Where to look for restaurant positions

[sierra11b]

Other than newspaper classified ads and monster i'm hoping someone here knows a worthwhile resource to find a job here in Sacramento, Ca.

I graduated culinary school about 6 months ago and love the place I work at now. It’s actually the place I interned at from school. Great staff. Without divulging too much information I work with two of what local critics claim to be some of the best chefs in Northern California. The amount of knowledge to be had here is phenomenal for someone like me but the hours aren't the best. I need more of them! Right now I only work our three to four busiest evenings of the week.

Right now I do pantry including all the deserts but want to get on the line or at least work the line occasionally on less-busy evenings. I know that the odds of this happening are very small considering the experience, job security, and very close bond between those working on the line now. Those on the line include the owner/working exec. chef, the head chef who happens to be a close friend of the working exec. chef, and a guy that's been there for years. Even though there's the occasional promise of being on the line I have to be honest with myself here... even if I did get to tinker around at another station it would never be permanent.

Right now my goal is to find an ADDITIONAL job to fill the days I do not work. Any ideas of where to start?

Thank you.

[AprilB]

Didn't find any permanent positions that didn't conflict with my primary job.

You might try Temp agencies, headhunters for freelance/flex hours, catering, serving, bartending, or even something not hospitality related and devote your culinary attention to your primary job.

April

[foodnfoto]

Take a look at the job bank at the IACP website:
http://www.iacp.com
It is updated frequently and has quite a few interesting prospects.

[cheflayne]

Sacramento is a pretty small tightknit culinary community, so try word of mouth. If you have a good relationship with chef where you work, you might ask his help. Depending on his personality, could be dicey though. Second best bet would be to pick out restaurants that you think have what you are looking for in experience and going in person to talk to chefs, keeping in mind that it is small community.

[Greg]

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/

There's not much on there now, but I've always found it to yield better results than anything else out there.

[sierra11b]

Thanks guys. I may go back and talk to my culinary school instructors as I've kept in touch with some of them.