JOB DESCRIPTION - REVISED

 Corner Cafe Manager

I have never held a formal job or internship; however, my work leading up to and for my entrepreneurship capstone was like a job. 

For my high school capstone project, I managed a small snack and drink store called the Corner Cafe. The store was completely student-run and allowed students to learn entrepreneurial skills while raising money to fund a student pitch competition at the end of the year called the Bloom Awards. 

There are a few descriptions that help to break down the miscellaneous roles I did as I worked at the Corner Cafe:

• Inventory manager

• Camp counselor

• Technician/On-demand IT support 

Inventory Manager 

My work in inventory involved a few things:

• School surveys to determine what students wanted stocked

• Creating and placing wholesale orders

• Counting and restocking new inventory

Of all the roles I preformed in the Corner Cafe, I most frequently completed inventory-related tasks. Every other week I guided staff members through inventory surveys to determine our most popular products and what was low in stock. We also sent surveys to the student body throughout the year to learn what other products students wanted us to sell. After reconciling this information into a detailed spreadsheet order form, I forwarded the order to our wholesale intermediary. After the order arrived, I would coordinate with staff members to bring the products up and restock the cafe. Along the way, I also taught younger students how to coordinate these tasks to prepare the next potential team of leaders of the Corner Cafe. 

Camp counselor

During staff meetings and events, the leaders of the Corner Cafe serve as camp counselors as they work with students ranging from 12 to 18 years old. We do this by:

• Coordinating meetings that focused on entertaining our student staff while still discussing updates and event plans

• Ensuring the safety of our staff members by providing safety training sessions and outlining courses of action for when a student breaks a glass or spills their drink

In staff meetings, my co-leader and I were like camp counselors. After realizing that staff members often lost focus in meetings, we tried other ways to improve our communication. To entertain our staff in meetings, we switched to more interactive presentations and games. Both my co-leader and I adapted to our role as counselors as we modified training sessions and introduced other small incentives to keep students engaged and eager to work. 

Technician/On-demand IT support

The last role of leaders of the Corner Cafe was like that of a technician or on-demand student IT support. Oftentimes, I had to deal with the aged checkout system by:

• Keeping my phone on hand in case a staff member could not access the checkout system and texted me for help

• Familiarizing myself with the many computer wires so I could fix the wiring and restart the attached devices  

The Corner Cafe's point of sale computer frequently malfunctioned. Every week, the computer system and the program we used to manage inventory and check students out would crash. After the malfunction happened a few times, I learned how to resolve the error and help others do the same. As a result, I turned into an on-demand call and text help center for any staff who struggled with the computer. To ensure that student staff could check students out from the cafe whenever they had the opportunity and wanted to work there, the leaders gave staff members our phone numbers for easy support, even if we were in class or off campus. 

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