28 / rail RECRUITMENT
Rail's new role call Roger Williams, chair of the International Rail Catering Group (IRCG), looks at how rail caterers are managing their recruitment in the recovery Looking for an entry level catering job? Not interested in working from home? Want to test your people skills to the limit? Excited by serving up to 1000 people a day? Able to pull heavy trolleys along a 10 coach train as it travels at up to 220kph? These are some of the realities of a rail catering role and it’s like Marmite, you either love it or hate it! Oh, and did we mention the extra working restrictions caused by the pandemic?
Of course, railway caterers don’t market their jobs like this - rather there is a focus on the fact that the roles are uniquely rewarding, allow you to travel, to learn new catering and people skills and, above all, give great job satisfaction. And now, following the removal of catering from trains in 2020/21 and the inevitable shrinking of staff employment levels, many railway caterers are seeking out new recruits to match the latest surge in returning customer numbers.
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