As the season draws to a close the Chefs In Scotland office still remains busy. As we enter into late October we do go through a quiet period as do most kitchens. It is the run up to Christmas and people are saving their money so not eating out as much and this has a knock on effect to CIS. However there is always plenty to do. As in a kitchen this would be the time when you would be cleaning, doing stock takes and in my case as pastry chef I would have been getting ready making mincemeat and puddings in time for Christmas day. Well here at CIS we do filing, admin and also this year we are undertaking some refurbishments at the offices in Moffat too. This is a time when we meet chefs who either already have done jobs through CIS or are looking to do relief work with us next year.
The transition from being a chef to being a recruiter sometimes doesn’t seem that different as although I have learnt lots of new skills since starting at CIS in April 2015 there are also lots of transferable skills too. The new things I have learned include accounts, general admin and the system we have at CIS to get chefs placed whether that be permanent, seasonal or relief. But the skills that I already had from being a chef such as perseverance, knowledge of the roles and being able to do more than one thing at a time have also helped.
So over the next few months, relief work will quieten down but it seems to be the time that chefs begin to look for permanent jobs. The season has ended and they want to be in a new role before Christmas so during this time we get lots of CVs in to be processed so if you are looking for a new role or a new challenge please get in touch. I am also happy to write CVs for any chefs who don’t have one either because you are just starting out or have been job-to-job.
We deal with recruitment from small country inns and restaurants to large 5* resort and everything in between with various positions from executive chef to commis chef so please don’t hesitate to send over your CV to jessica@chefsinscotland.co.uk .
Jessica Huntley
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