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8 www.ohiorestaurant.org Summer 2012 Issue

By Hiring Skilled Candidates, You Can Strengthen Your Operations from Day One

Ohio ProStart ® students bring talent, commitment and a desire to grow

The foodservice industry is Ohio’s third-largest private sector employer and is expected to garner more than $16.6 billion in sales this year while employing more than 530,000 people. In order to help your operations grab as much of those sales dollars as possible, you need to hire qualifed, commitment talent.

For a long time, the foodservice industry has relied upon young people in search of job opportunities, fexible schedules and social atmospheres to staff its openings. In addition to working fexible hours, such as evenings and weekends, they are also often available to work in the summer when tourism drives

more out-of-state and out-of-town traffc into restaurants.

When you consider hiring candidates for your operations, don’t forget to consider hiring from a pool of trained, committed and eager to learn young people: Ohio ProStart ® students. These talented young people enroll in the Ohio ProStart program in order to gain a future in the foodservice industry. In fact, throughout the state, these students participate in an industry-driven curriculum that educates, tests and rewards them for their hard work. The ProStart program was developed to increase the quality and employability of today’s high school restaurant management and culinary arts graduates by providing them with