Extensive New Book Guides Job Seekers, Career Changers

Finding solid, detailed and up-to-date information on careers in the wine, food and beverage industries is hard to come by for either those new to the jobs market or experienced workers looking to change directions.

All that just changed with Kathleen Hill’s newly published and near-encyclopedic book, Career Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Industry, (Ferguson/InfoBase Publishing, New York; softcover: 272 pages; $18.95, $14.21 at Amazon).

Hill’s extensive research covers jobs from entry-level to top of the pyramid with everything in between and describes each one in detail including salaries, duties, employment prospects, opportunities for advancement, best geographical locations prerequisites and more.

While Hill includes the obvious food and beverage occupations like sommelier, chef, winemaker, bread baker and vineyard manager, she really shines when she starts looking at career opportunities that are far less obvious: cookware store buyer, farmer’s market manager, food and flavor chemist and more.

The careful emphasis on education and experience needed in each job guides both the job seeker and career changer in their searches.