Blog 14 - Third Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

• I plan to interview Mrs. Selene Bernal , sisters with my mentor, aka my mom. She has been working in the restaurant business for over 15 years and has worked her way up to manage a restaurant which is also located in Riverside. 

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview? 

• My interview can honestly be done as soon as I am prepared to ask Mrs. Bernal my interview questions.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

• When looking at the different variables that make up your profit, which one do you believe is the most important? 

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

• What are some new techniques you might want to use in the future to better your clientele and how will you accomplish them?
• Ex: New advertisement? New specials? Giveaways of food?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

• Does time and dedication determine how well your restaurant does/will do financially?
• Do you have words of advice for anyone thinking about opening a restaurant in order for them to have a profitable business?

(I don't have my new eq. I will input it in my header as soon as I check in with Ortega or Holt.)

Blog 13 - 10 Hour Mentorship Check-in

Hello! It's 2016. Get as many hours in as you can.

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

• I am currently doing all my Mentorship hours at a restaurant located in Riverside called Mi Lindo Apatzingan. 

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

• My contact is my current mentor Ms. Bernal. What qualifies my mentor as an expert in what she does is that she has been in the business industry with her family for over 15 years. That period of time has allowed her to manage a business due to al her experience. 

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

• I currently have 12 hours in total during the school year, but will be doing more in the future. 

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

• I have done a variety of things at my Mentorship; from paperwork to going out and participating in caterings. What I believe I do the most is help organize the restaurant schedule so Ms. Bernal is able to fit in meetings with employees in order to introduce new ideas she may have regarding the restaurant. The way I plan to finish my hours is by doing more of what I do now, but can hopefully go out to a few more caterings to help better my people skills. 

*You need 50 hours plus the original 10 in the summer by May.   The original 10 from the summer do not count toward the 50.  By the end of the year, you will have 60 hours counting that original 10.

Blog 12 - Holiday Project Update

It's not at all like this during holidays. Got to work harder. 

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

• Over break I went only a couple of times which was to help organize bills, but to also help my mentor organize a Christmas party for the workers. I helped her with the visual decorations of the party, but also helped her decide on the gifts, and food being given to the employees for their hard work.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

• I learned that organizing a special event isn't always the easiest because you try to please everyone as best you can because as manager you need to know how to give a little bit of something to everyone. For example our house Christmas party. We have to try and please everyone's needs. I honestly learned to communicate well with others with the help of not only my mentor but everyone who works there. I get experience with talking to the customers and trying to do as much as I can with the staff.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

• I plan to get two sides of the story hopefully. A managers view of how to manage a restaurant and an employers view of how they believe a restaurant should be managed. If I am not able to interview these two people I will definitely interview the manager of a family friend's restuarant.