Practical restaurant and food service experience is usually easy to get. In colleges with curriculum offerings in these areas, summer jobs in all phases of the work are available and, in some cases, required. Some restaurant and food service chains provide on-the-job training in management. Another way to learn more about the field is to talk to a manager about his or her career.
- Air Quality Engineers
- Airport Service Workers
- App Services Workers
- Baggage Porters and Bellhops
- Bakery Workers
- Baristas
- Bartenders
- Bed and Breakfast Owners
- Beekeepers
- Beverage Industry Workers
- Biologists
- Brewers
- Building Automation Systems Engineers
- Building Automation Systems Technicians
- Building Performance Diagnosticians
- Business Managers
- Campaign Workers
- Canning and Preserving Industry Workers
- Caterers
- Chemical Engineers
- Chimney Sweeps
- Confectionery Industry Workers
- Cooking Instructors
- Cooks and Chefs
- Cruise Ship Workers
- Dairy Products Manufacturing Workers
- Dietetic Technicians
- Dietitians
- Engineers
- Enologists
- Ethical Sourcing Officer
- Event Planners
- Exhibit Designers
- Family and Consumer Scientists
- Farmers
- Farmers' Market Managers/Promoters
- Fast Food Workers
- Fishers
- Food Service Workers
- Food Technologists
- Food Writers and Editors
- Fund-Raisers
- General Maintenance Mechanics
- Green Hotel/Resort Ecomanagers
- Grounds Managers
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Heating and Cooling Technicians
- Hosts/Hostesses
- Hotel and Motel Managers
- Hotel Concierges
- Hotel Desk Clerks
- Hotel Executive Housekeepers
- Hotel Restaurant Managers
- Housekeepers and Maids
- Inbound Tour Guides
- Indoor Environmental Health Specialists
- Janitors and Cleaners
- Landscapers
- Meatcutters and Meat Packers
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists
- Music Venue Owners and Managers
- National Park Service Employees
- Nutritionists
- Organic Farmers
- Packaging Engineers
- Packaging Machinery Technicians
- Parking Attendants
- Personal Chefs
- Personal Shoppers
- Plumbers and Pipefitters
- Product Development Directors
- Product Management Directors
- Product Managers
- Property and Real Estate Managers
- Real Estate Developers
- Recreation Workers
- Resort Workers
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards
- Ski Resort Workers
- Spa Managers
- Sports Facility Managers
- Stationary Engineers
- Tour Guides
- Wedding and Party Consultants