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At Hobart High School we strive to have our Brickies college and career-ready too. This newsletter will be released monthly highlighting career opportunities available to our students.
Educational goals are statements that describe the skills, competencies and qualities that you should possess upon completion of a course or program. It usually involves identifying objectives, choosing attainable short-term goals and then creating a plan for achieving those goals. Here are some educational goal examples:
Think positive to stay focused.
Stay resilient.
Make time to read.
Manage your time.
Find time to relax.
Strive for excellence.
Build a strong network.
Build good study habits.
Attend seminars.
Develop patience to achieve your goals.
***Should you happen to know of any employers who are looking to hire students please send that information to vtorres@hobart.k12.in.us
Cooks Needed | Schoops | Hobart
The past 25 years have brought about the expansion of Schoop’s Enterprises, Inc. We have sold many franchises in locations including Indiana, Illinois, Florida, and Nevada. Our sales have been in the tens of millions. Some of our locations also serve breakfast. Just like our handcrafted burgers, the breakfast we serve is hearty and second to none.
All of our locations are deep rooted into their communities. We have employed thousands of high school and college students, many local residents, with some of our employees being the third generation to work at our restaurants.
Classic fast-food chain, founded in 1948, serving burgers, fries, chili, shakes & bottomless coffee.
Apply in person 1409 S Lake Park Ave, Hobart, IN 46342
Host | BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse | Hobart
2757 E 80th Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410
Pay: $11 an hour - Full-time, Part-time
Open interviews conducted daily - Walk-ins Welcome
NOW HIRING - Hosts
Part Time, Full Time
Hiring Immediately
WHAT WE OFFER
- Diverse Culture
- Team Member Dining Discounts
- Comprehensive benefits* - Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and 401 K
- Vacation – paid time off*
- Career Advancement Opportunities
Benefits and vacation eligibility based on number of hours worked. Part-time Team Members must meet minimum average of 30+ hours per week.
Hosts are responsible for providing a Gold Standard first and last impression to every BJ’s Guest while controlling the restaurant's flow, ensuring every seat remains filled while on a wait.
Duties include but not limited to:
- Perform station opening/closing duties on each shift, including set up/break down and continual maintenance of Hospitality Desk and front entrance area.
- Demonstrate appropriate greeting and seating techniques. Greet as soon as guest walks in with proper BJ’s greeting and warm genuine smile. Provide all guests with a salutation. Follow all Hospitality Service Execution Steps.
- Use appropriate Table Manager techniques to maintain accurate and even seating and dining room quote times.
- Use proper BJ’s telephone etiquette to answer and direct calls.
- Maintain continuous restroom checks.
- Notify the manager of any quotes that have exceeded the time quoted, special guest needs or requests, large party execution needs and guest complaints, no matter how small it may seem.
- Ensure compliance with all Company policies and laws, including health and safety standards.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Management staff.
Requirements
- Must be 18 years of age or over
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to understand the restaurant's Table Management system
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Experience working in a team-oriented environment
- Knowledge of principles for dealing directly with the public
- Excellent organization and problem-solving skills
- Physical demands of the job include but are not limited to:
- Standing and walking during entire 8-hour shift
- Reaches, bends, stoops, lifts
- Must have the ability to lift up to 60 pounds in weight on a semi regular basis
Host | Red Robin | Hobart -Southlake Mall
Salary
Job Type
Full-time
Part-time
We have immediate opportunities available to join our team for anyone who is at least seventeen years old.
Team Member at Red Robin, you’ll enjoy:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for ALL team members
- EXCELLENT Opportunities to grow with us - over 40% of our Managers were hourly Team Members
- Multiple opportunities for raises in your first year, and continued opportunities beyond
- Flexible work schedule
- Referral bonuses for bringing new members to our team
- Eligible for 401(k) retirement plan (if qualified)
- 50% discount on Red Robin food and 25% for your family
Server | Denny's | Lake Station
Salary
$10 - $30 an hour - Full-time
Location
1401 Ripley St, Lake Station, IN 46405
Responsibilities:
As a Server, you’re the guest’s connection to the diner. Which means you’re an advisor. A mind-reader. A friendly ear. And sometimes, a compassionate conversationalist.
Responsibilities:- Taking food orders and keeping drinks filled.
- Making sure guests’ meals and their experience is as perfect as possible
- Serving guests with a warn friendly smile.
Cook | Buffalo Wild Wings | Merrillville
***Urgently hiring
Job details
Salary
$15 an hour
Available shifts
Night shift, Day shift
Job Type
Full-time
Part-time
Full Job Description
Do you love sports? Do you like the idea of being paid to watch sports?
If you answered yes, then Buffalo Wild Wings is the job for you, it’s the closest to getting paid to watch sports you’re ever gonna get!
Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the fastest growing restaurant concepts in North America with a fun, high-energy environment and we invite you to bring your enthusiasm and passion to our team.
Patton Wings, Inc. is an independent franchisee of Buffalo Wild Wings with over 84 sports bars located in Michigan, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Louisiana. With our size and growth, we’re able to offer you a stable environment in which to develop your career.
LINE COOK / KITCHEN TEAM MEMBERS
Cooks working for Buffalo Wild Wings primarily perform culinary job duties such as fry, grill, spin wings, prepare salads, and make sandwiches. Additional job duties may include keeping inventory, restocking food bins, and keeping workstations clean.
Cooks must work on foot for long periods of time and possess basic culinary skills. Working conditions generally involve a fast-paced and high-intensity job setting. Training typically lasts up to two or three weeks and includes thorough visual, verbal, and hands-on demonstration.
Equal opportunity employer
Job Type: Part-time
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $15.00 per hour
Physical Setting:
- Bar
- Casual dining restaurant
- Fast-casual restaurant
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Restaurant experience: 1 year (Preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
Apply at www.hralliance.net/Apply/?JKT
Host | Old Chicago | Merrillville
740 E 81st Ave, Merrillville, IN 46410
$9 - $11 an hour - Full-time, Part-time
We are looking for Hosts or Hostesses to join our team and be the first point of contact for our guests.
Host/Hostess responsibilities include greeting guests, providing accurate wait times and escorting customers to the dining and bar areas. For this role, you should have solid organizational and people skills to make sure our guests have a positive dining experience from the moment they arrive till their departure. You should also be available to work in shifts.
Ultimately, you’ll ensure we provide excellent customer service and a pleasant dining experience to our guests.
Responsibilities
Welcome guests to the venue
Provide accurate wait times and monitor waiting lists
Manage reservations
Escort customers to assigned dining or bar areas
Provide menus and announce Waiter/Waitress’s name
Greet customers upon their departure
Coordinate with wait staff about available seating options
Maintain a clean reception area
Cater to guests who require extra attention (e.g. children, elderly)
Answer incoming calls and address customers’ queries
Assist wait staff as needed
Requirements
Understanding of restaurant etiquette
Demonstrable customer-service skills
Excellent communication skills (via phone and in-person)
Strong organizational skills with the ability to monitor the entire dining and bar area
Availability to work in shifts as needed
Good physical condition to walk and stand during an entire shift
Taco Bell | Team Member | Hobart, IN
What else is in it for you? A lot! Competitive pay, free meals with every shift, 401(k) with company match, insurance options, flexible scheduling, and development opportunities. We're passionate about you and want you on our team!
As a Team Member, YOU set the tone for the customer experience. You'll feed customers with great-tasting food and provide great service, so our customers keep coming back! Our customers are our number one priority, and if you feel the same way, you are guaranteed to succeed. You're a representation of the brand in everything you do.
McDonalds | Crew Team Member | up to $14.50/hr | Hobart, IN
Salary
Up to $14.50 an hourAvailable shifts
Weekend availability
Job Type
Full-time
Part-time
CREW NOW HIRING UP TO $14.50 A HOUR!!
This job posting is for a position in a restaurant owned and operated by an independent franchisee and not McDonald’s USA. This franchisee owns a license to use McDonald’s logos and food products, for example, when running the restaurant. However, this franchisee is a separate company and a separate employer from McDonald’s USA. If you are hired for the job described in this posting, the franchisee will be your employer, not McDonald’s USA. Only the franchisee is responsible for employment matters at the restaurant, including hiring, firing, discipline, supervisions, staffing, and scheduling employees. McDonald’s USA has no control over employment matters at the restaurant. McDonald’s USA will not receive a copy of your employment application and it will have no involvement in any employment decisions, including whether you receive an interview for the job or whether you are hired.
Arby's | Crew Member | Hobart, IN
Brand: Arby's
Address: 8150 East Ridge Road Hobart, IN - 46342
Property Description: Ridge Arby's
Property Number: 8835
Team Member | White Castle | Hobart, IN
Salary
From $11 an hour- Weekly pay
- Free meals while working
- Paid vacation
- Medical, dental & life insurance
- Weekly paychecks
- 401K & profit-sharing plans
- Free uniforms
- Scholarship eligibility
- Promote from within practice
- And more!!
REQUIREMENTS
- 16+
- Must love to smile, laugh & have fun!
- Previous food service or management experience a bonus, but not required
- Ability to stand for up to 8 hours during a shift & lift 30-50lbs repeatedly
- Enjoy working in a high energy, fast-paced environment
- Promote and drive the White Castle initiatives and increase brand loyalty
- Must be a good person, a team player, and treat others with care and respect
No experience? No problem! All you need is outgoing, positive energy and a desire to work alongside our awesome team!
Crew Member | Portillo's | Merrillville, IN
Salary
Available shifts
Night shift, Day shift, Monday to Friday
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive pay
- $3/hr. increase on 5 holidays*
- Employee referral bonus + quarterly gift
- Career advancement opportunities (we’re growing!)
- Dedicated Team Member learning & development
- Flexible schedules
- Free shift meals
- DailyPay: Access your pay when you need it!
- Monthly “Franks a Lot” employee appreciation
Team Member/Crew Member
Do you relish the opportunity to create lifelong memories with customers? Can you add that extra special ingredient to our staff? At Portillo’s, we’re looking for crew members to join our family! At the heart of Portillo’s, we value Family, Greatness, Energy, and Fun. Igniting the senses with unrivaled food and experiences, it all comes together to create lifelong memories for our guests.
Team Member/Shift Member | KFC | Hobart
As a Team Member, you could be the smiling face that greets and serves customers. Or you could be the cook that prepares our world-famous chicken (and tell your friends you know the "secret" – just kiddin'). Whatever job you do, you know what you do matters – to your team and to your customers.
SHIFT MANAGER POSITION:
At KFC, we feed the world. But we do more than fill people up. We fulfill their life. Our meals matter, and when we serve them with southern hospitality, we make our customer's day. So our jobs are more than a paycheck – they're about being independent, having fun, and making new friends.
Please keep in mind, this is just basic information and you’ll find out more after you apply. At KFC, what you do matters! So if you want to be part of a winning team, find out now why Life Tastes Better with KFC. Apply today!
H&M Retail Sales Advisor | Southlake Mall | Hobart
Title: Sales Advisor
Function: Sales
Department: Store
Reports to: Department Manager, dotted line to Department Supervisor
You are responsible for delivering a Best Customer Experience that contributes to the Sales and Profit in your store. You always put our customers’ first and offer assistance and share your Product and Fashion knowledge. You create an environment that is easy for our Customers to shop through Store Operations and Great Garment Care. By sharing your knowledge and skills with your colleagues you actively contribute to creating a Best Team in order to meet the expectations of our customers. You work in accordance with H&M standards, policies, procedures and legal requirements. By acting in line with our Values and being a role model, you contribute to H&M’s business success.
Role responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Best Customer Experience
You are responsible for delivering a Best Customer Experience that contributes to the Sales and Profit in your store. You always put our customers’ first and offer assistance and share your Product and Fashion knowledge.
Cashier | Home Depot | Merrillville
Position Purpose:
Cashiers play a critical customer service role by providing customers with fast, friendly, accurate and safe service. They process Checkout and/or Return transactions, as well as monitor and maintain the Self-Checkout area. They proactively seek product/project knowledge to provide customers with information and identify selling opportunities. They follow all policies and procedures to ensure that shrink is minimized. A Head Cashier will position Cashiers and support them by expediting price checks, approving Point of Sale transactions and markdowns for mainline registers, Self-Checkout, Returns, Pro Desk, Special Services, and Tool Rental. They provide first level escalation for customer issues and assist in the supervision, coaching and training of other Front End Associates by participating in the training of new Cashiers and utilizing all available tools to coach and develop other Cashiers. The preferred qualification for a Head Cashier is 1+ years of Cashier experience.
Sales Associate/Stylist | Windsor | Southlake Mall | Hobart
STEP UP TO A FABULOUS CAREER!!
Beauty is eternal. It is captured in the way you feel and in the way you look. It is timeless. Every generation needs to feel beautiful. Some things don’t change. Some things should not change. Helping women feel beautiful has been our mission since we first opened our doors in 1937.
Windsor expects great job performance. This includes contributing individually and as a team player in meeting company goals and supporting our mission statement, as well as displaying a friendly, respectful and optimistic personality. In addition, all employees must show integrity in complying with policies, procedures and guidelines.
Benefits:
All Employees Receive
- 40% employee discount
Full Time Employees Receive
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401K
- FSA
- Life Insurance
- PTO
Sales Associates - Disc Replay Merrillville
Salary
From $11 an hourPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Prior cashier and retail experience preferred, but we are willing to train the right candidate. Having the ability to work well as part of a team, accept constructive feedback, and follow directions are a must. Basic math skills and the ability to collect payments, and operate a cash drawer. Previous cash handling experience is preferred. Ability to work some evenings and weekends. Most interviews are done remotely through the Indeed platform. Benefits: Schedule:
Book Seller | Books-A-Million | Southlake Mall
Core Competencies
- Interpersonal Skills
- Self-Management
- Communication Skills
Job Requirements
Core Competencies
- Interpersonal Skills
- Self-Management
- Communication Skills
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Previous retail sales experience preferred
Preferred Skills
- Computer skills and cash register skills
Full Job Description
Reporting to the General Manager, the Bookseller is responsible for providing exceptional customer service to all customers in a friendly and helpful manner. They should be knowledgeable about books and other merchandise in the store, proactively seek to assist customers and provide an outstanding shopping experience.
Indiana Plan
The Indiana Plan's mission is to address and correct the problem of low minority participation in the union-building trades. To do this, we offer comprehensive services for both the signatory contractors who work with us to find recruits and also for the minority and women workers we help train and find jobs in the union construction industry in Indiana.
We Build NWI
We Build Northwest Indiana was created as a resource for individuals interested in career opportunities within the construction and maintenance industry. Some career opportunities may require a college degree while most require a comprehensive training and education program known as apprenticeship. Successful applicants generally possess three common attributes:
- They have a strong work ethic
- They are responsible
- They are dedicated to being the best
Next Level Jobs
Next Level Jobs provides Hoosiers with free state-wide training in high-paying, in-demand industries. Next Level Jobs also provides Indiana employers with reimbursements up to $50,000 to train their employees in these high-growth fields.
Career Attire Needed | Hobart High School | Career Closet
MRS. VALENTINE TORRES, MBA
Career Liaison Coordinator | Business Department | Dual Credit Instructor | Hobart High School | Hobart University | Business Professionals of America | Communications Director TEDxHobartHighSchool
Ext. 8027
Email: vtorres@hobart.k12.in.us
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentinetorres/
Location: 2211 East 10th Street, Hobart, Indiana, USA
Phone: 219-942-8521
Twitter: @coachvtorres
