{"id":8168,"date":"2018-03-20T18:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T18:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/how-to-land-a-job-in-the-fb-industry-8168\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T08:07:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T02:37:06","slug":"how-to-land-a-job-in-the-fb-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/how-to-land-a-job-in-the-fb-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"How to land a job in the F&B industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If there is one trait that can be ascribed to all Singaporeans, it’s no doubt a love for food. From trendy hipster cafés to the revitalisation of hawker offerings, Singaporeans have a taste for novel dining experiences.<\/span><\/p>

This voracious appetite chalked up over S$667 million in sales for food and beverage (F&B) services in January 2018 alone. In fact, the latest Quarterly Tourism Performance Report for Q3 2017 revealed that food and beverage revenue forms 9% of the Singapore’s tourism receipts. It’s no wonder the local F&B industry is hungry for skilled and qualified manpower to take their businesses to greater heights.<\/span><\/p>

If you enjoy going the extra mile to deliver impeccable service and love a fast-paced environment, then Singapore’s robust F&B industry might be your place to be. Here are a few tips to get in:<\/span><\/p>

1. Furthering education through lifelong learning<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

When we say furthering education, we don’t mean costly full-time courses. If you are a working adult looking for a career switch<\/a> (and are above 25 years old), you may wish to consider using your skills future credit for specialised courses with lower downtime.<\/span><\/p>

Singapore has a huge network of Continuing Education and Training (CET) centres – like SHATEC and Asian Culinary Institute – that provide training for Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) courses ranging from culinary arts and service excellence to even F&B safety and hygiene procedures.<\/span><\/p>

2. Pursue hands-on experience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Not entirely sure if you’ll fit the bill? If you some have time to spare, pick up a temporary job over the weekends or the school holidays at a dining establishment to figure it out. If you are able to handle the job during its peak hours, you already have one foot in the door.<\/span><\/p>

Working from the ground up will enable you to better understand the needs of customers and the challenges faced by service staff. It will also be a valuable experience that you can tap on as you rise through the ranks, no matter if you are working on the floor or managing things behind the scenes.<\/span><\/p>

3. Be prepared for manual labour and odd hours<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Although seeing customers with a smile on their faces can be a very rewarding feeling at the end of the day, work in the F&B industry is laborious and likely requires shift work. Yes, that means your precious weekends and evenings could potentially disappear.<\/span><\/p>

However, if you are opposed to the 9-to-5 routine, then the F&B industry might be a good fit for you. The work in a restaurant, café or bar surely can be a welcome alternative for many that find it hard to sit behind a desk for the most part of the day.<\/span><\/p>

4. Cultivate your soft skills<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Like the hospitality industry, the F&B sector is inextricably linked to satisfying customers. While some technical job skills are essential, soft skills like managing customer relations, adapting quickly to change, and being approachable<\/a> are equally vital to your success in mastering this industry.<\/span><\/p>

Customers are not always right. They can be challenging and difficult at times. But being able to keep it cool in any situation, communicating effectively will truly make a difference with customers. The daily work with customers and different colleagues will give you the chance to develop your interpersonal skills.<\/span><\/p>

Find F&B jobs here<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If there is one trait that can be ascribed to all Singaporeans, it’s no doubt a love for food. From trendy hipster cafés to the revitalisation of hawker offerings, Singaporeans have a taste for novel dining experiences.This voracious appetite chalked up over S$667 million in sales for food and beverage (F&B) services in January 2018 … Continue reading How to land a job in the F&B industry?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-job-search-strategy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20705,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8168\/revisions\/20705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}