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How to Make the Most of Your New Job! | RestaurantOwner
How to Make the Most of Your New Job!

Excited about your new restaurant job? A little nervous? That’s okay, it’s only normal. You may not realize this, but this job could provide you with the opportunity to learn skills and work habits that will make you successful in this job AND set a pattern for your entire career.

How to Make the Most of Your New Job!

About This Course

Category:

Onboarding, Staff Training

Recommended For:

Young team members

Learning Time:

23 minutes 1 second

What You Will Learn

Excited about your new restaurant job? A little nervous? That’s okay, it’s only normal. You may not realize this, but this job could provide you with the opportunity to learn skills and work habits that will make you successful in this job AND set a pattern for your entire career. But it’s up to you to make a good choice. The choices you make on this job will likely set a pattern for how successful and happy you’ll be at work for your entire career.

In this course, you’re going to meet Leo, a restaurant manager, and two of his young team members, Matt and Carrie. They are going to tell you about some of the choices they’ve made and how it’s helped shape them into a valuable member of their restaurant team and make their time at work more rewarding and even fun.

  • Every job in a restaurant matters A LOT!
  • Your managers and co-workers want you to be successful
  • The power of choice
  • Your role in the guest experience
  • Valuable skills and life-long work habits you can learn
  • Teamwork and working well with everyone
  • Going the extra mile for a guest
  • Think career, not just a paycheck

Instructor: Jim Laube


Jim Laube

Founding RestaurantOwner.com in 1998, Jim is a seasoned expert in the restaurant industry. With a diverse background spanning from frontline roles to CFO roles, he brings unmatched expertise as a former advisor and CPA to independent restaurants. Having trained thousands of professionals on restaurant accounting and controls, Jim remains dedicated to developing valuable resources and training programs for independent restaurant success.

Section 1
Introduction
Introduction
  • 1.
    Congratulations!
    2:05
  • 2.
    Introduction Quiz
    1:00
Section 2
Your Job Is Important
Your Job Is Important
  • 3.
    The Guest Experience
    0:50
  • 4.
    Choose To Be An A-Player
    1:10
  • 5.
    Be Your Best With EVERY Guest
    1:19
  • 6.
    Your Job Is Important Quiz
    1:00
Section 3
Think Career, Not Just a Paycheck
Think Career, Not Just a Paycheck
  • 7.
    Sure Money Matters, But . . .
    0:42
  • 8.
    Paying Your Own Way
    0:36
  • 9.
    Think Career, Not Paycheck Quiz
    1:00
Section 4
Make Work More Rewarding
Make Work More Rewarding
  • 10.
    It’s All How You Look At It
    0:59
  • 11.
    Leave Home at Home
    0:45
  • 12.
    It’s Fun to “Make Someone’s Day”
    0:59
  • 13.
    Make Work More Rewarding (& even fun!) Quiz
    1:00
Section 5
Do the Right Thing
Do the Right Thing
  • 14.
    Follow the Rules
    0:41
  • 15.
    Safety First
    0:55
  • 16.
    Do the Right Thing Quiz
    1:00
Section 6
Be a Team Player
Be a Team Player
  • 17.
    Together Everyone Accomplishes More
    0:58
  • 18.
    You Don’t Have to Like Everyone
    1:30
  • 19.
    Always Be Part of the Solution
    1:02
  • 20.
    Be a Team Player Quiz
    1:00
Section 7
Conclusion
Conclusion
  • 21.
    Recap & Time to Choose
    1:30
  • 22.
    Wrap Up Quiz
    1:00

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