- Based on 18 Jobtrees users who were a Food Service Director in their career, on average, they have 3.70 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 5.9 years on average and earn $65K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 6% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Food Service Director are Catering Manager, Nutritionist and Food Service Manager. Catering Manager, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. While Catering Manager is from the same job family, Food/Beverage, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Nutritionist, also being a common career path from Food Service Director.
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- The most common career steps to get to Food Service Director are Director Of Nutrition, District Manager and Sales Executive based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Director Of Nutrition, the most common step before Food Service Director, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Director Of Nutrition is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Food Service Director that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Food Service Director career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Food Service Director so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider director of nutrition or district manager as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to food service director. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Director Of Nutrition isn't from the same job family as Food Service Director, Food/Beverage, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by District Manager also being a common career path to Food Service Director.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Food Service Director are Bachelor Degree In Applied Science, Bachelor Of Business Administration (b.b.a.), and Associate Degree In Science. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Food Service Director is part of the Food/Beverage job family which has a limited number of unique role types (51) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Food Service Director.