Ready To Work Menu, March 20 - April 11, 2012

SK 25 Menu

Remember: to book your reservation, contact Lynne Kennedy, at 306-933-7187 or lynne.kennedy@sasktourism.com.

Week 1- Lunches – noon service/ St. Johns Anglican Church

Monday March 19 - No Service

Tuesday March 20

• Soup/ Sandwich Buffet
• Veggie Tray and Dip
• Soups:
• Cream of Mushroom
• Chicken Noodle
• Sandwiches:
• Ham & Swiss Croissant or Kaiser
• Open Faced Cream Cheese and Cucumber on Bagel
• Egg Salad Wrap
• Desserts
• Fruit or Butter Tarts

Wednesday March 21

• A La Carte Service:
• Iceberg Wedge Salad
• Choice of: Spinach Quiche OR Quiche Lorraine with Brown Sugar Carrots
• Fruit Salad and Local Grain Granola

Have lunch or dinner on us!

SK25 Ready To Work - Lunch & Dinner

March 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM - April 11, 2012 at 7:00 PM

Saskatoon

Have lunch - or dinner - on us!

Our latest Ready To Work (RTW) recruits are are anxious to show off their talents, and what better way to do that than to make you a delicious lunch or dinner.

Please join us on from March 20 to April 11, as participants put their skills on display in our authentic restaurant-style training facility. Attendance is by reservation only.

We will be at St. John's Anglican for lunch service, March 20, 21, 22 and 23, and at the Saskatoon Trades and Skills Centre at Mt Royal Collegiate for evening service, March 27, 28, 29 April 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11.

To make your lunch or dinner reservation, or for any other questions you may have about recruitment of Ready to Work participants, please contact Manager of Special Projects Lynne Kennedy, Ready to Work Coordinator, at 306-933-7187 or lynne.kennedy@sasktourism.com.

If you are looking for entry level staff, you will not find a better opportunity to meet qualified applicants and get a first look at STEC's newest Ready to Work graduates.

Responsible Service of Alcohol

No one likes to put a damper on a good time, but people still need to understand the kinds of liability they face when they serve alcohol, especially in a commercial or organized setting. You need effective strategies that let people enjoy themselves, help you serve responsibly and let you identify guests who drink too much. That's where responsible-service-of-alcohol programs come in.

The program that STEC uses, Serve it Right Saskatchewan (SIRS), uses three broad "learning cycles", covered in six modules.

Rising Tide: Impaired Driving Awareness Week 2012

The "rising tide" of liability against commercial liquor establishments and servers
This week is Impaired Driving Awareness Week in Saskatchewan. Drinking and driving is the leading cause of fatal crashes in our province.

About 45.1 per cent of fatal crashes in the province are alcohol-related, above the Canadian average of 37.9 per cent. By some estimates, impaired driving costs Canadians more than $225.5 billion a year.

Whether we like it or not, tourism industry operators have a stake in solving this problem.

Watch for us in the summer edition of Prairies North Magazine

Diane Cohoon, STEC's Manager of Training, and I just finished an hour-long conversation with Prairies North Editor Lionel Hughes. Lionel is working on a special summer edition of the magazine that will focus on education.

We don't want to spill the beans on all that we discussed - you'll have to pick up a copy of Prairies North and read story when it comes out - but we can say that it was a wide-ranging conversation that covered the gamut of programs, training and services that help tourism employers in the province.

We hope you'll pick up and copy and see innovative tourism training around the province, in places like Lipton and Reindeer Lake, and what communities everywhere are doing to improve customer service and workers' skills.