Good Food Jobs is a gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm, and intellect. We post opportunities with farmers and food artisans, policy makers and purveyors, retailers and restaurateurs, economists, ecologists, and more.
the gastrognomes is a blog for food lovers who want to put their passions to work. We profile the most interesting, engaging, and unlikely food professionals that we find, and we publish them here to inspire you.
NICE THINGS PEOPLE SAY
"I think what the two of you are doing is completely awesome and inspiring. The site looks cool and fun, and is very professional at the same time. Brilliant idea!"
- Laura, Job Poster
"Your site, the services it provides, and the results I have gotten from it are all excellent. I hope that it has been as rewarding for you as it has for the job seekers and posters that it serves!"
- Jenn, Job Poster
"The results were truly outstanding and I can't begin to thank you enough. We had such a great pool of qualified applicants it was difficult to make a choice. We had planned to just look for this summer, but found candidates for all year!"
- Carol, Job Poster
We're so glad to be of service.
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Greetings gastronomes,
We're motoring along with more jobs every week. Since October 2010 we've posted over 1,100 opportunities, and at this moment we have over 420 active jobs on the site. As we continue to amass more good food jobs, we would like to provide some useful reminders on how to make the most of the website. This week is geared toward job posters, and next week we'll follow-up with info for job seekers.
FOR JOB POSTERS
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Format your job post so that it's easy to read. Use bullets, bold and italics, ALL CAPS, and/or headers to make details clear for the job seeker.
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Use some personality. Be sure that the tone of the post accurately reflects the environment in which the new hire will be working. This will attract people that are more aligned with your mission and better suited to the culture of your business.
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Be realistic about potential applicants. Sure, you want to shoot for the stars, but don't make your requirements so restrictive that you are turning away qualified people. If there are certain qualifications that you'd like to see, then note them as preferred instead of required.
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Provide enough information for applicants to make an educated decision about whether they should apply. This means you should write more than three sentences. The job seekers who frequent Good Food Jobs really want to work at a place that shares their same values, and it's up to you to tell them about your goals, ethos, and initiatives!
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Be patient. Although our site doesn't have quite the same pull as larger job search engines, (i.e. you won't get 200 applications within an hour of posting), what we lack in quantity we make up for in quality. It may take a week or two to get a handful of applicants, but it is our goal that each applicant is someone that you want to interview.
For more detailed information on how to write the perfect job post, email us and we'll send it your way. Or if you have a testimonial or feedback regarding your posting experience, let us know.
Taylor & Dorothy
Co-Founders, Good Food Jobs
THE GASTRO.GNOMES BLOG
Martine Trelaun
Shop Editor
food52.com
The thing about hand-picking each person featured on the blog - and each job that gets posted on goodfoodjobs.com - is that we can honestly say we admire each and every one of them. And occasionally there comes a job that sounds so appealing, we have to admit we're jealous (or, in the case of available jobs, we have to restrain ourselves from applying to them!). Martine is the lucky subject of our envy this week, as the woman who edits the shop at food52.com. Her creative prowess is enough to turn you green, but her story of following her instinct to jump into something for which she had little experience should convince you that with a little effort, you could be occupying your own dream food job. Read More
Follow our weekly blog profiles at goodfoodjobs.com/blog.
GOOD FOOD JOB HIGHLIGHTS
and over 390 other active jobs, too . . . see the full website for the latest.
BUSINESS FOR SALE
Friendly Neighborhood Specialty Food Shop
Brooklyn, NY
Is it a sign? Yes. Because you've always wanted to quit your day job and own your own food business. Well here's your chance.
INTERN: CONTENT TAGGING
Punk Domestics
San Francisco, CA
Consider it this way: you'll get good karma for combing through a site that you'd peruse on your free time anyway. And you can get college credit for it. Slam dunk? Yes, indeed.
JUNIOR WEB DESIGNER / DEVELOPER
Astor Center / Astor Wine & Spirits
New York, NY
As we always say, just because you work IN food, doesn't mean you have to work directly WITH food. Here's a perfect example.
see more good food jobs at goodfoodjobs.com
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