Management Possition?

Question

I'm 18 years old, hold a GED and a Career Deploma (PCDI) in Hotel/Restaurant Management and worked at a Restaurant for 1 1/2 years (NOT in management)... I want a job as a Restaurant manager... but from my knowlege, everyone wants at least 2 years of management experiance.... How am I suppose to get management experiance if no one will hire me without it?

Any suggestions what Restaurants I migh apply for a management possition.

Answer 1

You are going to have to work yourself up to that position. You will need to work in a restaurant as a "non manager" and PROVE yourself to management as a person who could become a manager ..eventually they will make you an assistant manager and then finally a manager. Running a restaurant is NOT an easy task..there is a lot you have to do..it would be DUMB for anybody to hire somebody and make them a manager without SOME experience .. so you will need to work yourself to that position...EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE TAKES TIME..

Answer 2

You need to start at the bottom. In my situation after high school (at an ice cream shop to help myself through school) It took me less than 6 months of doing everything I was told and more to get my first management position. It took another year before I was actually named assistant manager. It sucks, but everyone starts at the bottom. On the plus side, management experience is invaluable on a resume. I recently took a lucrative publishing job based on my 3 years of management experience and high school English grades (my college was all computers, so it really didn't play heavily).