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Tips for International students

 Jobs in restaurants

 Working in restaurants is a great way to:

• earn extra money
•  to make friends
• to gain skills that you will use in the future

 December is the perfect time to look for work in restaurants and cafes as it is the busiest time of year.

 Tips for looking for work in cafes and restaurants 

• dress smartly (even for a kitchen hand job)
• Go into a restaurant/café before lunch time or before dinner. Don’t go during the busy restaurant times. Best time to go in is:
  • 10 am – 11 am
  • 4pm – 5 pm
  • If you wish to work in the kitchen, ask for the head chef
  • If you wish to work front of house (a waiter, bar person, glass collector, bus person, cashier) ask for the Restaurant manager
  • Look the Manager/Head chef in the eye, with a big smile, shoulders back, tell them that you would like a job and that you are a very hard worker
  • Be brave, be strong, don’t give up and YOU WILL GET A JOB! And keep going back!!!

 December is the busiest time of the year and sometimes staff are tired and don’t show up to work. If you keep going back and asking for work they will remember you and call you or you could be asking for work on the very day someone hasn’t shown up to work.

Tell your friends you are looking for work
This is one of the best ways of getting work. Your friends will know when there is a job available at their work, and can call you straight away. Be prepared to take these opportunities to get the experience (and the money) it all helps!

 I have no experience!
If you have no experience in working in restaurants or cafes we suggest the following courses to help (it will give you good experience and confidence to ask for work):

• Barista courses:  this will teach you how to make coffees which you will need to work in any busy café in Sydney or Melbourne.
  For more information please contact:
  Sydney: info@ability.edu.au
  Melbourne: info@hales.edu.au

• RSA and RSG courses: In Australia you must have an RSA certificate if you wish to work anywhere where alcohol is served. In NSW you will also need your RSG certificate if you wish to work in a bar or restaurant in a hotel or a venue with poker machines.
  For more information on these courses and prices please contact:
  Sydney: institute@megt.com.au
  Melbourne: info@hales.edu.au

Resume:
It is important that you have a resume written for looking for part time work. You may have a resume from home where you were an engineer, this is not so useful for applying for working in a restaurant.

Restaurant managers want people who are:

• Punctual (arrive on time)
• Reliable (always come to work)
• Hard working
• Work well in a team
• Friendly

 All you need to be is at the right place at the right time and someone will give you a job. This is the time of year that many people are tired, and sometimes don’t turn up for work.
This is why it is a good idea to keep a resume updated at all times.

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