Job Responsibilities
I was in charge of receiving purchases from the purchasing
department, And entering them on Bin Cards; I issued them to the various
departments--kitchen, bar, restaurant, mini-bar, banquet upon requisition. At
the end of the month I and the Food and Beverage Manager take Inventory, and
prepare Inventory Control, and submit the sheets to the food and Beverage Manager
for onward submission to the
acounts office.
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Job Requirements
They needed someone with Canadian Hotel experience, possibly, a high school
graduate, but I was lucky because of my accountancy and costing experience. When
they tried me I could easily do it.
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Uppers
I loved serving the overall department. The Chef came to me for his orders. The
Banquet in their busy days and best uniforms were always smilling to me. I could
drink anything I wished and eat any food I wished. I always had my crate of pop
drinks given me and I dont pay for it. The President of the Hotel, the
Accountant, the Food and Beverage Manager, The Che, etc were all nice to me. I
was actually part of the managenet because I was present in their meting and they
required info from me often.
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Downers
My job was to be a Storekeeper, but somehow they tried to make it a receiving
job whereby, I was the one loading most of the purchases that arrived from
suppliers. Sometimes I became to tired before getting behind the bin cards to
enter and do other paperwork.
Later, I had to leave this job to become a Licenced Insurance
Agent later with Mutual of Omaha, Toronto, after writing and
passing the Ministry of Financial Institutions ams on Life
Insurance and Disability.
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Lifestyle
Very busy job. 8-to-5 type of job. It involves smiling and sweating. There is no
travelling involved but sometime if the Purchasing Manager is not there, the
experience storkeper can be used to do the purchases, for he knows his Re-orer
Levels. Afterall, it is he who informs the Purchasing Manager of his re-order
level and advisenhim to start ordering.
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Compensation
I was paid bi-weekly, $500 per week after deductions.
The bae Salary was $18,000 p.a. plus free drinks and food etc, less CPP, OHIP,
I/TAX.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Experience in Costing and Food and Beverage is very important to maintain this
job for long. They must not make mistakes in calculation and it would be noticed
by the other departments involved because as he isue to them, they too keep their
own recors They must be flair in Mathematics especially, Arithmetic.
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