Tom Mell
Meet Tom Mell, Retail Manager for the Medical College of Georgia.
"I manage a Health Care Retail Operation with a staff of 17 food service professionals. We do about $1.2M in Food Court Sales and another $200K in Catering Sales. I am responsible for operating a clean, safe and cost effective dining program that exceeds my client's expectations."
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Jay Drake spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy. When he retired, he found it difficult to make the transition to the civilian work world. Drake was hardly noticed as a job candidate by hiring managers, landing only two phone screens and no-face-to face-interviews. "This was surprising to me considering I was bringing more than 17 years of experience in human resources, business management, and financial administration from the military, which I was sure would translate well in the private sector," Drake says. Read More »
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff helped to honor the accomplishments of Army and Navy members here Feb. 20 during the 24th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards gala. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen presented Army Gen. William E. "Kip" Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership and mentoring throughout his 39 years in the Army. Ward is the only active-duty four-star African-American general, and is only the fifth African-American to achieve this rank. Mullen spoke warmly of Ward as he presented the award, saying he represents "the best of the best." Read More »
The White House recently took steps to assure Americans who are covered by the military’s TRICARE health care system that legislation currently being debated in the House and Senate would not affect TRICARE benefits. The blog, posted by Matt Flavin, director of Veterans and Wounded Warrior Policy stated: "In recent days, a particularly disturbing myth about health insurance reform has resurfaced. Opponents of reform have dredged up the baseless charge that reform somehow will affect or increase the cost of the TRICARE benefits on which America’s troops and veterans depend. "The president believes our nation's greatest strategic asset is our men and women in uniform. Our servicemen and women and their families have always sacrificed selflessly in defense of our ideals. Read More »The Student Government Association is teaming up with Sodexo in a fundraising effort to benefit the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. "Hungry for Change: Haiti" is a fundraiser that features a soup, salad and pasta bar, according to a news release. The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the John Marshall Room in the Memorial Student Center. Read More »
St. Frances Xavier students had a wonderful treat recently, and it was more than just the Caesar salad, steak Diane and peppered strawberries on their plates. It was a chance to participate in Cooking with Chef Mike, a Sodexo marketing initiative that has proven to be a tremendous hit. Eighteen students (a 100 per cent attendance rate) arrived at 7 p.m. sharp to the state-of-the-art show kitchen in Governors Hall for an engaging and complimentary demonstration that covered all of the culinary basics. Terminology and techniques were introduced to students through sauté, flambé, reduction, as demonstrated with each culinary classic dish. Read More »
Sodexo announced today its participation in the US First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to eliminate childhood obesity within a generation. World leader in Quality of Daily Life solutions, Sodexo serves more than 2.8 million school meals daily to students in more than 470 school districts in the United States. Collectively, Sodexo and its industry partners serve over 750 million school meals annually. The agreement will affect 135,000 students in the 2010-2011 school year alone. In addition, representatives estimate a potential increase of 18,700,000 meals conforming to standards outlined in the Healthier US School Challenge. The school lunch providers expect to reach 2 million families with nutrition information. Read More »
A number of weeks ago I met Kerry Noone, Marketing Communications Manager for Sodexo’s Talent Acquisition Group over Twitter. While I do not remember the context of the original dialogue, we’ve chatted at length about Sodexo’s use of social media – especially in recruiting top talent for their organization. Kerry has over 3,000 followers on Twitter and 228 on Facebook. Sodexo recognized the proposition value of using social media in recruiting in 2007, more than tripling the traffic to their career website. Perhaps the strongest statement from dialoguing with Kerry is this – "In order for a company of any size to use social media successfully for recruiting they have to be consistent, honest, genuine and, most importantly, they have to be responsive." Read More »
Jennifer Gibson, a registered dietitian who coached Canadian Olympic snowboarder Maelle Ricker, says that, by now, Olympic competitors will be in maintenance mode, sustaining what they've worked on during the year. "My take-home message for athletes is that their (bodies are) their job. For them, nutrition is critical. They can train all they want, but food is what fuels and repairs and keeps systems functioning well." Read More »
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