Non-traditional career paths for men

NON-TRADITIONAL CAREER PATHS FOR WOMEN

Airline Pilots

Announcer

Architects

Auctioneers

Bellhops and Porters

Carpenters/Construction Workers

Chefs and Head Cooks

Clergy

Dentists

Electricians

Engineers

Film Directors

Firefighters

Fishers, Hunters, Trappers

Funeral Directors

Garbage/Waste Collectors

Groundskeepers and Gardeners

Hospital Administrators

Logging Workers

Machinists

Mail Carriers

Mathematicians

Mechanics

Meter Readers

Optometrists

Parking Lot Attendants

Pest Control Specialists

Printing Press Operators

Scientists and Science Teachers

Security Guards

Security and Fire System Installers

Service Station Attendants

Taxicab Drivers and Chauffeurs

Tow Truck Operators

Truck Drivers

Welders

NON-TRADITIONAL CAREER PATHS FOR MEN

Bank Tellers

Bookkeepers

Cashiers

Child Care Workers

Clerical/Administrative Support Workers

Cosmetologists

Court Reporters

Dental Assistants & Hygienists

Elementary and Middle School Teachers

Flight Attendants

Hair Stylists

Home Health Aides

Hotel Clerks

Librarians

Maids and Housekeepers

Nurses

Occupational and Physical Therapists

Receptionists

Secretaries

Sewing Machine Operators

Social Workers

Speech pathologists

Teacher Assistants

Cooking is a woman’s job, and she is adept at it. How is it then that most of the cooking in the five star hotels is done by men?

Women stick to jobs like housekeeping, public relations and so on. The general concept is that women cannot handle hard jobs in the kitchen and they have to work with macho men.

Breaking tradition, at the Mt. Lavinia Hotel is Daria Conti, a woman chef specially flown in from Switzerland.

Daria was at the BMICH kitchen run by the Mt. Lavinia Hotel for a very brief period.

She broke the tradition that the hotel kitchen is a man’s world, working at the BMICH kitchen, where she used to make her own pasta, and the media were simply mesmerised by the way she brought out the dishes for the four course dinner.

Last Monday there was a special guest at the BMICH. Pretty Daria Conti, a native Italian now residing in Switzerland and a much sought after chef in her country.

Her passion is combining gastronomy with art and she is a star chef excelling in Italian food.

Her hands moved with the grace and agility only an expert chef can display over the gleaming stainless steel tables and the media persons were mesmerised by the way she brought out the dishes for the four course dinner.

Daia’s parents are from Parma, Italy. Parma is famous for Parma Ham and Parmasan Cheese. Daria was born in Luzern, Switzerland. She has two sisters.

Her school days were spent in Luzern and she studied beauty therapy in the French part of Switzerland. Then on to Paris to learn special beauty secrets at a specialised school of beauty therapy Cooling began as a hobby. At first Daria tried to cook all kinds of food then started experimenting on lighter healthier food dishes.Her career as a professional chef began when she was invited to cook for 20 guests at a private party. Word soon spread of her excellent culinary skills and Dare became a much sought after chef in Italy.

Meanwhile Dare continued to do what she was trained to do - beauty therapy. She had her own beauty salon ‘Institut de beaute guerlain’. However she also continued to practice her culinary skills at private functions. It went on for six years.

In 1999, it all became too much for her and she enjoyed cookery so much that she closed her salon and made her hobby her profession.

First it was only for private parties, ten she started doing promotions in hotels and restaurants. A day every month in ‘Locand Restaurant’ at the Continental in Luzern. Il Pastina. Truffle promotion. Balsamic and so on. She has even catered to the prestigious Orient Express and displayed her culinary skills on private yachts.

When asked if she would open her own restaurant since she is a household name in Luzern, she says that in such a situation she would have to stick to a certain type of food, which she does not intend doing. She loves experimenting and individualising her cooking to cater to the taste of her particular clientele. "It’s something you can’t do in a restaurant," she says.

Daria also gives cookery lessons, teaches finger food, how to make pasta and ‘how to eat to make you feel good’.

She sometimes invites people over to sample her trials in food, always trying to be creative, using new vegetables that others don’t think of using, mixing all kinds of foods such as Thai, Chinese etc.

"You are more interested in what you are doing when it is a hobby," says Daria, and adds, "It comes from the heart, it is not your profession. You don’t to home and forget about it."

Apart from all this Daria is a surprise guest in Switzerland, (other than in Luzern, where people recognise her) checking out restaurants under the guise of the general public. She checks for quality of food and ambience in the restaurant and then writes to ‘Guide Bleu’, the restaurant guide people go by in her part of the world.

When asked about the future, she says ‘the rest you will see".

John Gray’s New York Times bestseller “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” was a lighthearted look at differences between the sexes. It seems silly that it took a book to figure this out. As if it wasn’t obvious enough. But Gray’s work helped men and women develop better communication skills by pointing out that they have varying emotional needs. And there’s no more important place to understand this reality than at the office.

Once the political correctness is pushed aside, it’s plain to see that women and men simply approach work differently. And it has nothing to do with qualifications. After more than 30 years of the women’s movement, the workplace has been filled with highly skilled and accomplished women, whose educations and backgrounds have been on par with their male counterparts. However, the overwhelming majority of senior and CEO jobs in corporate America still remain in the hands of men. While gender bias, mostly in a covert fashion, continues to play a role, some researchers feel that the difference can be attributed to how women and men approach work.

That key difference? Competitiveness. There are, of course, women who can be just as, if not more, competitive than men. But as a whole, workplace studies have found that men put in longer hours, endure more hardships, are apt to relocate, and are willing to sacrifice family obligations more than women. If those are indeed the conclusions, it seems that women have a much smarter and healthier approach to work, even if they don’t occupy as many corner offices.

If you’re a woman who has frequent interactions with men at work, you will be overwhelming successful if you recognize one simple rule: men think differently. And with that knowledge comes power.

One of the first places to start is recognizing that men typically talk to get information. While women do the same, there’s the added component of personal interaction in their conversations. An easily recognizable example of this in everyday life is the phone conversation. Guys call other guys get relay information or set up meetings. It’s rare that a man will call another “just to chat.”

Another striking difference is that women tend to ask more questions than men. Women typically want more details and a deeper understanding of an issue. Men sometimes see excessive questioning as a weakness and want to give the impression that they already have the information they need and can carry out the task.

An obvious distinction is that men tend to have a looser tongue than women. Offhand comments that can be offensive filter out of men’s mouths more than women. Most of the time it’s not an effort to harass a female employee, but a lack of judgment in telling a sexual or offensive joke. If a woman faces this situation, it’s wise to evaluate it on its merits and intention before reacting.

Everyone knows that men hate asking for directions, and that can go way beyond the map. It’s on commercials, television shows and movies constantly. You have a lost couple, a woman imploring the man to ask for directions, and the man outright refusing. What’s that guy’s problem? It’s a sign of weakness and men just hate that. Women can’t understand this phenomenon because they’re more intuitive than men and have no problem asking for help. To deal with this touchy subject at work, women can approach this in an easy-going manner and offer a man help “if he feels he needs it.”

When men and woman want to convey trust either at work or in a relationship, they, not surprisingly, do it differently. A woman who shares her feelings with a male co-worker is displaying trust, while men look more toward consistency and reliability as a marker. Because it’s so important to create bonds at work, a woman can win points with a male co-worker just by simple things like showing up on time, following through on a project or troubleshooting a problem.

While getting along with a man at work may feel like tip-toeing through a minefield sometimes, the bottom line is to maintain a professional relationship. Understanding why the opposite sex acts and reacts the way it does will go a long way in bridging the cultural gap in the workplace.

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