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FOOD & DRINK It’s no surprise that the food and drink industry is a crucial contributor to UK employment and the national economy. Indeed, according to the Food and Drink Federation, production alone in this area represents "the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector" directly employing over 400,000 people, with hundreds of thousands more working at the service end of the trade in bars, restaurants and cafes throughout the country. For many people from right across the social spectrum, waiting, bar or kitchen work represents their first engagement with employment, and while many of these engagements prove merely temporary, for many thousands of workers, they flourish into lifelong and extremely successful careers, with some of the UK’s – indeed, the world’s – biggest companies. The diversity of employment opportunity is one of the most immediately attractive aspects of the food and drink industry, with an ongoing requirement for staff across the country in arenas from agriculture and dairy production through to fast food and luxury catering. Yet – perhaps because of its very accessibility and the profusion of entrylevel and temporary positions highlighted above – the industry is rarely considered in the same glamorous light as certain other sectors, despite the excellent (and frequently very well remunerated) opportunities for management-level professionals to be found at the upper end of the ladder. However, these opportunities – because of the huge breadth of the base of the employment pyramid in this sector – need to be very hard fought-for; advancement in this business requires great dedication as well as ability, and demonstrating a willingness to muck in and take on one’s share of the dirty work – from the factory floor to the boardroom – is indispensable. In many ways – again, perhaps because of the huge range of opportunities available at ground level – food and drink may be The stuff of 106 www.jobsandcareersmag.com The UK’s food and drink industry – from the farmyards and fields to the tables of the country’s top restaurants – employs hundreds of thousands and offers job opportunities at every level. With dedication and the will to succeed, this could be your route to the very top http://www.jobsandcareersmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Jobs and Careers with James Caan 2012

Career bites
What really counts
Weighing it all up
Around the world
Ask the experts
Growth sectors
Train your brain
Homework
Carve a career in care
Here come the girls
Mum’s the word
An apple a day
It’s for you-hoo!
A step forward
His & hers
Bank on it
Risky Business
In the money
3 Specialist medical jobs
The stuff of life
Power on
Engineering heroes
Outside the box
Keeping it clean
Your Business with James Caan
Go Go GadGets
On trend office
Take my advice
Getting Going
The bank job
Make the most of your assets
Back to business
The law and you
HR Matters
Make it work
Into the cloud
Design & shine
Reach out
Gorkana and Gurkhas
Protect and prosper
Making it count
Your business or your life?
Nice supplies
Beginning business
Ship it
Ethical business
Backing business
Standing together
Top 10 hiring tips

Jobs and Careers with James Caan 2012