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to ﬁnd their way to an exciting career. We offer good jobs and excellent long-term opportunities if everyone were aware of what existed. Maybe some simple recruitment ﬂyers in their Christmas card envelopes could get the message across. Or maybe you can leave a little note to those people who are looking for a job. I heard it’s pretty tough for some people these days. I guess we also will need some advanced training tools at our disposal to enhance any attraction of new career employees. The past textbooks are good and still relevant for support of a person’s base knowledge in baking maintenance, but there is so much new technology coming out everyday that, if we don’t prepare our people for it, we likely won’t take it on at the pace that we need to in order to train our new employees properly. We know there is a lot of work going on in this area with our institutions, but maybe our suppliers need to get further involved in the educational process. A supplier who sells equipment and systems supplemented by an educational program may have an edge in the market. A hint left under their trees could get this ball rolling. And ﬁnally, there is this whole subject of the workplace environment. You know the deal about how we treat people and how they see their bosses and their opportunities today. Workers want to be more engaged, more informed and more respected. They also want their time away from work to spend with family, friends and hobbies. There are companies with some very creative ways to keep employees happy at work, but there are still some that are really “old school” yet today. We need some help on how we can get the “old schoolers” on board with today’s ideas. A four-day work week left in a few stockings could turn around some bad situations. That’s all for now Santa. Sometimes, when we list out things that we wish for, the wishes can sound like prayers. Santa Claus has been a transformation over time from Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors. However, the industry and economy is still experiencing rough seas. Maybe you should write your own letter for the New Year. As you sit back sipping your eggnog this season, and you have your own visions of mechanical breakdowns dancing in your heads, remember that to change the way things are today, it always takes more than wishing. It also takes doing. Change requires leaders and leading is a choice, so if you choose to lead, you have more control of your future than if you follow. Happy Holidays from me and everyone at Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery magazine. SF&WB SFWB0508BU.indd 1 4/23/08 12:03:25 PM http://www.burford.com http://www.burford.com

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Snack Food &�Wholesale Bakery - December 2008 Contents Editor’s Note Now, That’s Haute! Bigger ‘n’ Better But Is It Art? New Products Branching Out Engineering Management Fits to a T Racing to the Finish The Final Word

Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery - December 2008

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