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Culinary Arts/Chef (Jim Neal) – CP047
Fred talks with Jim Neal about his career as a chef. They discuss how he started in the field, the importance of creativity as opposed to technique, the various areas of responsibility a chef has - from actually cooking to hiring help, ordering,
Sales/Marketing (Terry Tracey) – CP046
Fred talks with Mr. Tracey about a career in Sales and Marketing. They discuss what skills and personal qualities are important for success, what the learning curve is like and what types of challenges and rewards are possible.
Procurement/Purchasing (Bill Boodry) – CP045
Fred talks with Mr. Boodry about his career as a procurement/purchasing professional. They discuss Bill's broad experience across a number of very different industries; highlighting the 'transferrable' nature of procurement skills specifically and busi...
Materials Planning/MRP, (Ed Scott) – CP044
Fred talks with Ed Scott about his career in Materials Planning, how/why he chose that professional, the various rewards/challenges in that line of work and the increasing impact of technology on the work. They also discuss the value of building relati...
Loss Prevention/Asset Protection, (Steve Ippolito) – CP043
Russell talks with Steve Ippolito about how/why he entered the Loss Prevention field. They discuss what it was, and now is, like to work 'security' in the retail environment. Steve shares his thoughts on the evolving nature of 'threats' and 'targets' i...
Consulting/Executive Coaching, Board Membership (Anne DeFrancesco) – CP042
Fred talks with Ms.Defrancesco about her career, initially as an educator/administrator in the Public-School system, which she soon leveraged into a role as a Human Resources Development internal consultant/specialist within a large technology company....
Real Estate Brokerage (Holly Chaney) – CP041
Fred talks with Ms Chaney about her career as a Real Estate Broker in Florida. They cover her early career, training, licensing and the persistent required to get established in a market. She explains the importance and benefit of getting a Broker's li...
Human Resources/Total Rewards (Tom Wilson) – CP040
Fred talks with Tom Wilson, a highly successful Compensation/Total Rewards consultant. They discuss how he navigated from a Training/Development early phase, to Total Rewards where he spent the majority of his career.
Hospitality/Fine Dining Server-Captain pt2 (Michael Pollack) – CP039
This is PART 2 of Kevin's conversation with Michael from CP038. They finished their discussion by covering other restaurant topics such as ambiance, specifically noise levels and lighting in restaurants and how they are both challenges and ways to craf...
Hospitality/Fine Dining Server-Captain pt1 (Michael Pollack) – CP038
Kevin talks with Michael Pollack about how/why he chose a career in the restaurant business, specifically as a server. Michael explains the 'working structure' of a typical restaurant, including 'front-of-house' roles,