I interviewed my friend Taylor's dad. I asked him questions and he followed up with very developed and interesting answers. for the following questions i have compiled his answers to fit the questions.
- Does your job include any writing skill sets?
- Yes, his job includes writing many HR, reports, administrative contracts, recipes, orders, and more. These things need to have certain skill sets, such as a formal order. and instructional format for recipes, and an overall general appeal for the general cook that is reading his recipes.
- What kind of writing does your job involve?
- The writing in his corporate dining job, involves shipping orders, contracts and termination letters. In his culinary career, the writing he does is recipes and formal instructions.
- In the process of writing, what is the most important?
- The most important is the drafting process. For his corporate dining career, he said to be accurate, and pertinent. He says he likes when he letters to business organizations are short and to the point. He looks for accuracy more than fill ins. He said that in the drafting process of writing a recipe. You first need to establish the recipe countless amount of times and become very comfortable with the recipe along with writing and publishing the recipe. You then must configure the amounts of what goes with what and how to make the the food. Also you must make the writing easy to read for either the home cook, or a professional chef.
- What would be the most fun aspect at being in the culinary field?
- He said that the most fun aspect of being in the culinary field, would he food. He said that the social and community aspect of the field is one of his favorite parts of his job. He loves the free food and wine, and how his career is a very lively and social career.
- How long is your work week?
- 5-6 days a week. and usually 50-70 hours. He said that this field is very demanding in the hours and with a low pay at first. You have to work your way up with hard work. some of the hours differ between a culinary job in a restaurant/hotel or a corporate job.
- What is your writing process?
- The writing process for corporate dining executive would be along the lines of drafting, multiple times, revision, and publication.
- Is there a multi-step process? - Ex. Revision
- yes, both the drafting and revision process is a multi-step process. You have to go back many times to make sure the point in your writings are short, sweet, and to the point.
- How do these processes tie into the work atmosphere?
- these processes tie into the work atmosphere because many of the letters, drafts and recipes used must be overlooked and written by someone.
- Do you like your job?
- He says he loves he job. Both being a professional chef, and a corporate in dining. He says he loves the people he interacts with and the business is very rewarding.
- How do these tie into our writing processes and yours?
- All of these processes tie into he work and school environment because they are everyday values. these are very fundamental writing processes that everyone should pick up in order to work environment.
