of restaurant-tier food hoarding or a severe shortage of essential ingredients to prepare and serve high-quality meals daily.
When combining lives with a true love and embarking on a new journey together, everyone wants their wedding day to run smoothly and beautifully. But, where does one start with planning a wedding? Whether you are an aspiring wedding planner or event leader, or need to plan your own big event, you probably need some ideas to get started.
You may have heard of big data in some form — machine learning, cloud computing, predictive analytics, and more. Big data and data analytics continues to redefine nearly every industry, particularly as organizations of all sizes across every field look to adapt to life in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, data analysts are in high demand — and this field is expected to grow exponentially in the coming months and years.
Here are 12 skills that you will need to pursue a career in data analytics and data science:
If you’re in the hospitality industry, you know that things change constantly. To keep your guests happy, it's important to stay atop all the latest trends and technology innovations in the industry. If you don't, your competitors surely will. Many of the 2022 hospitality trends are a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Others involve new technology and evolving consumer preferences. To help you keep abreast of what your guests are looking for, we've put together our list of 12 hospitality trends to look for in 2022.
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