Food Service Managers

Also Called:

F and B Manager (Food and Beverage Manager),

Food Service Director,

Food Service Manager,

Restaurant Manager

What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

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Career Cluster

What do they typically do on the job?

  • Count money and make bank deposits.
  • Establish standards for personnel performance and customer service.
  • Keep records required by government agencies regarding sanitation or food subsidies.

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

Leadership Orientation

Stress Tolerance

Social Orientation

Cooperation

Attention to Detail

Dependability

Interests

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Abilities

Whether you have received formal training or not, these types of abilities are helpful in this career.

Verbal

  • Communicate by speaking

  • Listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • Notice when problems happen

  • Use rules to solve problems

Attention

  • Pay attention to something without being distracted

Skills

People who want to pursue this career have skills in these areas.

Basic Skills

  • Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements

  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions

Social

  • Changing what is done based on other people's actions

  • Looking for ways to help people

Resource Management

  • Selecting and managing the best workers for a job

  • Managing your time and the time of other people

Does this sound like something you'd like to do?

1. Do some research

  • Identify how your interests, values, and strengths match this occupation
  • Talk to someone who works in this field or spend a day job shadowing
  • Use the colleges and training directory to explore programs related to this career

2. Plan your next move

  • Talk to your college and career counselor or school admissions staff
  • Visit Idaho Launch
  • Search for available Food Service Managers jobs on Idaho Works

Data for NSI career cards comes from the following: Idaho Department of Labor, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, O*NET, MyNextMove, and Career OneStop