1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Cake Decorator do? |
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 What field is your job in?
Cake Decorating
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What is your job title?
Cake Decorator
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
The company is a family owned bakery that makes from scratch cakes, pies, pastries, cookies and breads. We have about 25 employees.
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How long have you been employed in this position?
4 years
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
40
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
Everything from answering the phone taking orders to cake decorating and checking out customers.
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
17500
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
18900
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
none
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
well
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2. Work environment! |
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your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
yes, i like it very much because i enjoy talking to people and making people smile! I think the only thing I really don't like about my job is disgruntled customers. We don't get them very often but man when we do they can be so rude over a cake, I mean its CAKE people don't get crazy over it!
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
Its a bakery adn the thing I don't like about it is its so hot! But I do love how it always smells so good and its very rewarding to please a customer with a good job.
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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3 Income
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4 Work Environment - co-workers
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2 Work Environment - supervisors
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8 Benefits
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5 Hours
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6 Level of responsibility
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1 The actual "work" you do at your job
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7 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
Try taking a food service course at your local vo tech school or try it out at your local grocery bakery. I was lucky, I started at my local Price Chopper grocery store, then 6 months later my sister opened her own bakery and she is the one who taught me EVERYTHING.
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
People skills, you have to be able to work with the public. Artistic abilities, you have to be able to have a vision of what you want your end result to be...colors, style, theme ect.
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
if you don't have food service/pastry training then you need on the job training.
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Read all the latest wilton books and magazines to do with pastry and decorating. Now there is also quite a few cake decorating shows on t.v. on The Food Network as well that you can get really neat ideas from.
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