This is my take our kid to work day blog post. I went to work with my dad to the Sheraton Guilford.

1. Job Title: My dad is the executive sous chef.

2. Job Description: The executive sous chef helps the head chef run the kitchen and runs the kitchen in the chef’s absence. The executive sous chef also orders supplies for the kitchen.

3. Duties or tasks: The executive sous chef helps with payroll, they manage associates, do some cooking, prep work, putting out functions and paper work.

4. Qualifications:
a) Training: 1 year college course, apprenticeship, and on the job training such as management and corperate training.
b) Education: All the education that is required is high school.
c) My dad has 22 years of experience, working mostly in hotels.
d) Skills and attributes: You need to be someone who is willing to work hard, work long hours, odd shifts and someone who is eager.

5. What do like about your job? The creativity, the fact you get to play with your food, you get to impress people and you get to meet interesting people.

6. What don’t you like about your job? The long hours, the odd shifts and that you work weekends and holidays including Christmas.

7. How do you think this job will change in the next 5 years or so? Not much really, but I think there will be less cooking involved and more pre-packaged food.

Reflection Questions:

1. Three reasons why I would like this job:
a) You can express your creativity through food.
b) You get to travel and meet interesting people.
c) You get to impress people.

2. Three reasons why I would not like this job:
a) You work long hours, odd shifts and weekends and holidays.
b) The work is quite hard and stressful.
c) You are in your feet all day.

3. Is this a job for me? No, this isn’t a job for me. I don’t work very well under stress, I’m not comfortable on my feet all day and I wouldn’t like working weekends and holidays.

4. Explain the value of “TOKTW” in relation to your ideas about your post secondary plans? Take your kid to work day is a good opportunity to experience a real job for a day. I know know I defenitly don’t want to be a chef!