Trainees Begin Job Search

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04.06.2009 --

Last week, Culinary Job Training students began searching for jobs after eight weeks of intensive training in knife skills and life skills. The students prepared for real-world careers by completing week-long internships at various locations, including The National Institutes of Health, Washington Convention Center, Fairmont Hotel, Marriott Metro Center, Gaylord Hotel, and Holiday Inn Capitol Hill.

Each day, students are visiting employers to submit their resumes and applications. They will apply for jobs at schools, museums, nursing homes, hotels, restaurants, group homes and social service agencies.

Julia Reticker-Flynn, Workforce Development and Graduate Support Coordinator, worked with each student to craft their resume and coordinated mock interviews to help students prepare.

Julia and the rest of the training staff have improved our curriculum to the point that we have achieved %100 retention rate for this class--for the first time, everyone who started will graduate.

The job search illustrates one of our core beliefs at the Kitchen: that our programs must not only empower our clients, but create avenues for business to incorporate philanthropy into their everyday operations. The Culinary Job Training graduates constitute a trained workforce that will help strengthen the local economy as they work to build a better future for themselves and their families.