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Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

Eric Wynkoop - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)

This event was on Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern

Join Chef Eric Wynkoop in his virtual office as he welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to Ask Anything – from cooking techniques to co… Read More.

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Question:

Would having the certificate aid me in getting a job in this field?

— Kaiden Howell

Answer:

So what I'm reading here is would a certificate of completion of a rouxbe course, you know be helpful in getting a job in the restaurant industry. Perhaps is what I'll read into this and you know, I'll say that it can help there are many people. Who want to enter the restaurant industry or the food industry in in some fashion with no experience at all? And they're going to knock on a back door and fill out an application and ask for a job and if you're standing right next to that person and let's say you don't have any experience but you do have the educational credential of having, you know finished a course of study and you have a certificate of completion to show then I mean arguably you would have a leg up on the person next to you. Okay, I will also add that, you know regardless of whether one has a certificate of completion in their possession or not and regardless of what school they graduated from or what program they completed it will come down to that individuals personality and their work ethic. As to you know, whether they get the job and how long they keep the job. So will a certificate of completion Aid you or or, you know benefits you in some way I would say it would but again, there are other variables at play here and a big part of it is going to be you and and the core individual that you are. All right. Thank you.
Eric Wynkoop

Eric Wynkoop

Director of Culinary Instruction

rouxbe.com